WHY CARRY A GUN
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> My old grandpa said to me son, 'there comes a time in every mans
life when
> he
> stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when
> he becomes too old to take an ass whupin'.
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> 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.
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> 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 whupin' !!
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