How much $ to give up your right to carry?

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About 1.000.000.000 $!

With that much money I would buy a small island somewhere in the Pacific and make my own firearms law.

That law would be the shortest in human history:

THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ALL KINDS OF ARMS, INCLUDING FIREARMS AND ENERGY WEAPONS, SHALL NEVER BE INFRINGED:
 
Not very much at all. Every day, I sell out to my employer, as 'deadly weapons' are prohibited at work.

Those here who live or work in Chicago or D.C. are guilty as well.

JB
 
Suffice it to say that if it were inevitable, and I got money or nothing, Bill Gates would have some company at the top of Forbes richest men's list :cool:

And remember, those of you saying that you would hire guards, that to them, their life is probably more valuable to them then yours.
 
I'd take the money then welch on the deal and carry anyway.

Oh, forgot the question about how much. I dunno. Make an offer. I'll take it.
 
I could do it for a few billion happily

Low end would be 5 million. With any luck I've got a lot of life ahead of me, and a wonderful woman to spend it with. Situations where a disheveled, unfriendly and disreputable-looking guy such as myself just gets ignored or dirty looks can get a little more complicated when I'm accompanying my beautiful and outgoing companion. $5,000,000 would give me options that could let me avoid such situations by and large.
 
"A moot point in Illinois."
Actually, it might not be. IF and I repeat IF, the only reason you stay in that state or a state with similar gun laws is because that is where you work and the job is worth staying there for you.

As for me, I am not a real social animal. If I got enough to live comfortably where I wanted, I would take the money and run. For me, this would be somewhere well off the beaten track where I could do the things I like to do and not worry about what other people think about it. In other words, a rural area. The money would be my average wage based on my last three year average for the rest of the time I have to work until retirement, plus my pension based on the average life expectency of people in MY familty (my grandmothers died at 98 and 101). I would guestimate the number to be inexcess of 10 million dollars.
At that point I would still carry long guns in my pickup truck rear window, which wouldn't be an issue in rural America.
 
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My initial answer is, "There is no amount of money that could replace my right to carry a firearm for my safety and the safety of my family."

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That was my initial thought also, but if I was presented with a suitcase with $100,000,000 would I be able to turn it down? Don't know, but probably not.

Jim
 
$10 million ... $100 million ... whatever ...concealed is concealed ... I'll take the money and still carry so :neener:
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I agree. Take anything they offer and give them back their piece of paper and carry on. :)
You dont have any right to carry unless you live in Vermont, they are the only ones who still have rights, at least at home. Everywhere else, you need to ask someones permission.
 
one million dollars!!!


huh? what?

oh......


one HUNDRED BILLION dollars!!!!

now wheres that evil similie at?

:neener:
 
1) Enough money to buy God and keep him bought. I figure if I got God protecting me, I won't need a gun.

2) Enough to buy me the Presidency of the United States for life. Yeah, I'd have people gunning for me, but atleast As President I'd have fairly good protection.

#1 would be just fine. #2 would do in a pinch.
 
The Lord giveth, and NO ONE takes away

So let's say I get my $300 million. Without the means to protect myself, how do I prevent it being taken right back?

Freedoms are G-d given. They cannot be bought or sold.
 
$100,000 dollars.

Ya, I know you guys will all think thats terrible...but if someone offered me $100,000 in cash, I would do it in a heartbeat.
 
I'd sell my right to carry for $50,000,000. Then I'd build a compound and share the money with my family and closest friends and buy them all the awesome hardware they've ever wanted. They would act as my security, if needed, when I leave the compound.
 
I know, I know. I would take 50 million or billion or something in between. But I really need to know:

How much money would be considered reasonable by another or a group of people?
 
Ya, I know you guys will all think thats terrible...but if someone offered me $100,000 in cash, I would do it in a heartbeat.

Are we are talking about not carrying a concealed gun anymore? And that is it. It would not be a big deal for me as well - count me in.

To say I can't own or shoot guns , that is a different story. But to all those here who say it would take hundreds of millions to stop carrying :rolleyes: Yeah , sure , I believe you.
 
I hope that I don't get in trouble for this:

Man walks into a bar, and engages a pretty young gal in conversation. After awhile he asks her, "Would you go to bed with me for a million dollars?". To which she replies, "Sure!".

Then he asks her, "Would you be willing to go to bed with me for twenty dollars?" This time she indignantly replies "What do you think I am?" He retorts with "We already know what you are, now we are negotiating the price."

Are you truly willing to give up your rights (and those of your children and grandchildren) for any amount of money? Good men have died that you might keep them, don't dishonor their sacrifice.
 
Thank you, Sistema1927, for reminding us.

This question was originally raised over a real situation, undisclosed, which faced one of us or a friend of one of us. I answered based on my guess as to what the issue really was. I think that many of our answers, probably including mine, didn't address what was on the original poster's mind.

Would he care to comment?
 
Are you truly willing to give up your rights (and those of your children and grandchildren) for any amount of money? Good men have died that you might keep them, don't dishonor their sacrifice.
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We have already given them up. You have to ask someone in authority if its alright with them if you can carry your gun. They give you a "permit" and can take it away any time they like. So much for your rights. So if they want to give me some money and take back their "learner's permit", hey, I'll take their money. I already passed the test on how to carry concealed and will continue to do so, permit or not. :)
 
Just to carry concealed? Well, since I dont have my CCW yet, and 80% of the places I go on a daily basis have made it a felony to posess a firearm there, I cant say it would effect me much.



However, I still want my crack squad of minions protecting me, in their armored HMMWV's. Wait, that would be a little obvious. Keep that in reserve, and a few body guards around at all times.

Oh, and eleventy-bagillion dollars. *whispering* Oh, its not? Umm, ok. $500 billion, and the certainty that the economy will stay stable enough where its not more valueable as toilet paper (like Reichmarks). I could do a lot with 500billion. :evil:
 
This question was originally raised over a real situation, undisclosed, which faced one of us or a friend of one of us. I answered based on my guess as to what the issue really was. I think that many of our answers, probably including mine, didn't address what was on the original poster's mind.
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Thanks 520.

No-one is really commenting on the second question:

"How much do you think you honestly could convince someone your right to carry is worth - in a dollar figure?"

This really is the more important of the two and I would greatly, greatly, appreciate your comments on this particular question.



BTW - I am not questioning the collective RIGHT of ours to carry. I am simply commenting on ONE person's carrying of a weapon lawfully. I would never question our rights in such a manner. This is in no way meant to demean our constitutional right, nor the sacrifice that those who fought in every war the citizens of our country ever fought in. My family has fought in all these wars and given many of its sons to uphold these rights. The effects of the sacrifices my family gave in WWII are very apparant to me and I can reference them daily.
 
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