cambeul41
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By that I do not mean people who carry as a job requirement. I mean to ask how many people choose to carry a gun because of a perceived need -- despite a fear of, dislike of, or even indifference toward them.
We have all heard various “reasons” for carrying. When asked why I do, my favorite response is something like this: “I am too old and too gimpy to either fight or run as I once could, but I still have my pride and independence. I am too proud and independent to give up my freedom to go where I will, to hide behind walls, and to go out only in flocks of timorous of sheeple — and then only to non-existent “safe places” as gun-grabbers constantly advise.” Sometimes I simply say, “I carry because I choose to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.” I suspect, however, that those responses leave out an essential fact.
I carry whenever doing so is permissible, but then I like guns and do not consider carrying to be a bothersome inconvenience. Despite my going into Detroit nearly everyday, I doubt that I would carry often or perhaps even ever if I did not like them. The warmth and comfort that I now feel when I have that weight at my side just would not be there.
Consider an opposite example. I consider my cell phone to be only for calling 9-1-1, AAA , or my wife: all defensive uses. I don’t like using phones, so I constantly forget to charge my cell phone – or forget to take it off the charger when I leave home. I suspect that if I disliked guns, even if I had one for home defense, even if I were licensed, I would leave it at home.
Because of the odds against a substantial win, I don’t buy lottery tickets. If the only reason for carrying were defensive, I would likely not carry because I would see the odds that I would need a firearm for self-defense to be just as low.
To answer the “Why” question honestly, perhaps I need to preface any other answer with “Because I like guns, and. . . .”
We have all heard various “reasons” for carrying. When asked why I do, my favorite response is something like this: “I am too old and too gimpy to either fight or run as I once could, but I still have my pride and independence. I am too proud and independent to give up my freedom to go where I will, to hide behind walls, and to go out only in flocks of timorous of sheeple — and then only to non-existent “safe places” as gun-grabbers constantly advise.” Sometimes I simply say, “I carry because I choose to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.” I suspect, however, that those responses leave out an essential fact.
I carry whenever doing so is permissible, but then I like guns and do not consider carrying to be a bothersome inconvenience. Despite my going into Detroit nearly everyday, I doubt that I would carry often or perhaps even ever if I did not like them. The warmth and comfort that I now feel when I have that weight at my side just would not be there.
Consider an opposite example. I consider my cell phone to be only for calling 9-1-1, AAA , or my wife: all defensive uses. I don’t like using phones, so I constantly forget to charge my cell phone – or forget to take it off the charger when I leave home. I suspect that if I disliked guns, even if I had one for home defense, even if I were licensed, I would leave it at home.
Because of the odds against a substantial win, I don’t buy lottery tickets. If the only reason for carrying were defensive, I would likely not carry because I would see the odds that I would need a firearm for self-defense to be just as low.
To answer the “Why” question honestly, perhaps I need to preface any other answer with “Because I like guns, and. . . .”