Frank, a gun meant for killing, plain and simple. A perv tried to snatch my nephew about 3 months ago. My bother in law concealed carries. He dropped the perv 1 shot kill. My perspective changed when it was so close to home. I realized I couldn't have done the same thing, but would have if properly armed. I would feel remorse, but no regret.
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Thank God Spey, thank God. I'm glad that came out well. Good on your BIL. Give him my regards, he did good.
On that note. We were moving my daughter and her family into their new home today. I was carrying a bed frame down the hall and accidently scraped up against the wall with my holster. It's an inside the waistband, so it's under my shirt and pants, so no damage to wall or gun, but it was loud.
She immediately reacted to the noise, thinking I had scraped the bed on the wall. I told here happened, no harm, no foul, no scrapes and she calmed down. Her reaction was "Why are you carrying your gun when we're moving? Oh yeah, well, you never know."
I just smiled and kept on. I told here later, "I hope I never need it, but if I did and didn't have it to protect any of you kids or grandkids, I'd never forgive myself." She smiled and said "Yeah, I get that."
That is why I carry. And why I would never surrender my firearms. I need to protect my loved ones from both evil, and those that would do evil in the name of good.
The founders weren't protecting hunting. Hell they all depended on game for subsistence. The thought of having to state that would never occurred to them. The 2nd amendment was written to make sure the populace could effectively fight an oppressive government.
So if the popo and .mil are armed with M-16's, the civilians should at least have Ar-15's. Hell, I think the GCA of 68 should have been ruled unconstitutional. If the .gov can have it, so should the people. That was the intent of the founders.
It's not about food. It's about liberty.
