Guns are the "tools of the weak"

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Well, I'll admit that I carry to compensate. I'm 57 years old, and pretty much a worn out body. I know damned well that if it comes down to it and some young punk decides to separate me and my money, and doesn't want a living witness to the crime, I'm not tough enough anymore to whomp his butt, and avoid leaving my wife a widow. I intend to return home as many times as I can. So, if that makes me "weak", well, so be it.

I've been asked if carrying a firearm for self defense makes me feel like a "big man." I'll tell 'em straight out that it doesn't make me feel anything other than PREPARED.

Some folks who don't like guns are willing to stoop to the lowest level to insult a gun owner. Just leave them alone. I had an anti-gun guy ask me if I saw him being robbed, if I would come to his defense. I told him I wouldn't want to alarm him, or damage his sensitive psyche, I'd simply call 911 for him, since in his opinion, the police are tasked with protecting all civilians. I even gave him the links to several court decisions that ruled that cops are not responsible to protect citizens.

He saw that idiotic slogan on cop cars that say "To Protect and To Serve." Some folks you just can't reach!
 
"Guns are for weaklings?" That macho posturing is one failing that predators can use. They could pick a fight, call you out to take it outside to settle or you're a chicken-**** p***y (weakling). Outside the ambush waits.

True evil often hides in ambush. Perps will work in gangs with back up, weapons, and will not attack someone who is strong. A "fair fight" is stupid in their code. They prey on the weak, infirm, or preoccupied or unwary.

Years ago, my father was attacked in his home by some teenagers who raised a ruckus in front of his house so their accomplice could slit the screen and slip in a back window and knife him. He was 76 and infirm from back surgery and cancer. They wanted his drugs.

He had a gun, but someone who was trying to protect him from taking a stark, quick way out removed his ammo. He bluffed his way out and he was okay, but without witnesses, the teenagers got off scot-free to cause other people mayhem.
 
wow that's a crazy story about your dad, but I'm glad he is alright. Yeah many street crimes are committed in a group against an individual or the criminal is armed with a weapon either way in a situation like that almost everyone would want a gun.
 
You can't have a battle of wit's with an unarmed opponent. You can't make the ignorant understand. Their enlightenment, if it ever comes, won't be because you argued your point successfully enough to change their minds, IMO
 
My Pappy told me, "Son always play fair. But ALWAYS fight to win.":cool:

Win if you can. Lose if you must. But always cheat! - Gov. Jesse "the Body" Ventura
 
If they cloth themselves with anything 'Tap Out' then the best life choice is to avoid them entirely. They have been kicked in the head too many times to form rational thoughts.
 
I post on a forum with 99% UK members, so naturally I don't agree with a lot of the things they say about guns, but one said "fight like a man and use your fists." I know I shouldn't have replied, but I did with something like this...

"Yep, guns are the tools of the weak. If that's the case, then prove your manhood to me, and wrestle that grizzly until it stops attacking. Or take that guy on PCP with your bare fists. Perhaps just smack the guy raping you, and tell him to quit?

If you think carrying a gun is for the sole purpose of getting into fights, then it may be a good thing that your country doesn't allow them."
 
People who believe that guns are tools of the weak are characterized by three things: They're macho idiots, people who've never been on the losing side of a physical fight with a larger or far more skilled opponent, and one who's never been a victim of an armed opponent or multiple opponents.

I'm 5'10", 181 Lbs and very fit. I also know how to hold my own in HtH. But there are guys smaller than me with much better fighting skills, and men much, much larger who need only get hold of me. And then there are those of similar size and perhaps not as fit or less skilled, but with strength in numbers. Last but not least, there are those who've opted for a weapon and make my own physical abilities count for nothing. So I carry a weapon that mitigates and disparity in size or HtH combat skills, makes numbers count for less and puts me on more equal footing with an armed opponent.

The folks the OP speaks of will either live their lives without ever being a victim, or will later see the light (value of firearms and other weapons).

If you can't reason with them using the 110 lb woman/250 lb rapist scenario, the gang assault scenario or the armed opponent scenario, then you can't reason with them at all.
 
If you can't reason with them using the 110 lb woman/250 lb rapist scenario, the gang assault scenario or the armed opponent scenario, then you can't reason with them at all.
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I believe the term for that is called "stupid".
 
If they cloth themselves with anything 'Tap Out' then the best life choice is to avoid them entirely. They have been kicked in the head too many times to form rational thoughts.
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^^^ Excuse you Maple_City_Woodsman? I've been training in boxing, wrestling, various martial arts disciplines, and weaponry since the ripe old age of 3. I find that remark highly prejudicial and inflammatory and basically down right degrading. MMA training has taken a LOT of hostile kids that would have ended up being gang banging little thug rejects and taught them discipline and respect for others. It also has given the "little guys" a sense of confidence that they would not have been able to find elsewhere. Some of the best fighters in the world are the 135 and 145 pound weight classes. They learned to take their aggression out in training and in the cage. Rather than blindly insulting a demographic, try learning and showing a little respect.

As to the OP, this may or may not have already been stated as I didn't read through all the pages, but I have found the best way to deal with your own situation is calmly replying with your own beliefs to their rather comical idiocies. If that doesn't work, simply walk away. You don't like it when they are trying to force their beliefs upon you, so I am sure you can understand that they wouldn't like you trying to force yours upon them.
 
A little while back I was in my local convenience store and the man behind me says " anyone who needs a gun is an F-ing coward". I ran into this guy twice and he had the same remark to offer up.

On another occasion in the same store as a matter of fact, a couple form England saw my Son and I carrying and said "you can sure tell were a f-ing right wing country, I'm sure glad I don't live here". his wife however was a little bit mroe respectful and said somehting about respecting our way of life and that to remember we are guestsin their country.

If I'm in the company of other customer's I don't usually respond. That would just errupt into a major verbal dispute, which probably wouldn't be a good thing to have happen while wearing.
 
So I should be at the mercy of the physically strong? Hardly an enlightened philosophy.
 
On another occasion in the same store as a matter of fact, a couple form England saw my Son and I carrying and said "you can sure tell were a f-ing right wing country, I'm sure glad I don't live here". his wife however was a little bit mroe respectful and said somehting about respecting our way of life and that to remember we are guestsin their country.
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Those words&the actions sounds about right,from an ignorant prat abroad...err I mean an ignorant Brit abroad..lol.I bet he didn't realise that on the UK mainland we could conceal carry up until the early 1920s&we used to enjoy so many freedoms the USA currently enjoys,but lost them due to political stupidity.Some liberals even denied that Britain ever had a firearms industry&a civillian weapons culture in the old-days.:rolleyes:

Right-wing country? Britain was a right-wing country.:rolleyes:
 
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Some are lost. As a younger man, I was concerned about the opinions of others. Now, I realize that most of the people I concerned myself with were IDIOTS. And, I was a bigger idiot for listening to them.

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
 
Forget all this nonsense about guns for the weak.

Just be yourself. Do what you want to do. The only weak person will be you stop doing what you want to do because you're being made fun of.
 
wannabeagunsmith said:
At school people are always saying to me things like "people who own guns are weak" and "if you use guns you are weak and afraid to use your muscle". and it is really hard to reason with them can you folks help me out? I try to tell them that I can't fight other guns and knifes with 'muscle' but they keep saying that guns are for weaklings :mad: HELP!!
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You are playing into their hands. Just ignore them. If kids see any sign of weakness or if they think one of their peers is bothered by what they say, they continue to push.
 
victim waiting to happen

Those people will be the first to criticize law enforcment and nieghbors for not responding or seeing anything.It only takes a few minutes if that to rob
and or kill you.Average responce time?longer than that!:cuss:
so while they do this:banghead:.you can do this:neener:
 
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