Why I Carry A Gun

[Guest JimmyJ]

PEOPLE ASK WHY?

Why I Carry a Gun

My old grandpa 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 a beating.

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 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 a beating!

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A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. >From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated

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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.

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You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without them, we are 'subjects'.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, please spread this anti gun-control message to all of your fri ends.

The purpose of fighting is to win.

There is no possible victory in defense.

The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either.

The final weapon is the brain.

All else is supplemental.

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!

SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE.

SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!

IT'S A NO BRAINER!

DON'T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.

I'm a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment!

Edited May 12, 2010 by JimmyJ

[Mad_Squirrell]

I'm using this if you don't mind.

[Guest jackdm3]

Redneck did this last fall and he added:

It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own Government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in:

List of 7 items:

Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent.

Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent.

Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!

In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300

percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the

criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in

armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort, and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.

You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians

disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,

gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are 'citizens.'

Without them, we are 'subjects'.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

[kb4ns]

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

"I would never invade the United States. There would be a gun behind every blade of grass."

-Isoroku Yamamoto

[ncomarc]

Always a good read.

[walton6467]

Amen.

[Guest BEARMAN]

Great post, JimmyJ...Im gonna "borrow" it too...if you don't mind.

[Oh Shoot]

I'm using this if you don't mind.

Great post, JimmyJ...Im gonna "borrow" it too...if you don't mind.

It's not like Jimmy wrote it, ya know.

- OS

[Volzfan]

This is a good read but it has been posted so many times. I tried to find out the origin but all that I found was the MANY posts on so many forums and articles from around the world that I doubt anyone knows the origin of it. It's even been posted on a Catholic Answers forum PEOPLE ASK WHY? Why I Carry a Gun: - Catholic Answers Forums

Some include the part with the facts from Australia stating "It's been 12 months since......". Well that ban went into effect in 1996. Here is a paragraph from a 2008 article from the GOA...

On April 28th 1996, a maniac shot 35 people in Port Arthur. The media went ballistic, screaming about the evil of "assault" firearms. Australians were shocked. Nothing like this had ever happened in sleepy, peaceful Australia. The shrill cry and incessant anti-gun propaganda paid off and, in just 12 days, Federal resolutions were passed and the states enacted them into laws.

Here is the entire article if you care to read it.

11/99 Aussie Gun Ban

This won't be the last time that it will be posted here and that's OK with me. We have new members sign on everyday who have not read it before and that is a good reason to post but for those of us who have seen it before there is nothing wrong with reading it again as a refresher.

[ShamGlock]

I like it

[kb4ns]

Here is the entire article if you care to read it.

11/99 Aussie Gun Ban

Interesting read. Thanks Volzfan.

[oldman]

Or another reason.

Tennessee is in the top 10 of least peaceful states.

2. Tennessee

> Violent crimes (excl. murder) per 100,000: 607.7 (4th most)

> Murders per 100,000: 5.6 (12th most)

> Incarceration rate per 100,000: 432 (22nd most)

> Police per 100,000: 404.8 (6th most)

> Basic access: 81.0 (17th lowest)

> Total cost of violence: $11.67 billion

Tennessee is the second-least peaceful state in the country, and has in fact gotten worse since 1991. Additionally, the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan area is among the worst metro areas for peace. The state is one of the most violent, with nearly 608 violent crimes committed per 100,000 residents in 2010. The state also has among the largest relative number of police employees — nearly 405 per 100,000 people. Tennessee also has one of the largest rates of children living in single parent households, one of the highest poverty rates, one of the lowest rates of income inequality and one of the highest rates of births among teenagers.

[tnhawk]

No. 1 reason I carry a gun:

I carry a gun because I live near Memphis.

[Guest bkelm18]

No. 1 reason I carry a gun:

I carry a gun because I live near Memphis.

Haven't you heard? Memphis is crime free and completely safe. I read that on the Internet somewhere.

[Guest 270win]

I carry a gun when I go to Memphis. Basically every day I have one on me there.

[lshel]

I carry a gun because snakes are not just in the woods.

[jtmaze]

I carry a gun because I can. At this moment it is still my right to carry a gun in these United States(at least 34 of them). Will I ever have to defend myself or my family, I hope not but if it comes to that I will be prepared.

JTM

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[Spook]

Or another reason.

Tennessee is in the top 10 of least peaceful states.

2. Tennessee

> Violent crimes (excl. murder) per 100,000: 607.7 (4th most)

> Murders per 100,000: 5.6 (12th most)

> Incarceration rate per 100,000: 432 (22nd most)

> Police per 100,000: 404.8 (6th most)

> Basic access: 81.0 (17th lowest)

> Total cost of violence: $11.67 billion

Tennessee is the second-least peaceful state in the country, and has in fact gotten worse since 1991. Additionally, the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan area is among the worst metro areas for peace. The state is one of the most violent, with nearly 608 violent crimes committed per 100,000 residents in 2010. The state also has among the largest relative number of police employees — nearly 405 per 100,000 people. Tennessee also has one of the largest rates of children living in single parent households, one of the highest poverty rates, one of the lowest rates of income inequality and one of the highest rates of births among teenagers.

"Additionally, the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan area is among the worst metro areas for peace."

This doesn't seem to track with the recent crime figures I've read for Memphis. I'll take Nashville/Franklin/'Boro over Memphis any day.