Posted: 3/15/2009 7:12:15 AM EDT
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Friend sent me this yesterday, hope it's not a dupe.
Why I Carry a Gun
My old grandpa once 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. "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 ass whoopin'." Author unknown (but obviously brilliant) Remember the average response time to a 911 call is over 4 minutes. The average response time of a 357 magnum is 1400 FPS. |
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Bustin' caps? Ghetto grandad. Long before the ghetto dwellers lingo became glamorized, the terms "popping a cap" and "busting a cap" were used to describe the act of shooting at another person. My father was a Louisiana State Police Trooper and all of our friends were police as well. They used those terms frequently. |
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Friend sent me this yesterday, hope it's not a dupe. Wouldnt it be easier just to bring up search and type in "Why I carry a gun"? http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=840771 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=839543 |
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Friend sent me this yesterday, hope it's not a dupe. Wouldnt it be easier just to bring up search and type in "Why I carry a gun"? http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=840771 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=839543 I did and it didn't come up. |
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Friend sent me this yesterday, hope it's not a dupe. Wouldnt it be easier just to bring up search and type in "Why I carry a gun"? http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=840771 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=839543 Yea its a dupe, but it is really worth repeating.... |
| Got it in my email and sent the guy my sig line below, plus a link to the original interview with Pastor Will Dougan. |