Carrying a gun makes you a Giant Coward!!

[Virgil Cain]

Yeah that's right, I said it, now hear me out. I came across this forum when looking up another gun related issue and I have to say I was intrigued by a lot of the back and forth here, and I have to say I'm kind of shocked by the misinformed attitude a good amount of folks have about CCW permit holders, and I'd like to clear a few things up.

First of all, let me give you a little background...

I am a CCW holder and I carry a firearm at all times, in fact, most times I carry 2. (I like a BUG on my weak-hand side in case my right arm is pinned or injured, Murphy's law and all that.) I support the 2nd in its entirety. It seems to me that there are many on here (certainly not all) who believe that carrying a gun will all of a sudden turn you into Rambo. Some blood-thirsty lunatic waiting for someone to look at you the wrong way, or prowling the streets like Charles Bronson waiting for an excuse to show your heaters....ha!

Well my friends, that simply isn't the case. For anyone who carries and anyone thinking of carrying I'll offer the same wisdom I just gave my brother who recently applied for his permit. Carrying a firearm does not make you a tough guy. In fact, quite the opposite. It makes you more of a wimp, more of a coward, more of a pussy than you are without it! Why you ask? Out of sheer necessity!

Let's take an example:

Say you're walking down the street, minding your own business, and some guy, for whatever reason, starts f'ing with you. Start calling your mother a whore, makes passes at your girl, whatever. Now, if I'm unarmed, I might very well take issue with man. I might insult him back, defend my girl's honor, all that macho testosterony stuff some you like to make fun of. Maybe it comes to blows, maybe I win, maybe I don't. Most likely the worst outcome is a bloodied nose, a black eye, bruised ego... no biggie.

Now, say the same situation occurs, but this time I'm carrying. My response will be completely different. "My mother's a $2 whore? Why sir, you've paid entirely too much." Get the picture? The reason is because a lot more is now at stake. Whether you're in the right or wrong, if you in any way escalate a situation and a gun is pulled, you're toast. Are you willing to throw away your life, your family, your freedom over an insult? I certainly am not, and I will back down and look like a coward.

As a CCW holder this is one of the prices you must pay for the added security your firearm provides in a situation where your LIFE is potentially on the line, and it is a question every prospective CCW holder must ask themselves before making the decision to carry. Are you man enough to walk away? If not that's completely understandable, just make sure to leave the guns at home.