This is a question i am sick of answering!!!!!

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I was asked earlier today "why do you feel the need to carry a gun?" This was asked to me by a woman at work after a friend told her that i have a CPL.

First i want to make clear i dont tell anyone that i carry just my friend's know but we all carry.

My response was simple and to the point:

1. Its my right to defend myself and my family.
2. Look at the second amendment. Enjoy it while you still can because sooner or later the gov. will try to whittle away at it. Then come to me after your robbed or heaven forbid a family member is killed raped or assaulted in some manner.

She looked at me and said "People like you are why the country is going to $#it"

This ticked me off. First of all im not in a militia (if you are thats fine you have that right) i have no intention to break the law in any way. People like me who stand up to keep our rights to bear arms is part of the reason we as citizens have the ability to keep arms. Because if we allow this right to be taken away then that leaves two sets of people who will be armed. Understaffed police departments Oh and yes the criminals that will be kicking open your front door to rape murder or rob you!!!!!!!!!!!

Side Note this is the same woman who was got drunk and hit a kid on a bike and drove away to her house and tried to lie about it. People like her are whats wrong with this country!!!!!!!

Ok, im done venting :)
 
She looked at me and said "People like you are why the country is going to $#it"
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My response would have been...

"Opinions vary, but it's those who believe that others should be responsible to
preserve their personal well-being that is the primary cause of our problems."

`nuff said.
 
yeah you were wrong if you didn't put her in her place after that(I might have communicated that wrong), but that's ridiculous if she doesn't get the fact that some carry for defense.
 
Judging by her answer, it sounds as though her mind was already made up and the question was a loaded one from the get-go.

My personal policy is not to converse about it with true-blue anti's as they're almost always closed-minded and nothing I do or say will change their opinion, they'll just think I'm an even bigger kook. Fortunately, true-blue anti's are pretty rare and most people who ask me that question are fence-sitters who haven't totally made up their minds yet. With fence-sitters, I simply explain that it is impossible for the police or anyone else to be able to guarantee my safety 100% of the time because no one can be omnipresent. Because of this, the ultimate responsibility for the safety of myself and my loved ones resides with me and I choose to seek out the most effective means possible of fulfilling that responsibility.
 
I usually nod and tell them..you're entitled to your opinion...and walk away.

If they come up looking for a confrontation, I don't give them one, even if all they want to do is run off at the lip and spew whatever belief they have, I walk away.

Don't see any point in arguing with an entrenched mindset.

No matter how logical well thought out and backed by fact your argument is some people just cannot be reached and will continue to attack and stand by their emotional argument and beliefs, right up to the moment that the wolf is at the door and at that point it is usually to late for some other innocent and they are left wondering why?

I will take the time to have a reasonable discussion on the merits, otherwise I can live without the stress.
 
Yes sir, my "suggestion" - "save your ammo" (energy) ...you may well need it...ALL of it, before it's over with.

Save the whales? Yeah I'm not sure.

Save the ammo, well, yes... after sufficient range time, yes.
 
Best PR you can feed back is being cool.
Talk is cheap.Be the guy they would most like to be stuck with in bad situation.Be someone they feel safe with.Sometimes that means just a smile and silence.Its not always about winning a debate.
Why do you carry a gun?
Why do you ask?
Suddenly,the challenge of explanation has been reversed.When they have finished,think Spock."Hmm,interesting"and walk away.
Be careful in the workplace.Life is not fair.You can be right and unemployed.Your "friend" may have betrayed you by talking about it,and,you may have commited an indiscretion telling your friend.Its best left unknown.
 
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"why do you feel the need to carry a gun?"

Because I read the newspaper and watch TV news.

"why do you feel the need to carry a gun?"

Need? Hmmmm... There are other factors besides need... Carrying a gun gives me comfort and it's kinda fun... I like guns... Guns are one of my hobbies... Where I grew up, everyone had a few... It's just natural for me to be interested in them... What are some of your hobbies?
 
...after a friend told her that i have a CPL.
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your "friend", or hers?? i guess the real question is why tell anyone??

we all know that the anti-gun bigots are out there, and their ignorant views are hard to correct...so why put up with being hassled and annoyed by them?? since pistol whipping them when they get too lippy is a bad idea, it's better that they not know anything about you to argue about.
 
The question I get is, "Why would you want to kill somebody?" My answer is simply, "To keep them from killing me or my wife or my children, and maybe even you."

One replied, "Well we hope that never happens." Of course, but since it does ...

Another question at work is, "Why do you carry so much ammo?" I only carry 28 rounds of .45 ACP Speer Gold Dots for my Kimber Custom TLE II, and I answer, "If the first flurry of shooting does not stop the murderer, and I have to find cover, I do not want the mad man to find me hiding with an empty gun." I sure do not want to run out before he does.

Then there is the old hobby thing. I think I would carry a gun just to spend more time with my gun as silly as that may sound, but then I do not keep two feet of my favorite fuzzy and dangling things on my car keys - a practice which seems to me a useless kind of silly. It is just one of my "favorite things" and having it near keeps me from "feeling so sad."
 
I don't feed the trolls so to speak. People ask me about it, with the intention of making a point, and I just don't indulge them. Some people, very rude people have demanded an explanation from me. I just tell them, I don't have to justify my actions to them or anyone else and that it's none of their business.

Now, the above attitude is in reaction to people who have no intention of speaking with you rationally or in a kind way. Plenty of people who are genuinely interested to know, I have no problem speaking with and explaining my motivations to them.

It's all in how you ask.
 
"Why do you carry a gun?"

"Because the criminals refuse to obey the law."

Some people are just not worth arguing with. A really good response, although probably not appropriate, would have been "In case some runs over my kid and drives off."
 
I don't understand why people make a big deal about me carrying a gun. I also get that question... once my reply was "why do you where shoes? Because you are safer with them on your person then at home. Same with my gun".
 
I carry concealed. The only one who really knows I carry constantly is my wife and she is supportive.

I don't get asked that question because no one knows.
 
I have always liked the old standby: "I carry a pistol because a cop is too hard to carry"...

I also like: "When seconds count, the police are minutes away".

They are very effective because they are so very true.
 
I usually respond with the cops are hard to lug around bit.

I do, however, have yet to be "caught" and called on it.

If you really want to get someone like that going, ask them why they feel the need not to carry one:D. Follow this by telling them that everything they just said is wrong, crazy, and just plain stupid.

You know, like they do to us:D
 
If people are constantly asking you about carrying to the point you are "sick of answering" you might want to go over how you carry and why people know you carry at all. Do you openly tell folks you carry or inadvertantly broadcast the fact you carry? Something is wrong here. I've CC'd for over thirty years even before it was legal in Texas and only my wife knows what is going on. Even my "big shot" son in law that has to tell everyone that he carries has no idea I have since he was 10 years old. It's all a matter of how discrete you want to be with CC. I prefer that no one knows at all.
 
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