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In reply to the discussion: Why I Carry A Gun [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)43. Realize that if you are ever seriously attacked by an armed individual ...
or someone who has a significant physical advantage over you, you will regret the fact that you left your firearm behind in your home safe.
You probably will feel like a total fool.
I should also point out that predators often pick the young or the old and infirm from a herd as their victims. You may have reached 65 without ever needing a firearm for self defense but that is no guarantee that you might not need one tomorrow or at some time in the future.
Admittedly the chances are slim but not nonexistent.
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Thanks for trying to make D.U. suck. I can only posit that you have projection issues....
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#25
I don't carry a gun because I wish to kill someone. I carry it to stop an attack ...
spin
Dec 2012
#42
If he was that close to you and you didn't kill him with one shot.....he would have killed you
thelordofhell
Dec 2012
#32
I think he's decided that no matter what i say he's going to argue against it NT
Trunk Monkey
Dec 2012
#36
I have guns myself and have a CCW. I can't figure way a small percentage of gun owners are so
doc03
Dec 2012
#19
You must live in a very high crime area is all I can say. I never saw the need to carry a
doc03
Dec 2012
#22
This sub thread has nothing to do with supporting or not supporting a pro gun agenda
Trunk Monkey
Dec 2012
#48