For those who don't understand the reason for a CCW

Pulltab

Well-known member
I didn't make this up, it is posted all over the web, I just brought it here. :)

I don't carry a gun to kill people, I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't carry a gun to scare people, I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid, I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil, I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government, I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry, I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone, I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy, I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man, I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate, I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it, I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an butt whoopin!
 

RollingHome

Well-known member
Pulltab, thta's good stuff... why didn't ya post it in reloading or what do ya carry ? ignore the rules and repost it there... it's good stuff ! JMo Tom.
 

Joel

Member
The Gun is Civilization

by Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)




Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.



In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.



When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.



The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.



There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a [armed] mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat--it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed.



People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.



Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.

People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don't constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level.



The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.



[When I carry a gun, I don't do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I'm looking to be left alone.] The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation... and that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act.



By Maj. L. C audill USM C (Ret)
 

OhioJay

Active Member
Surely, some good points have already been made. I prefer the short version. Why do I carry a concealed firearm? Watch the news!!! Nearly every day, there's at least one news story with a reason why.
 

Sundance_kid

Well-known member
All very true........ Now if we could do away with CCW permitS and allow every trained lawbiding citizen the right of choice "TO CARRY OR NOT"
 

Draco Dog

Well-known member
I love all these comments. I was in the U.S. Navy and hubby was in the U.S. Army.

We both have CCW's.

Even though there are several things I would like to change, I love my country and wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

Lovin' the USA.
 

SmokeyBare

Well-known member
Hope these links work for your viewing pleasure. One More Reason to be protected. This video is of a drive through attempted robbery located at Elyria Ohio. The Lady Clerk has a Permit to Carry and had gone through the proper training courses.

The Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whLtOlqiicA&feature=youtube_gdata

Here are 2 links to the Story: http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2010/06/29/worker-shoots-drives-off-robber/

Follow Up Story: http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2010/06/30/video-shot-man-could-have-link-to-holdup/

Marv
 

Draco Dog

Well-known member
Did I see and hear the news correct?

Today, July 4th, there were several men and women in all branches of the service, being sworn in to become citizens of the United States.

I was in the U. S. Navy and I thought you had to be a U. S. citizen prior to joining one of our branches of service.

Am I mistaken?
 

jmgratz

Original Owners Club Member
Did I see and hear the news correct?

Today, July 4th, there were several men and women in all branches of the service, being sworn in to become citizens of the United States.

I was in the U. S. Navy and I thought you had to be a U. S. citizen prior to joining one of our branches of service.

Am I mistaken?

You are mistaken. You do not have to be a citizen of the U.S. to serve in the armed forces. In some jurisdiction you don't have be a citizen to be a peace officer. Yiou just have to be in the country legally. I don't think they check you immigration status that closely for the armed forces. There are many non-citizens serving in our military branches at the present time. If I am correct that is a short tract to citizenship (service in the military).
 

hart1369

Active Member
You are mistaken. You do not have to be a citizen of the U.S. to serve in the armed forces. In some jurisdiction you don't have be a citizen to be a peace officer. Yiou just have to be in the country legally. I don't think they check you immigration status that closely for the armed forces. There are many non-citizens serving in our military branches at the present time. If I am correct that is a short tract to citizenship (service in the military).
i believe you to be correct jim i served with some phillipinos and panamainas who were fast tracking their citizenship also believe at least one was illegal but that was over thirty years ago
 

olcoon

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“Understand one thing, Mr. Chantry. You can make laws against weapons but they will be observed only by those who don’t intend to use them anyway. The lawless can always smuggle or steal, or even make a gun. By refusing to wear a gun you allow the criminal to operate with impunity.
We have the law, but even the law cannot be in your bedroom at night.”

From the book North To The Trails by Louis L’Amour
 
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