Carry because you're older?

[gtd]

It's not about age, it's about responsibility.

I'm not old and I'm not young. I am responsible for several family members who would be unable to protect themselves. I've seen, even recently in front of my own house, that they need protection. And right now, my number one job in life is to make sure they can live their lives in contentment and happiness, ignorant of all the bad things around them. That means coming home each night without fail.

I really don't care about anyone else's opinion about how I manage to make that happen.

 

[mtnflyboy]

When I was 15 yrs old, I KNEW I would never die -- that only happened to old folks. The Summer after my 16th birthday, I got shot at for the first time, in a robbery at the drive-in movie where I worked... and I began to understand that I could get hurt, after all. Two years later, I was shot at again -- and I figured out that I, too, could die -- and it didn't matter that I was "special", or that my Mommy loved me.

I still meet people, from time to time, that think like I did at 15 -- and a lot of them are older than your friend. Matter of fact, the first one that comes to mind is a rabid anti-gun freak, who made money lobbying against Colorado's 'shall- issue' CCW law, a couple of years back.

It may just be a matter of growing up, rather than growing old. OR -- it may just be a matter of realizing that YOU are responsible for your own safety -- not Big Momma Gummint... and that bad things DO happen, even to "good" folks.

 

[BigBlueEyedDevil]

I'm 21 and I will be carrying as soon as I move to Arizona. 22 and packing ain't bad. Specially since it's a 1911. Tyler

 

[Tom Bri]

There are things worth protecting. That is all. Might be my own life, my wife's, kids, even some stranger's life. Maybe it is my freedom. If there isn't anything in your life worth protecting, you have a big problem.

 

[joab]

At 42 I've reach the age where you realize that you are not as tough as you used to be, and probably never were as tough as you thought you were. I have broken my back, had both knees operated on several times, dislocated my shoulder twice and have had over 40 broken bones all of which scream at me when the weather turns cold or wet.
So yeah I have accepted the fact that I probably cannot stand toe to toe with a younger stronger more determined crack head espescially if he is armed
At 22 I carried illegally because I knew then also that I could not stand toe to toe with any and all. And nobody at all knew that I carried because it was illegal.
So bravado had nothing to do with it then. I just had an extreme desire not to die.

 

[M2HMGHB]

I'll be 20 this month. I cannot carry a concealed weapon for 1 reason, NJ state doesnt allow it. I have been sick off and on since I was 7 with Lyme Disease. I now have a bone spur in each knee and moderate asthma, I cannot run for more then 25 yards. Most days I'm stuck in the house feeling like crud. The one thing that has improved my mind set is shooting at the range. I find it to be the best stress relief in the world. As for carrying concealed I plan on getting pepper spray and when I go to places that are usually not the top of the group I'll have a cane, thats in addition to a knife which I have almost never been without since I was 15. I know it's not the best choice, especially in this state but it is the best that can be done. If anyone cares to bs about Lyme Disease or would like info just PM me.

Scott