Carry reasons?
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shotgunkevin
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I carry because I am a free man.
The impetus was the attacks our nation suffered on September 11, 2001. It took me a few months to scrape together the $200 to purchase an Oklahoma permit, (hmm, maybe not so free after all), and as it turns out, between my finances at the time and a couple of delays, I didn't get my permit for about a year.
It expires on September 11th.
The impetus was the attacks our nation suffered on September 11, 2001. It took me a few months to scrape together the $200 to purchase an Oklahoma permit, (hmm, maybe not so free after all), and as it turns out, between my finances at the time and a couple of delays, I didn't get my permit for about a year.
It expires on September 11th.
BobCav
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Because I can't carry a cop....
RevolvingCylinder
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Actually the crime rate was higher during the '90s.
I CHOOSE to carry because I have reality based thinking and understand that there are real, live potential hazards in daily life. The possibility of experiencing one of those hazards is extremely low. The consequence of not preparing to deal with one of those hazards is extremely high.
Well I am working on hand gun ownership as funds become available to me. But why do I want to carry a gun?
Well for college i spent 5 years living in college dormitories in the "big city". I got to discover the "joys" of living next to gang bangers in the dorms and staying REAL quiet so they wouldnt think of me when they got into a "lets mess with whitey" mindset.
And I have found that humanity sucks, I have yet to find one stranger that would actually step in and help if someone stuck a knife in me for my wallet.
A few years back a religious community started building itself within 10 miles of my house. They have 3 large army style barracks set up to hold genuine GANG BANGER, JUVENILE OFFENDERS, DRUG USER AND SELLERS to "rehabilitate and vacationize" during the summer months. As crime has gone up since then, its only time before they start shooting at us.
So as others would say, whats your reason for not excercising your constitutionally given right to carry a concealed handgun?
Well for college i spent 5 years living in college dormitories in the "big city". I got to discover the "joys" of living next to gang bangers in the dorms and staying REAL quiet so they wouldnt think of me when they got into a "lets mess with whitey" mindset.
And I have found that humanity sucks, I have yet to find one stranger that would actually step in and help if someone stuck a knife in me for my wallet.
A few years back a religious community started building itself within 10 miles of my house. They have 3 large army style barracks set up to hold genuine GANG BANGER, JUVENILE OFFENDERS, DRUG USER AND SELLERS to "rehabilitate and vacationize" during the summer months. As crime has gone up since then, its only time before they start shooting at us.
So as others would say, whats your reason for not excercising your constitutionally given right to carry a concealed handgun?
Let's try not to use that phrase. The right existed before the Constitution
The Constitution merely attempts to guarantee that right.
I carry because I'm too old and stiff-jointed to defend myself physically any more.
And because I can.
jeffkirchner
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I started carrying 3 years ago, when Ohio finally made it legal to carry a handgun concealed, without forceing people to prove that they "need" to (the old "affimative defense" law required that a person who was "caught" carrying a concealed weapon prove that he was in danger of being attacked by a violent criminal, because of his job or other circumstances).
I know the police can't provide individualized personal protection. It's my responsibility, and I accept it.
I know the police can't provide individualized personal protection. It's my responsibility, and I accept it.
Why Carry? Because if I ask permission, take a class, prove my comptency with a firearm, get fingerprinted, and submit to a full background check...I CAN.*
*In certain places deemed acceptable by the people I ask permission from.
*In certain places deemed acceptable by the people I ask permission from.
As I got older I realized that sometimes I would be on my own with no one to rely on but myself.
To be more specific I was in St. Louis one day and had an absolutely huge (I'm 6'3", when I say huge, it means huge) bum try to get some money from me. I refused and he continued to follow me down an empty street, hands playing in his pockets until I came some people. I don't think he was a real threat and was likely just your typical bum but it did give me the creeps a little bit in a way that I very rarely feel. I think that event kind of sparked the idea that sometime I might actually be on my own in a confrontation with a person that wants to do me harm and perhaps I should consider investigating self defense options.
To be more specific I was in St. Louis one day and had an absolutely huge (I'm 6'3", when I say huge, it means huge) bum try to get some money from me. I refused and he continued to follow me down an empty street, hands playing in his pockets until I came some people. I don't think he was a real threat and was likely just your typical bum but it did give me the creeps a little bit in a way that I very rarely feel. I think that event kind of sparked the idea that sometime I might actually be on my own in a confrontation with a person that wants to do me harm and perhaps I should consider investigating self defense options.
Prince Yamato
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...It was on the list of "things to do before I die"...
ArchAngelCD
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I guess my reason are a lot simpler than some of the posts.
Do you know the old saying "use it or lose it?"
Well it's true, use your 2nd Amendment rights or lose them!!
Do you know the old saying "use it or lose it?"
Well it's true, use your 2nd Amendment rights or lose them!!
Dysfunctional Individual
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Mainly because others do. Usually that's not a very good reason for anything, but in this case it applies well.
Travis Lee
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Oh, yeah.... them squirrels.
I was once chased by a gang of them
through Lincoln Park...
They apparently wanted to mug me for my
suitcase full of octopus sandwiches....
Don't tell me that was weird. I know it was weird.
Something about being chased by squirrels....
it CHANGES a man.
--Travis--
I was once chased by a gang of them
through Lincoln Park...
They apparently wanted to mug me for my
suitcase full of octopus sandwiches....
Don't tell me that was weird. I know it was weird.
Something about being chased by squirrels....
it CHANGES a man.
--Travis--
CajunBass
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Mostly because I want to.
However there is another, underlying reason, that I had never really thought about until my wife pointed it out to me.
She moved here from Chicago, where is all but impossible to own a gun, much less carry one. When she found out that not only was it legal to own guns here, she could get a permit to carry one, on a shall issue basis, she insisted that we both get one. Her reasoning?
"A lot of people must have worked really hard to get this kind of law passed. If we (meaning "the people") don't take advantage of it, they (meaning those who would take our rights away) will say 'Look, no one wanted this law in the first place. Let's repeal it."
And as smart as she is, she still married me.
However there is another, underlying reason, that I had never really thought about until my wife pointed it out to me.
She moved here from Chicago, where is all but impossible to own a gun, much less carry one. When she found out that not only was it legal to own guns here, she could get a permit to carry one, on a shall issue basis, she insisted that we both get one. Her reasoning?
"A lot of people must have worked really hard to get this kind of law passed. If we (meaning "the people") don't take advantage of it, they (meaning those who would take our rights away) will say 'Look, no one wanted this law in the first place. Let's repeal it."
And as smart as she is, she still married me.
ZeSpectre
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I worked in law enforcement and carried all the time. Left that and went to a tech career and for a brief period I didn't even own a gun. Not sure why, it's just the way it went. CCW lapsed and so forth.
Then I gradually got back into guns and shooting and kept pondering getting my CCW but kept putting it off until I did this bit of research.
Once I had a visual representation of the crime scene in my general area I suddenly realized how lax and "sheeplike" I was actually acting.
I can only consider myself lucky that it didn't take a -personal- encounter to get me to wake back up!
Then I gradually got back into guns and shooting and kept pondering getting my CCW but kept putting it off until I did this bit of research.
Once I had a visual representation of the crime scene in my general area I suddenly realized how lax and "sheeplike" I was actually acting.
I can only consider myself lucky that it didn't take a -personal- encounter to get me to wake back up!
MD_Willington
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I posted this on the Saiga forum...
And this regarding the additional responsibility:
MD
And this regarding the additional responsibility:
MD
Libertyteeth
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I live in a fairly safe area, but bad things still occasionally happen.
I have long carried openly when out in the woods, and in my truck, but have lately started to carry either in a bag, or openly in town. I can do this without a permit. I don't want a permit.
If HB 340 passes, allowing Alaska carry in town, I will carry concealed. Law enforcement honchos have been lobbying heavily against it. If it fails, I will carry openly all the time, including in yuppified Bozeman.
I have long carried openly when out in the woods, and in my truck, but have lately started to carry either in a bag, or openly in town. I can do this without a permit. I don't want a permit.
If HB 340 passes, allowing Alaska carry in town, I will carry concealed. Law enforcement honchos have been lobbying heavily against it. If it fails, I will carry openly all the time, including in yuppified Bozeman.
times have changed,
age 10 in the "60's" i made my pocket money shooting vermin for bounty.
in a suburb of our state capitol.
at puberty i discovered martial arts (and girls)
and trained and competed till age 45.
thats when the bruises stopped healing overnight. so back to guns.
now i have had my heart attack and cannot play rough any more.
so if an out of control adult is a hazard to me or mine.
just gonna hafta shoot them.
rms/pa
age 10 in the "60's" i made my pocket money shooting vermin for bounty.
in a suburb of our state capitol.
at puberty i discovered martial arts (and girls)
and trained and competed till age 45.
thats when the bruises stopped healing overnight. so back to guns.
now i have had my heart attack and cannot play rough any more.
so if an out of control adult is a hazard to me or mine.
just gonna hafta shoot them.
rms/pa
MS .45
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My decision to carry is the natural evolution of the mindset that I have had my whole life, and that is self-reliance. I choose to provide for my own security as there is no one else who can. Also, carrying a firearm is only one of a list of things that I do to be self-reliant.
Bobo
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This is exactly why...
http://www.thehighroad.org./showpost.php?p=3213635&postcount=2
Thanks Werewolf!
http://www.thehighroad.org./showpost.php?p=3213635&postcount=2
Thanks Werewolf!
Why do you carry your Credit card
Most of us carry several CC with us at all times, yet how often do you actualy use them? total of 2 mins a day? What about the other 1438 minutes, its just dead weight, except that when you wnat to buy something, youll have your CC, and be good to go.
Well CCW is the same thing, You may never use it, but when the time comes, youll wish you had it.
+1 on the "Because I can" crowd.
Morcoth
Most of us carry several CC with us at all times, yet how often do you actualy use them? total of 2 mins a day? What about the other 1438 minutes, its just dead weight, except that when you wnat to buy something, youll have your CC, and be good to go.
Well CCW is the same thing, You may never use it, but when the time comes, youll wish you had it.
+1 on the "Because I can" crowd.
Morcoth
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I'm in the "because I can" crowd. I live in a "safe" area, according to crime stats anyway. I got my permit not out of fear or after an incident, but because I figured the more people that have them, the less chance they will be able to do away with it. Kinda like, "I voted, did you" type of thing.
If you live in an area that allows for concealed carry permits, do all gun owners a favor and go get one. Even if you never ever carry or never ever see yourself carrying (as long as you're a responsible gun owner and won't turn up on the evening news doing something moronic with your permit/gun). IMHO, the more people that have them, the harder it would be for them to legislate it out of existence. If every eligible person that could get one, did get one, I have a feeling the anti's would have to change their tune and tone it down.
If you live in an area that allows for concealed carry permits, do all gun owners a favor and go get one. Even if you never ever carry or never ever see yourself carrying (as long as you're a responsible gun owner and won't turn up on the evening news doing something moronic with your permit/gun). IMHO, the more people that have them, the harder it would be for them to legislate it out of existence. If every eligible person that could get one, did get one, I have a feeling the anti's would have to change their tune and tone it down.
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