cambeul41
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By that I do not mean people who carry as a job requirement. I mean to ask how many people choose to carry a gun because of a perceived need -- despite a fear of, dislike of, or even indifference toward them.
We have all heard various “reasons” for carrying. When asked why I do, my favorite response is something like this: “I am too old and too gimpy to either fight or run as I once could, but I still have my pride and independence. I am too proud and independent to give up my freedom to go where I will, to hide behind walls, and to go out only in flocks of timorous of sheeple — and then only to non-existent “safe places” as gun-grabbers constantly advise.” Sometimes I simply say, “I carry because I choose to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.” I suspect, however, that those responses leave out an essential fact.
I carry whenever doing so is permissible, but then I like guns and do not consider carrying to be a bothersome inconvenience. Despite my going into Detroit nearly everyday, I doubt that I would carry often or perhaps even ever if I did not like them. The warmth and comfort that I now feel when I have that weight at my side just would not be there.
Consider an opposite example. I consider my cell phone to be only for calling 9-1-1, AAA , or my wife: all defensive uses. I don’t like using phones, so I constantly forget to charge my cell phone – or forget to take it off the charger when I leave home. I suspect that if I disliked guns, even if I had one for home defense, even if I were licensed, I would leave it at home.
Because of the odds against a substantial win, I don’t buy lottery tickets. If the only reason for carrying were defensive, I would likely not carry because I would see the odds that I would need a firearm for self-defense to be just as low.
To answer the “Why” question honestly, perhaps I need to preface any other answer with “Because I like guns, and. . . .”
We have all heard various “reasons” for carrying. When asked why I do, my favorite response is something like this: “I am too old and too gimpy to either fight or run as I once could, but I still have my pride and independence. I am too proud and independent to give up my freedom to go where I will, to hide behind walls, and to go out only in flocks of timorous of sheeple — and then only to non-existent “safe places” as gun-grabbers constantly advise.” Sometimes I simply say, “I carry because I choose to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.” I suspect, however, that those responses leave out an essential fact.
I carry whenever doing so is permissible, but then I like guns and do not consider carrying to be a bothersome inconvenience. Despite my going into Detroit nearly everyday, I doubt that I would carry often or perhaps even ever if I did not like them. The warmth and comfort that I now feel when I have that weight at my side just would not be there.
Consider an opposite example. I consider my cell phone to be only for calling 9-1-1, AAA , or my wife: all defensive uses. I don’t like using phones, so I constantly forget to charge my cell phone – or forget to take it off the charger when I leave home. I suspect that if I disliked guns, even if I had one for home defense, even if I were licensed, I would leave it at home.
Because of the odds against a substantial win, I don’t buy lottery tickets. If the only reason for carrying were defensive, I would likely not carry because I would see the odds that I would need a firearm for self-defense to be just as low.
To answer the “Why” question honestly, perhaps I need to preface any other answer with “Because I like guns, and. . . .”
To these people, the gun is just part of their uniform. These are the ones you hope never have to use it, because they might end up dead or killing the wrong person. 
