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In reply to the discussion: DETROIT: Large increase in women getting Concealed Pistol License. [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)60. No, there are rednecks and others around the country who favor it.
Having lived in Detroit, I can see carrying a gun, at times, as being a valid desperate option. Having also lived in the south (Texas and Florida), I've met a lot of rednecks who embrace the idea of an armed population. For some reason, a preponderance of "over my dead body" types tend to populate the south, though by no means exclusively. I have often heard these same folk praise black on black killings. Maybe you've met some too.
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DETROIT: Large increase in women getting Concealed Pistol License. [View all]
GreenStormCloud
May 2012
OP
Do you really think that only southern rednecks are in favor of shall-issue CC?
GreenStormCloud
May 2012
#54
I think it would be nice if the poster would explain theirself as they are the only one who really
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2012
#59
The increasing numbers of women are getting CCWs is certainly a new item.
GreenStormCloud
May 2012
#12
CC has worked out extremely well in the dozens of states that have shall-issue.
GreenStormCloud
May 2012
#29
That's correct and it's something I learned at a young age and it's very primal.
Starboard Tack
May 2012
#70
Of course. Nothing in life is guaranteed, including using a gun successfully for SD.
Starboard Tack
May 2012
#72