Do you carry All the time.

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GunnyUSMC said:
That old saying, if you pack trouble, you’ll find trouble, came about because there are some people that would take more risk when they carried a gun or another weapon. But then there’s that other saying, stupid is, is stupid does. There are people that are not to bright that carry guns, but I think that the members here at THR are of a little higher caliber.
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I suppose you have a point if being a member of an internet chat room / forum and spilling our guts to people we don't know is considered bright. Im the same rotten sob I was before joining.

Humor of course
J
 
AlexanderA said:
My general attitude is that there is too much carrying. The criterion for carrying should be a clear, imminent threat.
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Especially on a gun forum, that blows my mind.
If I knew there was going to be an imminent threat somewhere in advance I could/would avoid it.
Lacking psychic ability and thinking being a unarmed victim unacceptable, I carry everywhere (had concealed carry 25+ years).
 
AlexanderA said:
My general attitude is that there is too much carrying. The criterion for carrying should be a clear, imminent threat. Which, personally, I've never had to deal with.

The ancient Greek warriors would arm themselves literally seconds before the clash with the enemy. (They had helpers to carry their weapons and armor.) So, being armed was based on "need."

The reason they did this was that being armed all the time was tiring, when all their strength needed to be conserved.

We can learn a lesson from this.
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Sorry if this isn't High Road, but that's just stupid. Not everyone is prescient as you and can know in advance when a threat will come calling. You don't pay attention to the news, do you? I don't either, but I still know enough about what's going on in the world to know that bad things can happen anywhere, at any time, night or day and that they happen instantly, without warning.

"Clear, imminent threat?" Hell, if there was a
clear, imminent threat - like others have said - I would be armed with a rifle and a full combat load.

Or I'd be on my way outta there!

And your "Greek Warriors" story, while cute, is totally inapplicable. Your vaunted Greek Warriors knew they were going into battle and had a fairly good idea exactly where the party was going to be and at what time the festivities were to begin.

AlexanderA said:
With the proliferation of concealed carry, criminals can increasingly assume that all their victims are armed. This is dangerous, then, because the "craziest of the crazies" will come to the fore among the criminals. You'll have "100 lb. chicks" being shot because of a mere suspicion that they might be armed
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Pure, unadulterated Bovine Excrement.

A fantasy you have concocted out of your *** with absolutely no evidence to back up such a ridiculous conjecture.

You don't want to carry? You want to play the odds, hoping your luck will hold out? More power to you. Odds are it will and I certainly pray your luck will continue to hold out. But it does no one any good for you to make up lies to try to convince everyone else. Or yourself.
 
Claus said:
Maybe the question should be “do you only own and carry for protection?” Or “do you own or collect many guns and also choose to carry some of them”. In other words is protection your only reason for owning firearms?
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I own many guns. All ways have. But I only carry for protection.
 
AlexanderA said:
My general attitude is that there is too much carrying. The criterion for carrying should be a clear, imminent threat. Which, personally, I've never had to deal with.

The ancient Greek warriors would arm themselves literally seconds before the clash with the enemy. (They had helpers to carry their weapons and armor.) So, being armed was based on "need."

The reason they did this was that being armed all the time was tiring, when all their strength needed to be conserved.

We can learn a lesson from this.
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This is one of the most ludicrous posts I’ve ever read on THR. And the justifications for it have been just as ridiculous.
 
As I told a neighbor "if you see me outside, expect me to be armed."

Also "if it's legal and the least bit convenient, I am armed."

At times "if no pat down and no metal detector, still armed."

"No gun sign" but no force of law state......yep.......still armed.

The one time I had to draw and expected to fire was literally 20 feet from my front door. Had I not been fully armed and mentally prepared, there is a solid chance I would not be here to type this or I'd be doing it from a wheelchair. I have no doubt that man would have strangled me to death had he managed to get hold of me and he'd told everyone "he had to do it." He was that crazy.
 
Father Goose said:
As I told a neighbor "if you see me outside, expect me to be armed."
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I do not tell anyone that.

On one occasion when I had elected to not carry, I pulled into a large rural service station to refuel. A very large man emerged tom the shop with a large drink. took a look at me, started making very threatening faces, and began cursing me. I quickly stopped the pump and drove where his following me would not lead him back to the campground.

Never again.

Some time before concealed carry was lawful here, my wife and I when to a state park to photograph the reflections of fall wild flowers in still water. I saw a man with a derelict car salvaging illegally dumped metal cans.

He saw us and our car, pulled a knife, and tried to move around behind us.

We escaped--barely.
 
Well, I didn't mean for it to go this way. I only asked Do you carry all the time?
If you do or don't is up to you. For any reason.
 
tws3b2 said:
Well, I didn't mean for it to go this way. I only asked Do you carry all the time?
If you do or don't is up to you. For any reason.
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This is a forum for firearms enthusiasts. Wouldn't you expect that most here would carry all the time, or at least all the time when lawfully allowed?

I don't put the fire extinguisher and first aid kit back in my truck only when I "expect" to need them. I don't renew my motor vehicle insurance only for those periods when I "expect" the "clear, imminent threat" of being in an motor vehicle accident. Safety practices -- of which concealed carry is one -- are just that: practices, and practices should be followed regularly, routinely, daily when possible. Otherwise, those practices will seem "uncomfortable" or "painful" or "inconvenient."
 
Old Dog said:
This is a forum for firearms enthusiasts. Wouldn't you expect that most here would carry all the time, or at least all the time when lawfully allowed?

I don't put the fire extinguisher and first aid kit back in my truck only when I "expect" to need them. I don't renew my motor vehicle insurance only for those periods when I "expect" the "clear, imminent threat" of being in an motor vehicle accident. Safety practices -- of which concealed carry is one -- are just that: practices, and practices should be followed regularly, routinely, daily when possible. Otherwise, those practices will seem "uncomfortable" or "painful" or "inconvenient."
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Cool down guy. Whatever tickles your fancy Go for it. I just asked a question. I do know a lot of gun. " enthusiasts " that don't carry a gun at all. I'm a gun enthusiast from as far back as I like to think about. I have two safes full of guns I just like to look at and hold. And, I have a Carry Permit. But, I seldom carry one on me. Just me. No need to pop your cork.
 
tws3b2 said:
Cool down guy. Whatever tickles your fancy Go for it. I just asked a question. I do know a lot of gun. " enthusiasts " that don't carry a gun at all. I'm a gun enthusiast from as far back as I like to think about. I have two safes full of guns I just like to look at and hold. And, I have a Carry Permit. But, I seldom carry one on me. Just me. No need to pop your cork.
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"Cool down?" "Pop your cork?"

I'm totally cool. (I have my A/C cranked down to 65 degrees, actually). This is just the internet, I don't take this personally nor was I disparaging your opinions. All of us have different experiences, but judging by the responses of five pages, most here do carry religiously (when legal) -- I simply asked wouldn't you have expected that?
 
Old Dog said:
"Cool down?" "Pop your cork?"

I'm totally cool. (I have my A/C cranked down to 65 degrees, actually). This is just the internet, I don't take this personally nor was I disparaging your opinions. All of us have different experiences, but judging by the responses of five pages, most here do carry religiously (when legal) -- I simply asked wouldn't you have expected that?
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Aww, 65? I'm jealous. Lowest I'm allowed to go is 70, but it's usually 72.
 
One of the best things about discussion forums is that threads can "go any which way." As long as people are respectful it's fine.

If I was still in college or still teaching college I wouldn't tell anyone I was armed.

These days, in summer, I am mostly open carrying, so most everyone that knows me knows I'm armed.

Most gun owners and most CCW holders simply do not carry at all times. It's their choice of course, certainly their right. However, they are most certainly telling themselves, "It can't happen to me."
 
I was kind of ambivalent about carrying until the recent riots and demonstrations started.

I visualized a scene from a long ago riot where a truck driver minding his own business, I think his name was Reginald Denny, was pulled from his cab and beaten senseless, with cinder blocks broken over his head.

His crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time, nothing more.

I don’t intend to be a helpless victim, and now consistently carry.
 
Kleanbore said:
Those are dramatic, but a far, far more likely serious threat is a carjacking.
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I live near a reasonably sized metropolitan area. The way things are today, an incident can take place, i.e., a police shooting, and a large crowd can assemble fairly quickly.

Roads can become blocked, fires started, looting occurs, all very rapidly and before a traveler might become aware.

It may be dramatic, but no less threatening than a carjacking. This area is not known for carjacking, but it has had several police related riots.
 
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