Posted on 02/01/2012 9:57:31 AM PST by marktwain
Massachusetts law requires CCW and those are there reasons, stating it is possible for an hysterical to charge me with assault.
Maine on the other hand charges extra for concealed carry.
Each state's law varies so widely from others One has to avoid certain states or be charged under their firearms laws, when at home you're perfectly legal
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Because I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
I carry because a cop is never around when you need one but I carry concealed because open carry tends to draw attention I don’t want or need.
I'd prefer not to get shot by some trigger happy LEO responding to some hyperventilating twits panicked 911 call. At least, not just yet.
Concealed (as opposed to open) is a public service. When the bad guys know they’re out there, but can’t tell where, everyone is safer.
When someone asks me why I own a gun, I ask them why they own a fire extinguisher. QED.
When someone asks me why I carry concealed, I ask them if they wear a seat belt. If they reply ‘yes’ I say it’s the same reason.
You don’t wear a seat belt because you expect to get in a car accident. You wear it because it gives you the best odds if an accident happens to occur.
This is about as good of an answer as I have heard!
Hope you don’t have a copyright on this? LOL!
“If it was up to me, no one but law enforcement officers would own hand guns”
If the citizens are disarmed, why would the cops need to carry guns? ;)
“Because a cop is to heavy” works too...
I’ve had people ask to use this before, and I’m always happy to say yes. The better people understand why CCW is useful, the fewer people who are scared of it and vote those fears.
There is a flaw in that approach. I have come across goofs who refuse to wear a seat belt because without one they will be thrown clear of the accident rather than trapped in the car.
I would love to play poker with such math challenged individuals.
Good enough to repeat. And I agree completely that the additional level of uncertainty in the minds of potential assailants is worth the trouble of concealment.
QUESTION! If I have a CCW permit, and I put a large flap holster on my belt, place the handgun in it, close the flap so the handgun absolutely cannot be seen, can I wear it in public when all they see is the holster?
As in, “I’m throwing away these two queens and going for a straight.”
>There is a flaw in that approach. I have come across goofs who refuse to wear a seat belt because without one they will be thrown clear of the accident rather than trapped in the car.
Well I hate to have to adjust my arguments to make allowances for idiots. If they don’t wear a seat belt, that’s fine for them. I’ll give up then and hope they don’t vote.
>I would love to play poker with such math challenged individuals.
Don’t see how they would have any money available for you to fleece.
When I carry concealed I go out of my way to avoid conflict. I liken it to the responsibility one accrues when driving a semi: tuck drivers must avoid confrontations and potential road rage incidents at all cost because of the great power they control, while the mean-faced, clipped-hair dyke in the Chevy Geo can cut off whomever it likes.
Because the media told me that a visibly carried firearm will SCARE people.
They also told me that, if a criminal knows I have a gun, HE WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME. Therefore, it only makes sense to keep any would-be criminal ignorant/guessing.
Is the MSM now telling me they were WRONG?
Because when seconds count, my pistol is a fraction of a second away from being in my hand, out of its holster, and ready to stop a threat.
The cops, splendid folks though they be, don't even know that there's a problem yet.
yeah, a man who avoids seat belt use for safety reasons probably spends all his income on lottery tickets.
I have fire extinguishers, too, but I am not expecting a fire anytime. I also carry vehicle collision insurance but don’t know the next time I’ll ned that, either.
Why do cops carry guns? Do they really believe only they are assualted by armed bad guys? If that is the case, then let’s do away with cops as they seems to incite bad guys to violence: No cops, no violence, right?
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