Posted on 05/17/2013 8:34:44 PM PDT by marktwain
Obviously, this is a strong signal that faith in the federal government is at an all-time high.
They build confidence day by day around here- we can’t send Marines to rescue an embassy but they are useful for holding umbrellas.
The low information, liberal types are going to be in heap big trouble.
In a perfect world, I’d never require training to own and carry firearms, but I really wish and recomend every gun owning citizen get some training, both practical and legal.
My ccw class was 8 of the best hours I ever spent. I do a 4 hour refresher every two years.
When the end comes, which I believe it will in the reasonably near future- I don’t want to be counted among the ignorant sheep.
I would prefer to expire while whittling on the porch, but such is not our lot, I fear.
I’d love to be wrong about all this.
As the left wins moreof the culture wars, we will need more guns to be safe.
I could agree with gun-control if the emphasis was not on restrictions, but on states mandating training requirements, assuming of course the training requirements were geared toward a practical approach to real world challenges, and not as an excuse to lessen the number of people “qualified” to carry a weapon. Alas, we do not live in such an ideal world. I highly recommend people voluntarily taking some sort of training class, even if it’s as modest as a simple safety course. I was fortunate enough to have military training in both rifles and pistols, and there is a dramatic difference in my competence now as opposed to the time I owned firearms before enlisting.
I will never succumb to a CCL. It actually TELLS the gov’t that you do in fact have firearms. I am very comfortable in my ability to handle weapons and the defense I’ll present when needed. My son and grandson are equally proficient.
In answer to the question in the title; “’Cause you never know when you might come across somethin’ that might need killin”.
The low information, liberal types are going to be in heap big trouble.
“After many years of no guns in the home (grandchildren, after all), we made the decision to resume owning and carrying firearms last fall. BEST DECISION EVER!”
Happy for this couple getting back to Sam Colt’s ‘equality,’ but did they manage to pass on an appreciation for responsible American gun ownership?
KYPD
The main reason for the increase in gun sales and CC permits is personal security. Becoming the victim of a crime is no longer a result of being in the wrong place in town late a night. Home invasions, broad-daylight muggings and car hyjackings are now an everyday occurance.
“I will never succumb to a CCL”
The same thought crossed my mind:
What is soaring is the number of citizens willing to put their name on a list informing the local government that they own and probably carry firearms.
Anyone else have thoughts on that?
Dr. Pritchett said:
“I will never succumb to a CCL
The same thought crossed my mind:
What is soaring is the number of citizens willing to put their name on a list informing the local government that they own and probably carry firearms.
Anyone else have thoughts on that?”
Yes, I do.
I can understand those that think by getting a CHL, you are “giving your name to the government”. But, then the question comes: “Did you fill out a Background Check Form when you purchased your gun?” If you did, then ‘the government’ already HAS your name, and that you own that gun!
I have a CHL. I bought my firearm in a shop where I had filled out that form. I attended an NRA class for my CHL. That’s three lists on which I might be listed.
It’s a possible connection, but the next time I purchased a firearm, after obtaining my CHL, all of my background business was done in minutes.
Hmmm, to count the number of lists ‘da govermint done got on me’ would be, for example”
1. veteran.
2. disabled veteran.
3. retired newspaper columnist
4. ordained Universal Life Church priest, registered at courthouse
5. Libertarian
6. CHL
7. NRA
and the list goes on ...
Exercising your 2A right to own a firearm for self defense/preservation, is something I agree with, in the home. Not having “the ticket in the wallet”, outside the home, is something subjective, and only to be decided by you, the reader. I wish you well with your decision.
I’m a guy that “Mr. Murphy” just waits for, to do something, anything, ‘not quite right or by the books’, to snag me.
I find that there is another paradox to carrying that is not often addressed...
I find that I am MUCH MORE AWARE of my environment and MUCH LESS likely to even allow myself to get into situations where I might have to defend myself. So, unlike the grampa in the article who has the added confidence to go out on the mean streets, I am in fact less likely to stop in places where my skills might be tested. We are very content to spend our. time entertaining ourselves at home now!
(And I am very well trained as far as carrying goes).
Thanks the reply. I’m on the lists, too, but it just nags at me sometimes...
good point. i regret submitting the application and being fingerprinted. oh well. baton rouge is a dangerous place
The way I see it, if State’s actually came to point of needing a militia against an overbearing Fed, the CCH list is your perfect start at forming up the militia. Trained, experienced, gun-owning, willing, (”regulated”) citizens.
With this ever-increasing CCW holders, I think it is time we/NRA/GOA et al, start pressuring our Federal pols to enact a law that says if you are a CCW license holder and want to buy a gun, you don’t have to go through another background check or fill out a 4473 since you have already passed the state and federal checks as well as being fingerprinted and photographed. Many states do this now, so it is time to take it to the federal level.
Having guns shipped directly to you ought to be another angle, since the C&Rs already do this on an “obsolete/antique” level.
If nothing else, it would flush out the phony pro-gun posers.
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