The Night Rider
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Divorced Wife1, widowered Wife2, not dating.
My condolences.
Divorced Wife1, widowered Wife2, not dating.
My wife does not ask that question of me, nor I of her.I carry frequently but not always. My wife and I don’t speak in riddles. She just asks me, “Do you have your gun on you.” or “Are you carrying?”
If everybody is carrying, then carrying, yourself, offers no competitive advantage. And the criminals, who might have held you up at gunpoint, will now be inclined to just shoot you first before you can draw.
Well, in my experience, typically when that occurs -- it's among people who aren't eligible to legally carry a firearm anyway, either due to age (under 21) or prior felony convictions. And yes, we've all seen it splashed across the news when a licensed carrier (or LEO) gets involved in a road-rage shooting or something happens in a bar or restaurant, almost always due to intoxication. But the overwhelming majority of criminal firearms use is by criminals. Most of us don't engage in trivial arguments while armed and I presume most of us act like responsible adults in public.The omnipresence of guns is becoming a serious problem. You never know when a trivial argument might become a deadly shootout.
I don't feel the need to carry, so I don't. One less thing to worry about.
I'm beginning to think that too many people -- inadequately prepared or temperamentally unsuited -- are carrying in our society. If everybody is carrying, then carrying, yourself, offers no competitive advantage.
And the criminals, who might have held you up at gunpoint, will now be inclined to just shoot you first before you can draw. The omnipresence of guns is becoming a serious problem. You never know when a trivial argument might become a deadly shootout.
Let's not confuse carrying guns with possessing guns. My guns are safe, locked up at home.
Is "if everybody is carrying" a realistic situation? What is "competitive advantage" in this context?If everybody is carrying, then carrying, yourself, offers no competitive advantage.
What utility do they provide?Let's not confuse carrying guns with possessing guns. My guns are safe, locked up at home.
I don't feel the need to carry, so I don't. One less thing to worry about.
I'm beginning to think that too many people -- inadequately prepared or temperamentally unsuited -- are carrying in our society. If everybody is carrying, then carrying, yourself, offers no competitive advantage. And the criminals, who might have held you up at gunpoint, will now be inclined to just shoot you first before you can draw. The omnipresence of guns is becoming a serious problem. You never know when a trivial argument might become a deadly shootout.
Let's not confuse carrying guns with possessing guns. My guns are safe, locked up at home.
Yes, and my close family & friends know that.So the question is as the title says is being armed your default setting?
I don't feel the need to carry, so I don't. One less thing to worry about.
I'm beginning to think that too many people -- inadequately prepared or temperamentally unsuited -- are carrying in our society. If everybody is carrying, then carrying, yourself, offers no competitive advantage. And the criminals, who might have held you up at gunpoint, will now be inclined to just shoot you first before you can draw. The omnipresence of guns is becoming a serious problem. You never know when a trivial argument might become a deadly shootout.
Let's not confuse carrying guns with possessing guns. My guns are safe, locked up at home.
Yep, did that once - the doctor freaked out. And it was just a lowly Colt DS - imagine his reaction if it was the full sized pistol I carry these days..."Do you have a gun at home?"
To which the guy replies:
"I have a gun in your office."
I imagine other parts of the country have higher and lower percentages of non-criminal civilians carrying guns daily.
There are a couple of met-analyses, which cross-index other surveys and polls, which suggest (only suggest) a national average around 1%. Now, that 1%, per the data, are "hard core," near 24/7 "carriers." Collating data on the "less frequent" carriers is very complicated to measure.If that's true, that would indicate that 5.8% of non-criminal civilians carry guns daily i
Not necessarily. I have a CAC card (two actually), but, I'm also Retired since 2016. This is the problem in splitting hairs.I you aren't carrying a CAC card you are a Civilian
Not necessarily. I have a CAC card (two actually), but, I'm also Retired since 2016.