Can you please share us your experiences how did you start having interest or love to own one or more handguns, shotguns, rifles etc. Aside of guns you used in your profession as soldiers or in any branch of service. In knowing some of your actual experiences, it may justify and strengthen our affections to this little loyal companion of ours. We do not only talks hypothetical one but factual. Perhaps it may also change the mind of those Anti-Guns Organization and may join us as hand-gun enthusiast.
This is my personal experiences, how did I come to love to own a gun.
Firstly, I hate guns and don’t like to fire it even ones. I am also disinterested to my reserve officer’s course during my college days, as handling guns is one of the subject matter thereon. In the Martial Law days in the Philippines, the defunct Paramilitary “Philippine Constabulary” has one bad element I had encountered. This Sgt. does not practice an “Officers and a Gentlemen” good traits in the man of uniform, he is toughie and want that everyone in my community will bow head before him (meaning every man should give heed to his illegal acts). Me as a student and aggressive as human rights advocate will not just be his follower. Whatever this bad element can think to give me a case he does it and try to influence his comrades. In one occasion he fired at our home and every time he sees us he will point his AR15 at us and we run for our life. The worst is my brother and me were accused of “Assault upon an Agent of Person in Authority” and we were summoned, in front of the damn Municipal Judge who advised me to go home because after 5:00 PM warrant of arrest will be serve to me. See! The influential people in authority can play with justice sometimes but not all the time. When I am at home at 6:30 PM here comes a couple of arresting officers serving the warrant of arrest taking advantage with the closing of office work in order that we cannot post bail. When we were brought up to their “Vietnam Look like Barracks” they are forcing me to make amicable settlement but I did not like it, when they are going to locked me up, I talked to the Lieutenant that I must be in custody to the elders in my community which I brought with me also in the barracks, thanks to the C.O. who heed to my request, at least in that barracks it has still a professional man in uniform. The following morning I posted my bail. And went back to school (in the city) taking my Masteral Studies. One time I took vacation from the City to my Village, when I alighted to a bus stop, the cunning Sgt. spotted me and immediately point his AR15 issue at me, but with my intuition and red alert consciousness always, I was able to grab one waiting passenger and use as hostage buffer till the Sgt. was pacified by a fellow soldier (it is like in the Movie). The case was elevated to the Court of First Instance and up to the extent that I even had an audience to the then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile (now a Senator). The Minister told me that the Unit of that Sgt. will not forward the true facts of the case to his office (which is normally done by Commanding Officers to cover their man atrocities to civilians like me). But thanks too, his office only send actions to disarm the Sgt but still he can take arms from his fellow paramilitary during his off days. I lost hope that time to seek justice. I keep writing the Judge in the higher court where our case was elevated while I am taking up my masteral studies. After 3 months litigation, the Judge arrived to his brilliant decision dismissed the case without cost.
I’ve learned a lot from this case and this leads me to be of so much interest in having a firearms because if you are not armed and someone legally holding handgun or rifle intend to kill you at daylight, you don’t have anything as a deterrent to the perpetrator. If only Philippines allowed civilians to own more than 2 pistols and Automatic rifles legally I would purchased two best rifles in the market and add more to what I have now, for Self/Home Defense and can be used for business protection. Because I know that no body can help any one or rely on someone even to the authority when someone want to take your life. But having an instrument to count on like your gun, you can defend yourself for survival in any moment where law of the jungle prevails on that particular situation. I don’t believe either in the art of killing without a weapon. I am also a licensed 1st Dan Black Belt but these are good only to unarmed combat or just a helpful ways in common troubles, but the ultimate weapon in reality is a firearm.
During this case I am always on the run for my life (but I never lost my trust in a legitimate Gov't.)if only I do have one firearm that time, then I should have used it in self defense should I can see a reason where I can use the mitigating or exempting circumstances under Criminal Law.
To those anti gun lobbyist, don’t wait till something bad happened to you or to anyone in your family. Feel the beauty of having a gun. If you know how to handle well your gun, or tutored by some good instructor plus your own personal consciousness and competency – you may find out that you need one. Myself is my example, on first days of shooting, I closed my eyes every time I made a shot, this time as if my pistols cannot satisfy me if I am shooting.
This is my personal experiences, how did I come to love to own a gun.
Firstly, I hate guns and don’t like to fire it even ones. I am also disinterested to my reserve officer’s course during my college days, as handling guns is one of the subject matter thereon. In the Martial Law days in the Philippines, the defunct Paramilitary “Philippine Constabulary” has one bad element I had encountered. This Sgt. does not practice an “Officers and a Gentlemen” good traits in the man of uniform, he is toughie and want that everyone in my community will bow head before him (meaning every man should give heed to his illegal acts). Me as a student and aggressive as human rights advocate will not just be his follower. Whatever this bad element can think to give me a case he does it and try to influence his comrades. In one occasion he fired at our home and every time he sees us he will point his AR15 at us and we run for our life. The worst is my brother and me were accused of “Assault upon an Agent of Person in Authority” and we were summoned, in front of the damn Municipal Judge who advised me to go home because after 5:00 PM warrant of arrest will be serve to me. See! The influential people in authority can play with justice sometimes but not all the time. When I am at home at 6:30 PM here comes a couple of arresting officers serving the warrant of arrest taking advantage with the closing of office work in order that we cannot post bail. When we were brought up to their “Vietnam Look like Barracks” they are forcing me to make amicable settlement but I did not like it, when they are going to locked me up, I talked to the Lieutenant that I must be in custody to the elders in my community which I brought with me also in the barracks, thanks to the C.O. who heed to my request, at least in that barracks it has still a professional man in uniform. The following morning I posted my bail. And went back to school (in the city) taking my Masteral Studies. One time I took vacation from the City to my Village, when I alighted to a bus stop, the cunning Sgt. spotted me and immediately point his AR15 issue at me, but with my intuition and red alert consciousness always, I was able to grab one waiting passenger and use as hostage buffer till the Sgt. was pacified by a fellow soldier (it is like in the Movie). The case was elevated to the Court of First Instance and up to the extent that I even had an audience to the then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile (now a Senator). The Minister told me that the Unit of that Sgt. will not forward the true facts of the case to his office (which is normally done by Commanding Officers to cover their man atrocities to civilians like me). But thanks too, his office only send actions to disarm the Sgt but still he can take arms from his fellow paramilitary during his off days. I lost hope that time to seek justice. I keep writing the Judge in the higher court where our case was elevated while I am taking up my masteral studies. After 3 months litigation, the Judge arrived to his brilliant decision dismissed the case without cost.
I’ve learned a lot from this case and this leads me to be of so much interest in having a firearms because if you are not armed and someone legally holding handgun or rifle intend to kill you at daylight, you don’t have anything as a deterrent to the perpetrator. If only Philippines allowed civilians to own more than 2 pistols and Automatic rifles legally I would purchased two best rifles in the market and add more to what I have now, for Self/Home Defense and can be used for business protection. Because I know that no body can help any one or rely on someone even to the authority when someone want to take your life. But having an instrument to count on like your gun, you can defend yourself for survival in any moment where law of the jungle prevails on that particular situation. I don’t believe either in the art of killing without a weapon. I am also a licensed 1st Dan Black Belt but these are good only to unarmed combat or just a helpful ways in common troubles, but the ultimate weapon in reality is a firearm.
During this case I am always on the run for my life (but I never lost my trust in a legitimate Gov't.)if only I do have one firearm that time, then I should have used it in self defense should I can see a reason where I can use the mitigating or exempting circumstances under Criminal Law.
To those anti gun lobbyist, don’t wait till something bad happened to you or to anyone in your family. Feel the beauty of having a gun. If you know how to handle well your gun, or tutored by some good instructor plus your own personal consciousness and competency – you may find out that you need one. Myself is my example, on first days of shooting, I closed my eyes every time I made a shot, this time as if my pistols cannot satisfy me if I am shooting.
