"Gun Owners are compensating for something"?

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I always liked that scene in the Indiana Jones movie, in the bazaar, when the black ninja guy showed some moves as he approached our hero and Harrison Ford just looked disgusted, pulled his pistol and shot him.

From a distance, lead beats KungFu every time.
 
I've said this in similar threads so here goes. I'm in my early 60s 5'8" 220 and I wouldn't want to take on the teenagers I see now a days. Most are at least 6" tall and out weigh me by a good 20-30 lbs and are in excellent shape. That being said "we" are expected to take on a felon who has probably spent most of his time pumping iron and honing his skill while in prison. Add to this the elements of surprise and the fact that he has nothing to lose if caught as he'll just go back to prison for a stint and use it to hone his predatory skills so he won't get caught the next time. To put it in a nutshell my days of leaping tall buildings in a single bound have long since past.
 
Im 22 6'1 between 225 and 245 depending on if i have a fight coming up or not and can bench press 400 lbs. I have 3 brothers that are at least 6'4 and in the 260's or bigger. Ever got in a fight with a guy 6'8 and 300 lbs? I have it sucks. But Ive always been the smallest and weakest in my respect group until I joined the army. I have complete confidence in my hand to hand skills. But im a medic ive seen the damage even a handgun (makarov) can do to human flesh and bone. If I ever ended up with a gun in my face..... well lead is faster then my hands. Is it compensation? maybe. I just see it as being smart. I carry everywhere I legally can without fail.
 
I have a new found respect for Mr.LI. I enjoy watching his movies and the way they are choreographed. Every punch, kick, flip and jab are practiced to perfection...nobody gets hurt on the set(usually). Real life...totally unpredictable! Even a man who has trained in martial arts his whole life can't predict what the day will bring. I don't feel like I'm compensating so much as just being as prepared for the day as best I can.
 
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I always liked that scene in the Indiana Jones movie, in the bazaar, when the black ninja guy showed some moves as he approached our hero and Harrison Ford just looked disgusted, pulled his pistol and shot him.
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The story behind that scene is that there was actually a big fight scene planned, but Harrison Ford was ill and needed to use the restroom so he pulled the gun and fired instead. The director liked that better than the fight scene, and the audience loves it.

GTimothy, that's how I felt after reading that.
 
I've been doing Martial Arts for about twenty years, I'm a black belt in Karate and I've been studying Aikido for a number of years now. I own guns and carry a gun for personal protection because using your bare hands against an assailant with a weapon is usually going to end badly for you. You can't block bullets with your bare hands, I don't care how good a Martial Artist you are.
 
Proficiency at small arms is a martial art. Those who practice Martial Arts, regardless of specialty, are compensating for the existence of evil in this world. So what? Those who choose not to prepare to defend themselves while not compensating per se are most certainly naive and woefully lacking in personal responsibility.
 
It's always funny that those who hate guns have never needed them. And when they're in trouble, they call for the men with guns to come same them. I've studied martial arts for years. Giving someone a gun with a 30-sec explanation as to how its used beats giving them 30 months of MA training.
 
Well unless I missed it (just blew through the thread), to those that wanna use the line 'bout compensating because I carry a gun, I just repeat Ayoob's line (don't know where he got it?) - If I were compensating for something, I certainly wouldn't be carrying a short-barreled gun.

When they hit you with the "I would never carry a gun" line, I think Dirty Harry said it best - A man's gotta know his limitations.

Two can play the psychobabble game...
 
Virtually everyone I've ever seen make the "compensation" argument had the mentality of an adolescent boy, high on testosterone and "Grand Theft Auto".

At 54, I'm WAY past schoolyard fisticuffs. I'm not interested in interacting with most people in ANY way, nevermind in juvenile fistfights.

  • I avoid stupid people.
  • I avoid the places where stupid people get intoxicated.
  • I especially avoid the places where stupid people get intoxicated and fight each other.

I'm "compensating" for being short, overweight and middle-aged.

Put another way, "Gun control, the theory that 110lb. women have the 'right' to fistfight with 210lb. rapists." I wish my mother in Illinois was able to exercise her RIGHT to not get victimized by some super predator just out of Joliet.
 
I've trained in several forms of martial arts, am a combat veteran with 3 tours in Iraq, 6'2" and 230 pounds with a pretty solid build. If I need to fight in a non lethal manner, I can hold my own.

Having said that, I own/ carry guns as compensation for the fact that I do not have a personal body guard or police officer in my pocket.

Not every situation can be solved with fists, or a gun. The mind is the best weapon, but sometimes a gun is just more effective.
 
robhof

I enjoy the knowledge that if I'm attacked by anyone, it'll be the last time they attack any one. When I cary, the use of lethal force is always authorized. To all the anti-gun people I just gotta say...:cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss:
 
When I was younger, I had my tail kicked as many times as I kicked tail. Maybe more. Most of my old friends think my nose is just a bit crooked because of those outings. Actually, my mother did it when I said something I shouldn't have. I was never concerned about my life in any of that.

The Rules have changed. I'm compensating for those changes.
 
I rather suspect that people who have made that comment have never been in a good fistfight, never mind had the stuffing beaten out of them.:scrutiny:
 
Might as well just come out and say it, that when antis make the "compensating for something" argument, they are projecting.
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There, fixed it for you.
Projection is a very common tactic of insecure people.

I guess you could say that I'm compensating for something... I'm compensating for the inability or unwillingness of some components of society to self regulate.
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RBid wins my vote for Post Of The Month.

Happy Birthday, America.
Happy Independence Day, fellow THRers.
 
"When I cary, the use of lethal force is always authorized."

Really? I hope you like institutional food and making new friends... CLOSE ones...
 
I buy guns to compensate for not having enough of them. Fact is, my guns and shooting sports are a boatload of fun. Today, I am shopping for a rail of some sort to make the air-gun scope I bought fit on my pellet rifle, so I can shoot the rabbits that keep eating my wife's beautiful landscaping. Helps me compensate for not being able to kill them by throwing a rock:)
 
I'm in the group that's compensating for the fact that no one else is going to be responsible for protecting me or my family. The police can only be there taking a report after the fact, 99.9% of the time. I also have them for fun and I shoot a lot of matches. Mark
 
I dont carry a gun to fight, i carry to defend myself. If i wished to fight i would do karate, but unfortunatly my interests run towards other things. We dont all walk out the door every day hoping to get our daily fistfight in, we walk out the door for our jobs and such, and a gun is used to defend our lives so we can continue with our daily tasks. Figuritively, Instead of being the masters of making, installing, and balacing tires, we just have a spare in the trunk for when rhe need arises.
 
It's compensating for being under armed and/or outnumbered by the bad guys, or outmuscled by the bad guys. Also, better to have a gun if the bad guy(s) have a knife.

Do you want to have a "fair" knife duel with the bad guy breaking into your home? I think not! You hold your pistol or shotgun and say "Get out of my home!". Plus, women are compensating for mostly being not as prepared for physical combat.

Guns are not compensating, they're equalizing. Wasn't the old slogan for Colt Firearms something like "Be not afraid of any man, no matter his size, call upon me for I will equalize."

Only the misinformed or stupid say gun owners are compensating for something.
 
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Having a firearm does not compensate for any physical shortcoming of mine. I carry one because it may be the most efficient tool to deal with the moral shortcomings of others.
 
The police department's job is not to provide personal security for me. Their job is to arrest people AFTER they commit a crime. I carry to compensate for not having a gun when I need one.
 
considerting the stats of U.S average bodyweight .. quite a few here must
be to heavy and cardio-unfit to consider hand2hand a promising alternative :D
 
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