We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
Again I ask you, who in this thread has stated that being a gun carrier 24/7 will solve other aspects of your life? Why are you implying that carrying a gun is somehow excusive of the other things that you bring up.? Your entire premise is a straw man argument.
Some of what you have written is pure self adoration and trying to make yourself feel better, smarter, richer, and more successful than lots of other people here.
You had to make sure to drop the fact that you own two homes and credentials at your second home along with a spare car. You are thumping your ego and your wallet.
Which gets us back to what I have previously wrote. Some people here have one home on which they are paying a mortgage on or even renting. They may have a couple of kids that they are raising, and a gun or three because they enjoy shooting, enjoy owning guns, and want to be able to effectively defend themselves with one if necessary. The $500 or so that they spend on a Glock or a S&W shield may not be enough for a down payment on a house or to buy a spare car. But it is something that they can enjoy themselves with and use to defend themselves if necessary.
Since we are talking about DGUs, the ones that I had were not in particularly bad areas, nor did I wake up those mornings knowing that I would have to draw a gun on someone to stop a robbery or assault.
I apologize for the confusion. I’m not in anyway trying to elevate myself over any one. Once as an adult I had 8 cents in the bank. I’m glad to not be there anymore
I’ve rented. I’ve barely scraped by etc. Im frugal where I feel like it matters. I eat the same 7-10 things every day and never visit a restaurant, don’t have particularly nice clothes/shoes nor a stack of reloading tools and such like others here.
2 Homes has been a massive sacrifice and test of discipline. Im not sure how that can be a dig on someone else
The thread was never intended to change anyone’s mind or make them feel silly for carrying without fail.
Respectfully id say we’re passed amicable disagreement on the topic and I can’t see why you’d still be interested in the discussion
Or when Narcotics gets information that a drug gang has found out where you live and is targeting you and doesn't inform you but instead notifies Homicide by snail mail.
Who then doesn't tell you but sends the info to your precinct via snail mail.
Who then doesn't inform you but places it on the readout file.
Which is finally read out to you on the third shift when you return from your weekend...and no one in the entire chain of command or your fellow officers could be arsed to give you a call.
I spent the next week hunting down the dopers and delivering deadly serious personal threats of death by blowtorching.
I also went to the Homicide bullpen and loudly thanked them for their fucking apathy, incompetence and apparent satisfaction with exposing my wife and infant daughter to the "mercy" of a bunch of known murderers-one of whom had murdered a Deputy a few years ago and beat it.
Funny thing, despite all the cursing and personal insults i yelled at the top of my lungs...nobody said a thing about it.
Their clearance rate was like 9% for a decade...maybe they were hoping my death would generate a slam dunk. You always get a feather in your cap for arresting cop killers...
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