why I carry a gun

[David Brown]

PEOPLE ASK WHY?

Why Carry a Gun?


My old grandpa said to me 'Son, there comes a time
in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles
and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when
he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin.'

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.



Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

"GOD BLESS AMERICA"
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[OddFuture]

Very nice.

Once I get older I want to start to carry a gun. I'm only 18 right now, and live in New Jersey so I don't want to deal with the legalities right now but maybe once I move and get older I'll start.

[powernoodle]

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

I was considering that same thing just this morning. There is a story out of St. Louis where gangs of a dozen punks will find a victim to beat up for no reason except to express their own depravity. They will beat the person unconscious. And its not just St. Louis. It could be you or me, when we least expect it.

I''m pushing 50 years old. Still doing good physically, but not like I was when I was 25. Would I let a dozen punks bash my head on the sidewalk if I could stop it with a firearm? Bleep yes I would stop it. I'll deal with the Commonwealth Attorney later if I have to. With my skull still intact.

I carry all day, every day, everywhere it is legal. If I can't carry, I think of alternatives.

Thanks for your fine post.


Ruger SP-101.

[emperorvince]

Very, very nice...and true. Im 45 now and stopped bustin knuckles some time ago and have indeed moved onto this stage.