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NightWatcher

(39,376 posts) Wed Jun 15, 2016, 12:59 PM Jun 2016

Guns aren't going away, so everyone needs to buy, carry at all times, and know how to use [View all]

A first/trauma aid kit with a quick clotting sponge and tourniquet for gunshot wounds.

Keep one in your trunk in the ever increasing likelihood that you are witness to a tragic shooting or other horrific event.

What, did you think I was going to tell you to get a gun?

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Guns aren't going away, so everyone needs to buy, carry at all times, and know how to use [View all] NightWatcher Jun 2016 OP

No a bad idea, no matter how many guns there are out there. Brickbat Jun 2016 #1

Already have one. Thanks! deathrind Jun 2016 #2

In every car we have, I keep a first aid kit, a fire extinguisher, a bottle of water.. X_Digger Jun 2016 #3

The Boy Scout motto is "Be prepared". ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #4

The weird part is wearing bullet resistant attire is prohibited in some places HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #5

Where? Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #6

The why seems unclear but the prohibition includes people who society may wish to be targets HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #8

You should certainly have one as there are millions of car accidents every year in the US. PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #7

Been carrying a small trauma kit for years. linuxman Jun 2016 #9