Today I didnt carry and quess what happened.

[ZeSpectre]

From reading this thread I've learned I've wasted a lot of money over the years. I have had Health Insurance, Homeowners Insurance, and a Storm Celler and never need them all the time. I guess I can cancel them and just wait until I'm going to need them before I get them.

P97,
I consulted with Madam Ezmirelda the seer and she said you would need...

Health insurance - Aug 27, 2008 (so I'd keep that one current)
Homeowner's insurance - May 19, 2017 for ice damage
Storm Cellar - Not needed. The twister on April 15, 2022 won't actually hit your house (though she is sorry about the doghouse and the birdfeeder).

So there, you are all set now.

(Just teasin' it's a joke!)

 

[buzz_knox]

I'm curious. How did you know he was "headed in the direction of the worst drug neighborhood?"

Perhaps he knows the town well. In my neighborhood, everyone knew where the two "drug stores" were, both the legal one and the illegal one. Similarly, the prime drug areas in Knoxville are very well known.

 

[Pat-inCO]

Infact[sic] it was much more comftrable[sic] without the wait[sic] of a gun in a weird sense I felt more free without it.

Well, if carrying a gun has become such a chore, don't carry.

That's the nice part, you HAVE a choice.

I have not "needed" a gun in 10 years of carry. I choose to continue.

Each of us that is not a mental case (some will argue that alone), not a felon and not under restraining order, are allowed to own a gun. Some of us have even gone through the process to obtain a CCW, so we can carry concealed. ALL of those are OPTIONAL. They are a choice that each of us can make.

Why the big deal if you changed your mind? It is your choice. Why burden the rest of us with your decision?

 

[hankdatank1362]

I'm curious. How did you know he was "headed in the direction of the worst drug neighborhood?"

"Crack Lane" is known to everyone that cares to know. Problem is, all the elderly people moving down here and buying houses 1/4 mile away, oblivious to the fact that they could throw a rock and hit an open air drug market.

Don't you know where the bad drug hoods are in your area? Everyone should!

ETA: Oh, if you mean "how do I know he was headed there and not somewhere else"... I stereotyped. Young black male, thuggish look, riding a bicylce down a two lane country road that only leads toward extremely poor, drug infested neighborhoods or a few aforementioned upscale retirement housing developments.

 

[FCFC]

Quote:
I'm curious. How did you know he was "headed in the direction of the worst drug neighborhood?"

"Crack Lane" is known to everyone that cares to know. ....

Don't you know where the bad drug hoods are in your area? Everyone should!

I didn't ask how you knew where the "bad drug hood" was.

I asked how you knew your dreadlocks/XXXL guy was "headed in the direction" of it.

 

[hankdatank1362]

ETA: Oh, if you mean "how do I know he was headed there and not somewhere else"... I stereotyped. Young black male, thuggish look, riding a bicylce down a two lane country road that only leads toward extremely poor, drug infested neighborhoods or a few aforementioned upscale retirement housing developments.

It's a two-lane road... only towards the hood or away... and he was heading towards.

 

[dalepres]

If "everyone" knows where the crack houses are in a neighborhood or town, how come the police, sherrif, FBI, DEA, etc. never seem to know where they are?

 

[hankdatank1362]

Good question. We actually have two law enforcement entities in Horry County; Sherrif's Office and County Police Dept. The Sherrif only covers the jails, courts, serving papers, etc... the County does the rest, and they're stretched thin.

 

[dalepres]

Your decision to carry or not to carry, is your business, and your business alone. Anyone who makes themselves part of your business, is out of bounds, and should mind their own business!

While the OP's posting of his "business" in this forum doesn't necessarily make it our business, he certainly invited our opinions by posting his "business" here. If he wants us to mind our own business he should have kept his "business" his own.

 

[FCFC]

ETA: Oh, if you mean "how do I know he was headed there and not somewhere else"... I stereotyped.

Yes, actually, when I said:

I'm curious. How did you know he was "headed in the direction of the worst drug neighborhood?"

I was really asking just that!

 

[buzz_knox]

If "everyone" knows where the crack houses are in a neighborhood or town, how come the police, sherrif, FBI, DEA, etc. never seem to know where they are?

Who says they don't know? There are many reasons raids don't occur.

 

[J Star]

Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's because I don't even have my NY pistol license yet (and NY is making it a pain in my ass to get), maybe it's because I probably won't carry all the time, maybe it's because I'm a bastard, but...

I don't care.

This thread is like posting: "Hey, I bought a milkshake today for the first time in years and didn't choke to death when I drank it!!!!

Carry when you feel like, don't when you don't, but do you really need to give us a newsflash about it?

 

[Sassy357]

Liberty requires freemen to always be armed. It's part of the wardrobe!

 

[wyocarp]

I didn't wear a seatbelt for the entire six hours of driving last night but I open carried on my belt even while getting gas and going into the store.

In my almost 50 years of life, I've needed a gun a couple times and never needed a seatbelt.

 

[WayneConrad]

Violent crime is a low probability event that, if it occurs, has a high probability of a very bad outcome.

A single day of it not occurring is statistically insignificant.

Using your non-occurrence of a bad outcome as a reason to not carry would be similar to how space shuttle managers, learning that launching into bitter cold caused no bad effects, deciding that cold was not bad for a space shuttle launch (despite warnings from their technical staff). That was another event with a somewhat low probability of outcome but a very bad outcome when it did occur.

 

[NC-Mike]

bubba, gitcherself a kel-tec. You'll forget about it.

 

[dhoomonyou]

good for you.

Move to a commie state.

 

[ctdonath]

Might as well get rid of the fire extinguishers, seat belts, homeowners insurance, car insurance, motorcycle helmet, annual physicals, safe, door locks, smoke detector, cell phones, GPS, bugout bag, extra food, life jackets, sunblock, etc. - probably won't need 'em tomorrow, or the day after, or...

 

[TexasRifleman]

Well if nothing bad happened one day then it probably will never happen.

I'd just sell the guns and buy Hawaiian flowery shirts......

 

[LightningJoe]

I hope nobody carries a gun as some kind of emotional crutch. If you've been doing that and you're getting better now, well, hopefully you'll get to where you can deal with the world on your own.


A sane man, though, carries a gun for the same reason he wears a seatbelt. You can go through many years without wearing a seatbelt without any ill effects. But the day's coming when you're going to need that seatbelt, maybe today, maybe ten years from now. It's possible you could get through a wreck without a seatbelt, but you'd be better off with one, so you must wear one every day.

 

[BattleChimp Potemkin]

I seriously forgot I was wearing my FP-9 today. Seriously forgot about it! I think I am going to carry my 1911 from here on as I need to remember its there .

Might as well get rid of the fire extinguishers, seat belts, homeowners insurance, car insurance, motorcycle helmet, annual physicals, safe, door locks, smoke detector, cell phones, GPS, bugout bag, extra food, life jackets, sunblock, etc. - probably won't need 'em tomorrow, or the day after, or...

+1 Paratus beats un-Paratus anyday.

 

[tpaw]

While the OP's posting of his "business" in this forum doesn't necessarily make it our business, he certainly invited our opinions by posting his "business" here. If he wants us to mind our own business he should have kept his "business" his own.

Making a suggestion or giving an opinion is one thing. Telling someone what he or she should do is another....

 

[gtd]

Today I Did Carry and Guess What Happened . . .

Nothing.

But for forty years I didn't carry and guess what happened -- at least a dozen incidents where I found it necessary to grab a weapon, or take defensive action wishing I had a weapon.

Stuff will happen, and you live through most of it, but if you can carry as a precaution then why not? When you can't or don't want to, that's OK -- it's as important a right and freedom as 2A.

 

[tpaw]

Stuff will happen, and you live through most of it

Does that mean that I won't live through the rest of it?
Couldn't resist that one! Happy shooting!

 

[Pilgrim]

Today I decided I wasnt going to carry and I was just fine. Infact it was much more comftrable without the wait of a gun in a weird sense I felt more free without it. I know alot of people will probably think its bad to not carry but it was a nice break I didnt worry about it bumping into things,and didnt have to worry about public flashings. I thought I would feel naked without it, I usually do but today I didnt carry all day and it was nice. I could move in any matter I wanted it was great I also didnt have to do the hole dress around the gun ordeal.

In the same vein, clothes are restrictive, add weight and bulk, and take a lot of time to put on.

Since you didn't feel naked without the gun, take your plan one step further and run around without clothes and gun. You should feel really 'free'.

Let us know how it works out.

Pilgrim