"HeyBub" wrote:

mike wrote:
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If having a gun encourages you to do things you wouldn't consider
without a gun,
you're asking for trouble.
I see two possibilities.
1) you get shot with your own gun.
2) you end up in jail for shooting someone.
It's your word against 20 bikers.

I went thru a "carrying" phase until I decided that
it was a foolish.

I've used my weapon to ward of would-be robbers in the Home Depot parking
lot! Twice!


IFF you MUST venture into unsafe areas, like your delivery job
requires it, you might convince yourself it's worth the risk.
IF you CHOOSE to go there, you're being foolish.

Disaster doesn't always happen in unsafe areas. Why just today, two people
were shot at the University of Virgina campus, arguably the safest place on
the planet. By that I mean the campus has a RULE against firearms!

Go back to #1. That appears to be what happened. It saved the
kid from #2. So having a gun really worked out for him, eh? [and a
cop, Army vet & father of 5 besides]

When I heard this on the news last night your post was the first thing
I thought of. I hope this doesn't turn out that the kid was armed
by a concerned parent who thought it was a god idea for their child
to carry a gun on the dangerous campus.

I don't want any guns taken away-- especially the ones I own-- but
there are some folks who should *not* have guns. [And with all your
bravado you might be on my short list of those who should be
disarmed.]

Jim