If you were president..

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Ok just for fun..if somehow you became president,would you carry?and if yes,what ?
Me:I'd open carry a huge 44 magnum...and make all the secret service guys dress like cowboys....and all senators and congress would wear red or blue baseball caps....except Hillary,who would wear a dunce cap.....:neener:
 
Hell yes I'd carry. A bunch of weapons; but probably not more than 1 or maybe 2 at any given time.

STI double-stack 1911 longslide converted to 10mm under my left shoulder.
GLOCK 26 at my left side.
.357 Magnum revolver at an ankle.
If I was going to a place and I received a threat or felt threatened, then a full-auto Micro Uzi at my waist.
A knife on me at all times.
 
I'd carry what I do now. Then I use the bully pulpit to spead the word. Could careless how many crying moms when on TV afterwards.

(history has more crying moms..as they watch their sons and daughters become slaves (by their own govts) then could ever result from my comments)
 
Absolutely, I'd carry.

Colt Gold Cup National Match on my right hip.
Glock G-30 under my left armpit.

Both pistols in black leather holsters. No ballistic nylon holsters for the President!!

Benchmade Mini-AFCK in my right hand front pocket.
 
TonyB had the right idea...only instead of the normal stuff you guys are talking about...I would get a repro mare's leg like Josh Randall wore in Wanted Dead or Alive. :)

And after buying it, I would abolish the SBR rule and tell the ATF to go pack their bums with salt and piss up a rope. :p


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Something unusual... :rolleyes:

A Webley or something like that. Not the autorevolver, though.

Colt Lightning.

US&S 1911. Not 1911A1, 1911. In near-mint condition. I doubt any value will be lost, as it's the #*$&ing President's gun. :)

Maybe a Mateba. :D
 
I'd carry a Kalashnikov pistol, krinkov muzzle break, with a gold-plated metal and the presidential seal embossed on the receiver and both sides of the magazine. I'd wear it when I was addressing the U.N. When I was addressing the house, I'd wear it slung low with a cordovan leather strap across my "lower region". Every time I'd see speaker Pelosi, I'd proceed to gyrate my pelvis against the AK and grin with my eyes closed.
 
Why would I carry when I had:

  1. a hundred or so Secret Service agents around all equipped with full auto
  2. anti-aircraft artiliary on the roof
  3. Ground to air missle batteries near by
  4. and a nuke proof bunker

But I would want unlimited access to the FBI firing range and all the ammo I can use to feed the Thompson that they used to demo when I took the FBI tour when I was a kid!
 
I would carry a 1911 "Commander" since I would be CinC when dressed in business attire or at official functions.

For when I am at Camp David, or my ranch (not sure where that is, but I will have one) a 6" 44 Mag revover, open carry.
 
Absolutely! To those who ask...why would you carry when you're surrounded by secret service and all that, I say...why not? I'd carry a big ol' hog leg like a .50 BFR or something. And I'd make sure everyone knows I have it too! :evil:
 
I would open carry at EVERY event, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If firearms were banned (for whatever reason), I would decline the invitation.
 
You guys are all thinking too small.

The big name ‘smiths would fall all over themselves to provide the President a custom pistol that he would carry openly. :evil:

BTW: I think that the White House has bowling alley in the basement that would make a fine indoor range.
 
I'd get the DoD rooting through every warehouse in the U.S. for the oldest, most beat-down, dinged up, functioning 1911 they could find.

I'd carry it openly, everywhere, in the most tasteful open-carry holster I could find that worked with Madame President attire.

I think it would be a hoot when involved in tedious negotiations w/ the Germans and other former enemy nations.

Why yes, Mr. Prime Minister of Germany, this is an old pistol. Oddly enough, this isn't its first trip to Berlin... :evil:
 
I wouldn't carry.

The people I have around me can't keep me 100% safe, although four deaths in a couple hundred years isn't a bad track record. By running around with a gun I'll actually make myself less safe in that situation.

There's a good chance I'll be standing there trying to shoot when the pros are trying to get me to safety. They'll put me and themselves in danger taking away the pistol and easing my ass on out the door.

Their attention will be divided because there's someone besides them waving a gun around and firing. They won't be able to do their job as well. And there's a good chance they'll plug me in the heat. They're the ones spending hours and hours every week practicing shooting and client protection. I've got more important things to do.

If someone kills all the Secret Service guards, the surrounding police officers and military types and takes out the counter snipers quickly enough that I can't get into the armored limo or head out the door and towards the horizon, well, I might as well carry a solid steel umbrella to guard against meteor strikes.

It might well cause me to stand there and get involved in a gunfight when I should be heading for safety. If I'm the President it's someone else's job to stand there and shoot and get shot while I get the hell out of there. My manly self image is one thing, but business is business.

That said, I'd use the facilities available to the Chief Executive to do whatever shooting I could squeeze into the schedule and take shameless advantage of the chance to get the very best instruction available through the top military instructors or jumping to the head of the line at Gunsite for training and photo ops.
 
The people I have around me can't keep me 100% safe, although four deaths in a couple hundred years isn't a bad track record. By running around with a gun I'll actually make myself less safe in that situation.

There's a good chance I'll be standing there trying to shoot when the pros are trying to get me to safety. They'll put me and themselves in danger taking away the pistol and easing my ass on out the door.

Their attention will be divided because there's someone besides them waving a gun around and firing. They won't be able to do their job as well. And there's a good chance they'll plug me in the heat. They're the ones spending hours and hours every week practicing shooting and client protection. I've got more important things to do.
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Wow, that sounds like an anti-gun comment. Just because you carry a sidearm doesn't mean you're going to pull it out and start shooting. How many officers carried firearms during the wars and never shot them once?

A) It's a badge of office.

b) It's a comfort
 
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