Personal Defense against general threat(s).
Personal Defense against a Specific Threat(s) in the past, present , or future.
Employee of a gun shop and/or gun range.
Professional reasons -Law Enforcement, Military, Private Security, Pro Competition.
Not Applicable Because 'Murrica ( Constitutional Carry State)
Not Applicable - State Wont Issue (Urban California, New Jersey, etc)
Wilderness Carry ,Personal Defense against large animals in the field.
When I was a kid hanging around a camera store, one of the customers had a business card wich listed things such as "wars waged, uprisings fomented, revolutions suppressed, dogs trained. Fees reasonable" and similar stuff.Originally Posted by RevolverRob
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Because going about unarmed is completely undignified.....
Because when seconds count the cops are only minutes away...
Because those who beat their swords into plowshares tend to end up plowing for those who didn't....
Because the whole concept of learned helplessness just makes me physically ill....
Because armed folks are citizens....unarmed folks are subjects.
Because....."The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."- Thomas Jefferson
Because.....Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.-Theodore Roosevelt
Because....”You are bound to meet misfortune if you are unarmed because, among other reasons, people despise you….There is simply no comparison between a man who is armed and one who is not. It is unreasonable to expect that an armed man should obey one who is unarmed, or that an unarmed man should remain safe and secure when his servants are armed. In the latter case, there will be suspicion on the one hand and contempt on the other, making cooperation impossible.” - Niccolo Machiavelli
Because...The man who does not exercise the first law of nature- that of self-preservation- is not worthy of living and breathing the breath of life."- John Wesley Hardin
Meh. Being an agnostic, biracial, libertarian, gun owning, anti-government, academic - puts me on the short list of people who may be answers in the category, "Most Likely to Instigate Rebellion, Revolution, or serve as a Charismatic Leader Against Tyranny." - Which therefore paints a pretty large target on my back for those who would seek to instigate tyranny...Hence I return to my justification for carrying a tool of self-preservation, "All Lawful Purposes".
This poll/thread is sort of out of place on this forum.
GardoneVT, I would expect that you have been here long enough to get a feel for people and not need to post this poll
Normally this type of poll that I would expect to find on one of those lessor forums.
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My answer:
"None of your $&@%ing business."
Humans - the worst animal on Earth.
They are every where !
The poll does not allow a person to choose multiple options.
Frankly after carrying a handgun for so long, both for professional purposes as well as defense of family/self, recreation, etc, etc, I honestly don't give it much contemplation, as it is just an everyday part of existence.
It is those times when I am some place else, and am not armed than I truly think about it, and quite frankly, I don't like it.
I clicked on the 1st answer but could have been comfortable with any of them. At this point in my life, after what I've seen & experienced, I think my sanity would have to be questioned if I didn't carry a sidearm.
One of my grown nieces asked me recently "Uncle Dave, do you ALWAYS carry a gun?" My answer was no sweetheart, only while I'm awake. She is pro gun (like 95% of my relatives, thank God), so it was more of a lifestyle question than a justification question.
"When one needs a revolver, one wants it very badly." - Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC
Mostly because human nature hasn't changed much in the last 1000 years.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
Please give thanks for having family that supports you and is pro gun. You may have seen a thread I started last summer about "....telling the family we are armed." In hindsight, I should have never cluttered up this forum with my problems. However, the good news is there are so many decent responses there that I still go back and read them for continuing support.
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