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In reply to the discussion: What kind of person walks around unarmed? [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)I often DO carry a firearm, but I live by the non-aggression principle. I have never threatened or considered threatening anyone with my firearm.
It would be silly to carry if you weren't PREPARED to kill in self-defense or in defense of others, but that isn't the same thing as looking FOR a violent confrontation. I always seek to de-escalate any situation. With or without a firearm on my person.
If circumstances permit, I will die quite happily, an old man in bed, never having taken a human life. That is what I look for. A long, happy, healthy life. No more, no less.
Nothing is more precious than human life to me. I encourage other people who carry to reflect on their priorities. If they don't value human life first and foremost, I respectfully suggest they reconsider either that point, or reconsider their practice of carrying a deadly weapon.