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34. The fact that you have never felt any need to carry a firearm...
Thu Feb 23, 2012, 09:27 PM
Feb 2012

is not unusual. Most people feel the same as you.

I choose to carry a firearm because I prefer to be prepared. That in no way means that I fear that I will be attacked or suffer from paranoia. In fact, I doubt that I will ever have a legitimate reason to use my carry weapon.

However I did invest the time and expense to get a concealed carry license and that effort would be wasted if I decided to leave my carry revolver home in the safe and found myself facing an attacker who I believed had every intention of seriously injuring or killing me. I would also feel like a total fool.

edited to insert "never" into the title.


It's bullshit tularetom Feb 2012 #1
Absolutely not... socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #2
I own 3 handguns and shotguns. But some gun shows are scary to me. Some crazy people there. Logical Feb 2012 #3
photographers going for dramatic effect . . . Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #4
It's exactly the same sort of yellow 'journalism' as the tripe showing the most salacious pictures o Fortran Feb 2012 #5
paint ballers, toy guns, reenactment, hunters...not gun culture. ileus Feb 2012 #6
I didn't see anything terrible about the pictures at all. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #7
Agreed. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #40
Very incomplete, as it almost completely ignored the vast middle ground. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #8
In my opinion, a few more pictures such as these... spin Feb 2012 #9
See the difference in feeling with these shots? socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #10
Thanks for your support. (n/t) spin Feb 2012 #13
I think they should have displayed more of this type stuff. Hoyt Feb 2012 #17
I agree, that presentation is very informative and well done. Fortran Feb 2012 #28
I agree it needs more diversity. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #11
No era veteran Feb 2012 #12
Pathetic misrepresentation. Remmah2 Feb 2012 #14
No, 16 pictures about "gun culture", MicaelS Feb 2012 #15
Really didn't get to crux of issue. And really needs more photos of yahoos packing in public. Hoyt Feb 2012 #16
Hey Hoyt... inre: yahoos packing in public. why don't you take your pictures of these people Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #19
I did, see post #17. There are plenty more just like that. Hoyt Feb 2012 #20
I never said such a thing as that. responsible gun owners are not fools and don't you think Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #21
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #22
Mom and dad both passed on long ago. I manage to walk down the streets without a gun. Hoyt Feb 2012 #25
I do quite often. However my work takes me into some of the less savory parts of Houston. oneshooter Feb 2012 #26
The fact that you have never felt any need to carry a firearm... spin Feb 2012 #34
Oh lord, now you are defending Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter. What's next? Hoyt Feb 2012 #24
oh. bullshit and you know it ...sheesh Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #29
"Time" should be embarassed for publishing that. ManiacJoe Feb 2012 #18
Yes they should. They need to show people carrying in public who have no business owning a gun. Hoyt Feb 2012 #23
Which people have no business owning a gun? I'm curious. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #27
Loughner's a good example, as are those who are carry because they fear the poor. Hoyt Feb 2012 #30
How do you propose to keep people who carry because they fear the poor from owning guns? Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #31
I have never met a person who had a concealed carry permit... spin Feb 2012 #33
If you have a concealed carry permit... spin Feb 2012 #32
Hoyt, those boring pictures do not sell advertising space in magazines. ManiacJoe Feb 2012 #35
True. Those who covet guns like assault, tactical, etc., in magazines. Hoyt Feb 2012 #36
I rather covet this magazine... Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #37
I bet you do. Hoyt Feb 2012 #38
You'd win that bet....good for you! Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #39
Your bigotry knows no bounds. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #41
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