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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:39:17 PM EDT
[#1]
The voices, they tell me to.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:42:58 PM EDT
[#2]
Ditto |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:43:55 PM EDT
[#3]
Because I'd rather have them and not need them than need them and not have them.
Also, because according to Col. Dave Grossman (U.S. Army Retired), there are three types of people in this world. The sheep, the wolves and the sheepdogs. I have chosen to be a sheepdog and it takes weapons to keep the wolves at bay. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:48:32 PM EDT
[#4]
You forgot luckier. Don't discount an idiot with a gun. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:56:59 PM EDT
[#5]
 That is why. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:57:03 PM EDT
[#6]
Seriously?
I'm Jewish. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:04:28 PM EDT
[#7]
Yea thats the ticket |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:09:03 PM EDT
[#8]
Shooting is fun. Having something and being able to shoot can help keep you and your family safe. Best of both worlds!
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:13:50 PM EDT
[#9]
Define "well-armed"...
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:16:34 PM EDT
[#10]
Pirates (that's the AR10 rifle)
As far as pistols, I have so many Hi Powers 'cause I can't resist 'em - it's a sickness, I tell you. I need a grant to study it more. ETA: For some in other areas of the country who think I'm kidding about the pirates - I'm not. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:21:56 PM EDT
[#11]
Dealing with Asteroid strikes, nuclear war, zombie attacks, alien warp portals opening in the back yard, economic collapse, invasion by a foreign country, home invasions, car jacking,
co worker going mental, hostage crisis, getting coffee at the local stop and rob, and it's fun. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:36:08 PM EDT
[#12]
When you become a success, you unexpectedly find lots of people wanting to fuck you over, especially those whom you have planted, fertilized, weeded, and watered.
I have found that employees come to respect an employer that has the following: An attorney ready to file suit, again. A close friend who is a Private Investigator. High level contacts at the Sheriff's Office. Lots of firearms. A reputation (true or not) of being a psycho. Not necessarily in that order... Before I learned this, employees began to eat me alive. I put a stop to that. It works. Also, and most importantly -> Shooting is FUN! |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:36:34 PM EDT
[#13]
Because I have family and friends that aren't armed, that might need me to protect them some day if something terrible happens. If something terrible happens, I don't want them to end up like you.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:37:12 PM EDT
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Because I am hopelessly addicted. I can try to rationalize purchases (e.g., "I need this 12-guage for home defense", or "I need this AR15 just in case zombies actually exist"), but I know deep inside that it is simply the addiction driving me.
Sometimes I can just sit back and look at my collection, and wonder to myself....where the heck did I get all that money? I'm a college student working random part-time jobs here and there with like $20 to my name. What could I have done with it that would have actually been useful? I'm hopeless..........but it sure is fun 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:38:12 PM EDT
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I don't consider myself "well armed ". I consider myself "adequately armed" for the things I use firearms for. To me they are tools.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:39:07 PM EDT
[#16]
That a very good reason! |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:39:10 PM EDT
[#17]
Because a man with a gun can keep evil men in check
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:40:53 PM EDT
[#18]
cant believe a fellow MI'er would ask such a silly question, the big question should be why not?
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:41:38 PM EDT
[#19]
Shorter and sweeter than my post - but so true... |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:42:26 PM EDT
[#20]
+1 |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:44:16 PM EDT
[#21]
+1. A "good" man with a gun can keep evil men in check. When there was a serial rapist going around town, my two hippie housemates (i'm going to school) told all us guys we had to lock or flimsy door with huge single pane window and got downright mean when we forgot. Me? I just went and bought a CZ-75. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:53:14 PM EDT
[#22]
If you are going to be armed, Why would you do so half ass?
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:57:17 PM EDT
[#23]
If I didn't have this gun, the King of England could just walk in here any time he wants, and start shoving you around. Do you want that? Huh? Do you?
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:57:47 PM EDT
[#24]
 +1 |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 3:57:52 PM EDT
[#25]
BECAUSE I CAN
SHTF BECAUSE GUNS ARE COOL LIKE VARIETY WHEN I SHOOT OH DID I MENTION...BECAUSE I CAN My sister's wimp of a husband asked why I was so armed... same answer BECAUSE I CAN |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:01:58 PM EDT
[#26]
+1 |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:05:51 PM EDT
[#27]
D. All of the above.
HH |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:09:40 PM EDT
[#28]
'Cuz my lib sister hates guns.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:12:38 PM EDT
[#29]
...because Thomas Jefferson, one of the framers of our great constitution, once said, "The quickest way the enslave a population is to disarm them."......I won't be a slave.....and of course all the reasons listed above......
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:21:48 PM EDT
[#30]
'cause I'm tired of the man tryin' to keep me down!
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:26:45 PM EDT
[#31]
+1 Hey!!!!!!!!....... Wait just a minute!................... Who said I was "well armed"? I have two, 1 right, 1 left and there small... You know.......... like chicken wings. 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:35:56 PM EDT
[#32]
Well armed is a matter of opinion I guess. I have about 19 guns and sometimes I don't even feel like I really have shit.
I'd have several hundred if I could afford it. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:39:12 PM EDT
[#33]
Because I want to be, and I can be, and I'd rather be too well armed, than not well enough armed. I also like kool stuff...and guns r kool.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:39:14 PM EDT
[#34]
For every on the the reasons stated.
Including Zombies. 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:49:56 PM EDT
[#35]
So that the bad guys that kills me will have to have snow shoes to walk over the pile of brass as he makes his way to my body.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:53:01 PM EDT
[#36]
Zombies mostly... But at a young age my Mom hated guns and didn't let me have any. So, I'm trying to make up for lost time. I just bought three Model 94's yesterday. One for me, my wife, and one for my father-in-law. I love guns!
~Dg84 |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:53:08 PM EDT
[#37]
yes, and i got some kic ass deal when i used to run a gun shope
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:55:08 PM EDT
[#38]
to protect my god given rights like no piece of paper can.
Lebrew |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:57:04 PM EDT
[#39]
Because one day, I'm going to stuck my finger in the wrong rectum, and I need to be able to defend myself.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:57:38 PM EDT
[#40]
Just in case. "In case of what?" In case of emergencies. "What kind of emergency?" Well, if I knew, then it wouldn't be an emergency.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:58:38 PM EDT
[#41]
Because I can.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 4:59:39 PM EDT
[#42]
Thanks for stating more answers for when I get the LIBTARD questions...
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:07:12 PM EDT
[#43]
Cause I am waiting for Red Dawn to happen. When those Cuban's start dropping out of the sky there will be hell to pay.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:12:27 PM EDT
[#44]
Roger that..just about covers it along with the ubiquitous I Can!!! |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:19:27 PM EDT
[#45]
Because I’m human.
If you believe the evolutionists, man began climbing from the level of an ape when we started using weapons. So for millions of years humans and our ancestors lived and died based on the quality of their weapons and their skills with them. Why would anyone doubt then that a million or so years of human evolution would lead to our instinctive desire to own and train with weapons? To deny this is to deny the very nature of our existence. And that’s what the gun control people don’t get. Imagine being told that it was illegal to ever listen to music again. Imagine if someone tried to outlaw art and beauty. After all, no one really needs to listen to music, and if they do, why do they need to know more than one song? Imagine if humor were outlawed, after all “assault” jokes hurt peoples feelings and no one really needs to laugh. But music and art aren’t as old or basic to human nature as weapons are. To try and deprive us of weapons is to try and cut out part of our soul. I am human, therefore I am armed. Now as to the practical side of things… To put things into perspective, digital cable costs me about $85.00 a month. That translates into about $1,020.00 a year for the boob tube. (Makes me want to cancel my cable when I think about what I get for my money.) Imagine if you spend an average of half of that on weapons (I like swords too.) and never sell any. That’s not much as far as priorities go, it’s roughly a Pepsi a day. But after 20 years you will have a $10,000 weapon collection, which looks pretty impressive when you have a few $100-$200 surplus bolt action rifles and other low cost stuff mixed in mixed in. Then people ask you, “Why are you so well armed?” After two decades of spending on my main hobby I still have less money invested than some people spend on a week cruse. I’m not well armed, I’m horribly undergunned. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:22:04 PM EDT
[#46]
Because the world is a cold place.......
...better pack your own heat!
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:23:10 PM EDT
[#47]
That, my friend, is sig. line material. ~Dg84 |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:26:51 PM EDT
[#48]
Great post. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:33:32 PM EDT
[#49]
Reason? I got your reason right here -
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 5:35:43 PM EDT
[#50]
Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.
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