Why Carry a Gun?

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Some of you have seen this, some have not. I just wanted to share it with every one:

This just about says it all.

PEOPLE ASK
Why Carry a Gun?


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.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually 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 an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

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A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. >From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
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You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without them, we are 'subjects'.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, please spread this anti gun-control message to all of your friends.


The purpose of fighting is to win.
There is no possible victory in defense.
The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either.
The final weapon is the brain.
All else is supplemental.

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN! SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE. SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
IT'S A NO BRAINER!
DON'T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.

I'm a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment!
 
I liked the break down by each genocidal country and the total loss of life count at the end. Quite sad that it's not broadcast. Thanks for posting.
 
Nazi Germany.

The Weimar government was attempting to bring some stability to German society and politics (a classic "law and order" position). Violent extremist movements (of both the Left and Right) were actively attacking the young, and very fragile, democratic state. A government that cannot maintain some degree of public order cannot sustain its legitimacy. Nor was the German citizenry well grounded in Constitutional, republican government (as was evidenced in their choices at the ballot box). Gun control was not initiated at the behest or on behalf of the Nazis - it was in fact designed to keep them, or others of the same ilk, from executing a revolution against the lawful government. In the strictest sense, the law succeeded - the Nazis did not stage an armed coup.
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I'm too old to fight, too slow to run, and I'm not Chuck Norris, Steven Segall, and Bruce Lee rolled into one persona.

p.s. I also don't have Col. Jeff Cooper and 'Skeeter' Skelton as my "wing men".
 
Someone asked me the other day why I "need" an AR, I told him because we have a Bill of Rights, not a Bill of Needs.
 
Had this as my sig line for a while:

You can't enslave an armed man. You can only kill him.

Not sure where it came from, but sums up my reasoning in a nutshell.
 
"Why carry a gun"?


If you're older than 17 and you are still asking that question, then you just wouldn't understand.
 
I like these things, but it's very important that we be honest about everything. One of the advantages of being on the right side is you don't have to lie to make your point.

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN! SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE. SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
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So, this doesn't need to be in there, since it's not true.

1) The government does not issue every household a gun. When a Swiss citizens enlistment is up he has the option of keeping a semi automatic only version of the firearm at his home. Ammo is no longer provided.

2) Switzerland does not have the lowest gun crime rate in the "civilized" world.

Nit picky maybe, but the truth stands behind us, there's no need to put any spin on this topic. The best debating tool in the world is the truth :)
 
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During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!
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IMO the Japanese did not invade due to A.) our immediate and vigorous reaction after Pearl Harbor and B.) the expanse of water separating our countries called the Pacific Ocean. Crossing the Pacific would have proved very expensive and would have pulled troops and resources from other arenas they where they were fighting in the Pacific theater. :rolleyes:

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN! SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE. SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
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Switzerland requires mandatory military service for all able-bodied male citizens. The Swiss army also issues every male two rifles and two pistols (with ammo:evil:) which they are required to keep in their home. So yes they are trained and issued a rifle, but they are military personnel. Oh and they get Swiss army knives. :D

In an online english course we were debating gun control and I let slip that I own 7 firearms. I know only 7:rolleyes:. One über anti-gun gal was appalled that I felt compelled to own 7 guns. I choose to own guns because I don't have police waiting at my house for criminals.
 
Great stuff, though I do think citing exact references for the facts would be an improvement. (If what you have doesn't exactly convey the cited fact then adjust it so that it is perfectly true as TR noted)

ps. anyone else think it funny that TR has a TR quote as his sigline?
 
Old Ben summed it up pretty well...
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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb."
-Benjamin Franklin

While a lovely sentiment, there's no evidence that Old Ben Franklin was the author of this otherwise fine quote -- not that it matters. The fact of the matter is that we are fortunate to live in a country where the Constitution guarantees us the right.
 
Wait the Swiss issue two rifles and pistols? I thought it was just a Rifle and Pistol and issuing ammo was done away with because of problems created by that issued ammo. We need a Swiss to comment on this.
 
My belief is that Guns are like locks on your front door. They keep the honest people honest. If a honest person trys to open your front door and its locked , they walk away. If a dishonest person trys to open your front door and its locked, they just kick it in, and if there is a armed home owner behind it you'll know that dishonest persons intent in about three seconds. The whole honest people will give up the guns and dishonest people will keep them is the truth . My question to this thread is who are the honest people that will keep there guns to actually defend themselves???
 
In an online english course we were debating gun control and I let slip that I own 7 firearms. I know only 7. One über anti-gun gal was appalled that I felt compelled to own 7 guns. I choose to own guns because I don't have police waiting at my house for criminals.
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I've never understood this sentiment, as though the # of firearms a person owned were somehow proportionate to their propensity to commit a violent crime. I mean, the Columbine killers had 2 each, ditto on the VT and Ft. Hood murderers if I'm not badly mistaken. 2 guns each. They didn't exactly have an "arsenal".

I also seem to remember the FBI working up a profile on the mass killers of the past and finding that the only common link was that they were depressed males. # of guns owned wasn't one of the links.

Me, I'd only be even remotely suspicious of someone if they owned, say, at least a dozen of the exact same type of rifle. Then I might suspect they planned on arming a group. But even then, many people own a dozen or more Mosins, Mausers, Garands, and so on. Heck, many on here probably own more than a dozen ARs or AKs and have no criminal record at all.

So, I'm honestly confused by where this idea that # of guns owned correlates to propensity towards committing violent crime idea comes from.
 
Coby,
You may want to bone up on your history of the Second World War before you suggest that the United States immediately or vigorously responded to the attack on Pearl Harbor, or that the size of the Pacific limited the Japanese interest in an invasion. I'd start with Ronald Spector's "Eagle against the Sun". http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Against-Sun-American-Japan/dp/0394741013

You will learn much about how the Allies responded to the encroachment by the Empire of Japan. . .
 
I actually dont have sources for any of the numbers. A good friend sent to to me in an email and i thought i would throw it out here. I know i was nodding my head to alot of the answers to the question "why carry a gun" and im sure alot of others where too.

Enjoy!
--Chris
 
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