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Security guard???!!?? WHERE did you get that from???
Christine, do you have A.D.D. or something?? You've just shown me how much you really don't understand this topic of discussion...
I believe that you stated you were a security guard for dignitaries overseas? Forgive my shorthand
Yeah, it is pretty much simple as that. People need to take the emotion and passion out of the subject of weapons. Giving it all these evil, almost supernatural, attributes. This goes for the gun community as well - it's not a device of power, to scare people, or to impress people (and, fortunetly, most of the gun carrying community is not like that, but a very small minority make it bad for the rest).
Once you do that, it becomes a tool (one of last resort and that you hope never to use) that you simply strap on when you go out, not much different from your cell phone and wallet, except that you obviously need to respect a weapon in terms of safety and never become complacent with it. I don't think about having a gun behind my right hip when I am out, I'm aware of it, I can use it, but I don't dwell on it. There is that corner of the brain where my firearms training resides, but it stays there unless needed, and I otherwise go about my daily life like anyone else.
VERY correctly put, your weapon is MUCH like the spare tire in your car! It's simply a LAST resort tool in your bag of tools. You hate like hell to have a flat anywhere, but can anyone imagine NOT having that spare in their trunk??
Yeah, it is pretty much simple as that. People need to take the emotion and passion out of the subject of weapons. Giving it all these evil, almost supernatural, attributes. This goes for the gun community as well - it's not a device of power, to scare people, or to impress people (and, fortunetly, most of the gun carrying community is not like that, but a very small minority make it bad for the rest).
Once you do that, it becomes a tool (one of last resort and that you hope never to use) that you simply strap on when you go out, not much different from your cell phone and wallet, except that you obviously need to respect a weapon in terms of safety and never become complacent with it. I don't think about having a gun behind my right hip when I am out, I'm aware of it, I can use it, but I don't dwell on it. There is that corner of the brain where my firearms training resides, but it stays there unless needed, and I otherwise go about my daily life like anyone else.
Well actually scarab, it's a pretty sad way to go about life if you have to strap on a weapon 24/7. Glad I don't feel the need for that & believe me, I don't live in the safest utopia either.
Well actually scarab, it's a pretty sad way to go about life if you have to strap on a weapon 24/7. Glad I don't feel the need for that & believe me, I don't live in the safest utopia either.
It is isn't it... It's also pretty sad that I have to wear a seatbelt since I don't plan on crashing. Same thing with those pesty smoke detectors , gotta have them though.. and I don't plan on having my house burn down. I also wear a helmet when snowmobiling and ATV'ing.. and I certainly don't plan on crashing and hitting tree. Such a sad world isn't it ? Some choose to be prepared for any situation, some don't. Thing is , I'm not judging you for not being prepared...
VERY correctly put, your weapon is MUCH like the spare tire in your car! It's simply a LAST resort tool in your bag of tools. You hate like hell to have a flat anywhere, but can anyone imagine NOT having that spare in their trunk??
So bringing an ar into a restaurant is like having a sparetire ?
Lol, you can't really be prepared if someone shoots you first but ok!
SURE you can! If they don't kill you then you get to return the favor!
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