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Date Posted: 11:23:48 09/28/10 Tue
Author: Roklan (scared?)
Subject: Re: Article in Defense of Gun Ownership "Why I Might Carry a Gun"
In reply to: food for thought 's message, "Article in Defense of Gun Ownership "Why I Might Carry a Gun"" on 14:06:42 08/05/10 Thu

>Many of you are not going to appreciate this post in
>defense of gun ownership. It's a reprint from an
>unknown source. I hope it resonates with you.
>
>PEOPLE ASK WHY?
>
>Why I Might 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 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 am 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
>**********
>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.
>----
>In 1911, Turkey established gun control. >From 1915 to
>1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend
>themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
>----
>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.
>----
>China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to
>1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to
>defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated
>----
>Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964
>to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend
>themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
>----
>Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to
>1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves,
>were rounded up and exterminated.
>----
>Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to
>1977, one million educated people, unable to defend
>themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
>----
>Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the
>20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
>----------
>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 friends.
>
>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


I never carried a gun and feel just as safe as you do with your gun. I wonder why?

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