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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich_Jenkins View Post
    I try, really try, to avoid this conversation by virtually never bringing up the subject of guns or concealed carry.
    Pretty much this. ^^^
    Nobody really wants to hear your opinion they just want confirmation of theirs.
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    I use the Tom Givens answer: "In case I need to shoot someone."

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    I go to great lengths so that most people don’t know that I am carrying a gun to begin with. This eliminates many of the conversations that are thinly veiled attempts at starting an argument.

    I have had on occasion genuine people pose this question to me. My response is usually some form of the flat tire analogy. I carry a spare tire and a jack in my car, even though I haven’t had a flat tire on my car in about 15-20 years. But if I stopped carryinga spare tire and a jack, I have no doubt that I’ll end up running over a nail at some point.

    I carry a gun for the same reason. I live my personal (non-work) life in such a manner that midigates the risk of confrontation, and I maintain some sense of situational awareness when going about my daily life. But I carry a gun, just in case I run into a nail...

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    Quote Originally Posted by UnoZero View Post
    Both sides of my family know I’m the “gun guy” and don’t care one way or the other... So this debate is pretty much avoided.
    Same here, but I wish I could say the same about the avoidance at my family gatherings. I used to let the anti-2A rhetoric ride, but with the current election result trends I can no longer do so.

    I too try avoid the discussions and never start them, but am not adverse to challenging the hoplophobic when I feel there is some ground to be re-taken.

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    Personal experience.

    Before working a nice office job, I worked in places that brought me in regular contact with the rougher side of society.

    If anyone thinks predators and victim-makers don't exist or are extremely rare, my experience says otherwise.

    If you assume working your nice job and living in your nice neighborhood will mean you never come in contact with them, I hope you are right. I personally choose not to count on it.

    It only takes one encounter to change your life for the worse.

    Definitely practice situational awareness and avoidance. Stay out of the places where trouble hangs out. I just know sometimes trouble can wander.

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    The question doesn't come up much anymore, but when it does, I just tell folks I carry a gun "cause you never can tell when you might run into somebody (or something) that needs shootin'".
    Regional Government Sales Manager for Aimpoint, Inc. USA
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne Dobbs View Post
    The question doesn't come up much anymore, but when it does, I just tell folks I carry a gun "cause you never can tell when you might run into somebody (or something) that needs shootin'".
    I use this one.......

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    The question is usually a challenge by most. You can easily discern a real question for interest and info. For the negatively biased question, I state there are folks in the world who don't like people like me and I have met them before.

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    What's fascinating to me is when I get this question from fellow LEOs, asking why I'm armed off duty. Sigh...

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    Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

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