PoliceLink

My 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 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)

Well said!

Nice!  I'll share this with friends.  Thank you.

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing! I might have to keep passing this along.

Retleo says ...

I carry a gun to protect myself from Plaxico Burress.............and so far I haven't shot myself in the leg while I am out at a club!!

Hah

Very well put.....

I carry  a gun for all these reasons and more.  I believe that to whom much is given, much is required.  I have been blessed with many gifts. I  am 57 and my health is as good as anyone 25 years old. I can still do all the things I did then and in some cases more.  I have a drive inside me that is unlike any other person I have ever known, I have no time that say stop if I believe in something or if I believe something is wrong.  I am also gifted in art and with animals. I have several beautiful  children  and  grandchildren.  I  live in a country where laws  are not aways right and  people are not always treated right , but we have the right to speak  out against injustice and fight until we get it  changed and  made right.

I also believe that Warriors are born to protect those who unable to protect themselves or who are blessed with other gifts such as doctors, teachers, lawyers, firemen, farmers, ranchers  homemakers ect....  I may not be a good doctor or teacher or fireman or farmer or rancher.  But I am good protector.  I know my business and I am good at it.  One should always follow the path of the things that you do the best. 

These are just a few of the other reasons I carry a gun.  But  the  BIGGEST  reason I carry a gun is because there are people who don't believe in same things and have the same valves I have, and would take my rights to have these beliefs and values away from me.

Very well said. But now there is a new tool.

I dont waste time on criminals

I carry a taser, to take them to jail.

It a lot easier then taking time off. Time are to hard right now not to be working.

Amen to that!  The only fair fight is the one you win by any means. With criminals I will use anything to get the job done!   Been shot at too many times,  not to carry a gun, on or off duty!   It is a violent world now and you have to be prepared! 

OUTSTANDING! Whomever wrote this, I would like to shake their hand. Thank you who ever you are...

Excellent post! 

I carry a gun because when seconds count, the police are just minutes away!

Bulldog136 says ...

I carry a gun most everywhere I go because I prefer being the wolf, not the sheep. I forgot which post I was talking about this, but we were talking about a lady getting robbed one day and we all wished it would have been one of us instead but that never happens. The reason is we carry ourselves like a wolf, especially when we are armed. Most people would rather go find the baddest sheep then mess with the weakest wolf. That being said it has also saved me on a few occasions, one of which I was off duty sitting in a parking lot when a group of gang members that I had arrested several times came up to my car and were talking about me being off duty. Turns out a new group has spawned from LTC Grossman's analogy, I call them Hyenas. They run in packs and can be strong when they work together. When the wolf turns on them presenting his claws they run away.

I agree with you Bulldog, very well said!

I have started noticing the same things myself lately. Brave little groups of critters who like starting crap with the honest folks around town, but who slink off the moment they see one of us coming. I carry everywhere I go because bad things can happen in the most unlikely circumstances and I want to be able to protect myself or someone else if I have to. I was involved in an incident like the one you mention a few weeks ago when I was walking out of a store in the early AM, off duty. A group of thugs were standing in the shadows of the parking lot and started towards me when they saw me walking towards my car. I could tell they were looking for trouble by the way they were spreading out in front of me and the vibes they were putting off. I stopped, put my bags down and reached back and unholstered my sidearm under my jacket. I never took it out from under the jacket but only a fool would have mistaken what I was doing and these four may have been jackals, but they understood what I had just done. They stopped and stared at me for a few moments, then took the smart option and turned around and left the area. I kept and eye on them until they went around a corner then I went back inside and let the employees inside the Safeway know what had happened and told them to be careful if they went outside. I then called the local sheriff's dispatch and asked them to have a patrol swing through the area and keep an eye on things in case those mutts decided to screw with someone else who would not have realized what they were up to.

I don't go looking for trouble when I am off duty but like a lot of cops it finds me from time to time. I would much rather be a good sheepdog or even occasionally mistaken for a wolf, than to turn myself into another defenseless sheep by not carrying.

Be safe everyone!

Because I always have!

I carry a gun cause I CAN......................

I have carried for over 40 years.The only place i dont carry is when Im in church or lodge.  I have it if I need it and if I dont noone knows Im packing. Society is so unpredictable from shooters, robbers, muggers etc. I know Im ready if the need arises.