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Depending on the person(s) and the situation:

"So Auschwitz (or Rwanda) can never be repeated."

"To put low cost, high quality, free range, hormone and anti-biotic free, low-fat meat on the table."

"Wanna go to the range and find out ???"

"You don't ???" (Best done with a raised eyebrow ala --> :scrutiny: )

"Same reason I have a fire extingusher."

"Burglar insurance."

"Just to make Mayor Daley and Gov. Blago mad."

"How do you feel at 0230 in the morning when you hear a strange noise in your house ???"



I'm going to add a few more from here to my repetorie'.
 
I don't remember who said it, but my signature explains pretty well.

P.S. I signed up to reply to this post. Been lurking too long. :)
 
Falconeer said:
As gun owners, we're representatives of a subgroup of the culture we live in. If we're truly interested in promoting the right to keep and bear arms, it behooves us to cut the confrontational crap.
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Depending on the questioner and his attitude you are correct sir.
Falconeer said:
If someone asks you why you own guns, answer them. If they don't like your answer shrug and say 'You asked' and drop it. But being belligerent is going to reinforce the stereotype of gun owners as aggressive, bullying, unsocial sociopaths.
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:cool: Please. That tactic works quite successfully for the leftists. Why shouldn't we use it too - especially since it seems to work for them so well. And I don't wanna hear "because it would be stooping to their level". What ever works is the tactic we should be using.
Falconeer said:
Besides, you might just intrigue them enough to want to learn more and that's how minds are changed. :)
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Maybe, maybe not.

I'm reminded here of the old adage that one catches more flies with honey than with vinegar (man I must have heard that from my mother a million times). That saying is true but what is truer is that one catches the most flies with feces!
 
My response " for me it's an intellectual exercise to target shoot, I enjoy it, and it's cheaper than therapy"- I get some mighty weird looks-
 
Dont be jerkey...

I've had this same question lots of times out here on the left coast. You would be suprised how many times the person who you considered an "anti" from the questions they asked will catch you later, away from their friends and say "Say, uh, next time you go shooting, could you give me a call?"
 
"Because borrowing them is really bad form."

"Because if I am to become a victim, it won't be for lack of a defense."

"Because my sparkling smile and winning personality won't stop a Bad Guy."

"Because pathetic, pedantic, pacifistic no-loads like yourself make being a victim in fashion."

"Because they go 'BOOM!!"

Jubei
 
Werewolf said:
Depending on the questioner and his attitude you are correct sir. :cool: Please. That tactic works quite successfully for the leftists. Why shouldn't we use it too - especially since it seems to work for them so well. And I don't wanna hear "because it would be stooping to their level". What ever works is the tactic we should be using.Maybe, maybe not.

I'm reminded here of the old adage that one catches more flies with honey than with vinegar (man I must have heard that from my mother a million times). That saying is true but what is truer is that one catches the most flies with feces!
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I really don't care about the questioner's attitude or who a tactic works for. My beliefs and attitudes are my own. I don't feel a need to shove them down anyone else's throat, nor will I let anyone shove theirs down mine. I will NOT sully my own personal honor and integrity to behave in a manner I find offensive just because "it's a tactic that works".
 
One time I was asked this question and I replied something to the effect of stopping an intruder if needed. Of course the girl asking the question realised this isn't a complete answer and she then asked "Do guns make you feel cool?". I said "No... I AM cool. Guns make me feel safe. You have ADT? I have Mossberg"

-Dev
 
I can think of several good honest answers, some of which have been covered here. If the asker is just a flaming anti picking a fight, just a few well placed facts stated calmly should put them down in a hurry. But I haven't had much problem with that around here... antis don't tend to hang around me.

"Check out the 2nd Amendment"... "because I can"... those seem to go well together, but the 2A is the one that recognizes the citizens' right to protect the public as well as the individual by being armed. I think we're all supposed to be able to watch each other's backs on that principle, but the way society is, I know better than to count on it.

Sheriff Jim Wilson, in this last issue of Shooting Times, said "The civilian who carries a defensive handgun uses it as an exit ticket out of a bad situation, not as an excuse to engage in a pitched battle." I think that about says it for the defensive purposes.
 
I was recently asked this by my step-daughter-out-law (so what else would you call the unmarried mother of your step-son's child?). She was (I believe) seriously curious, so I had to think about it. I finally explained that I had been taught by my grandfather that a gentleman has an affirmative duty to make himself proficient in the use of arms for the defense of his home and family. I told her that I considered my grandfather to be an exceptionally intelligent and well-educated individual, and therefore I accepted this as a valid reason to learn how to shoot.

Having done so, I further informed her, I also discovered that I enjoyed it.

Let's face it, before people had guns "gentlemen" walked around with 3-foot swords hanging off their belts and it was commented upon only if a gentleman for some reason did NOT wear his sword one day. Guns have replaced swords, but why do we now question when a gentleman DOES wear a gun, rather than wondering why he does not?
 
I keep and bear arms for the same reason I vote, pay taxes, and answer jury summons: it's my civic obligation; as well, it's a moral obligation, and I've enjoyed target shooting three decades and longer now, and intend to continue doing so the rest of my life.
 
If I know them, and more importantly, if they know me:

Them: "Why do you own guns?"

Me: flat, unfriendly stare :scrutiny:

Them: "Ahh...gotcha"

If we've just been introduced:

Them: "Why do you own guns?"

Me: "Because it is shirking your responsibilities not to be able to defend your family and yourself; from criminals, from wild animals, from zombies, from terrorists, from the invading Chinese, and most of all, from your government."

Them: :uhoh:

Me: "I like to be responsible... Hippy." :neener:

S/F

Farnham
 
If asked why I own guns, I say "Because it's my reponsibility to keep me and my family safe."


One time I stopped in at my dad's work, and guns came up in conversation. One of his co-workers asked "What do you do that you need to carry a gun?"

I assume he expected to hear something like "I make daily bank deposits of several thousand dollars."

Instead I replied "I take personal responsibility for my own safety."
 
Turn it around on them. Why do you not own a gun? Do you vote? Do you pay taxes? Then why do you not exercise your right as an American to own a firearm? Now get the hell outa my house! ;)
 
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