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  • williamsburg

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    A friend just sent this to me. I just thought I would share it here. I'm sure it's rounds online and some may have seen it, but for those that haven't here it is.

    Why Carry a Gun?

    My old grandpa said to me 'Son, there comes a time in every
    man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin'
    caps; and usually it's when he becomes too old to take a
    whoopin.'

    I don't carry a gun to kill people; I carry a gun to keep from
    being killed.

    I don't carry a gun to scare people; I carry a gun because
    sometimes this world can be a scary place.

    I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid; I carry a gun
    because there are real threats in the world.

    I don't carry a gun because I'm evil; I carry a gun because I
    have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

    I don't carry a gun because I hate the government; I carry a
    gun because I understand the limitations of government.

    I don't carry a gun because I'm angry; I carry a gun so that I
    don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for
    failing to be prepared.

    I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone; I carry a
    gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not
    on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

    I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy; I carry a gun
    because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

    I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man; I carry a gun
    because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones
    they love.

    I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate; I carry a gun
    because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

    I don't carry a gun because I love it; I carry a gun because I
    love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

    Police protection is an oxymoron: Free citizens must protect
    themselves, because police do not protect you from crime, they
    just investigate the crime after it happens and then call
    someone in to clean up the mess.

    Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too
    old to take a whooping!


    - Author Unknown
     
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    Guido7562

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    AMEN! 99 percent of people who carry do so with with the intent of being able to protect themselves, their loved ones, and any innocents that may be threatened. It is because as had been said many times, evil exists in the world, evil will always exist in the world, and we are just ordinary people who recognize this and choose to take our safety into our own hands.
     

    SmokinSigs357

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    That couldn't have been said better. I was just talking to an old friend, who discovered that we both shared the passion for firearms and both carry. We basically agreed that we're to out of shape to scrap nowadays and, fact is, these kids don't mess around anymore.
     

    Smokepole

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    Because I love my family and these days when you are assaulted on the street you have about 40 -50% chance that he will be armed. 70 - 80% if he is a gang-banger. And Police response time is more than 3 mins. (maybe longer depending on your location - Chicago, Detroit). Game will be over before they can get there. "He tried to stop them, but he wasn't armed." Oh well, we just have to ban ALL of the guns. Then the criminals won't have any. Riiiiiiiiight!! I've got this bridge that I am trying to sell. :rolleyes:
     

    gunner69

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    The points are good, but I doubt "old grandpa" ever uttered the words "bustin' caps". :D
    Maybe not those exact words :):
    grandpa_with_gun.jpg
     
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