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Post by glennkoks on Apr 24, 2023 1:03:00 GMT
I live in Texas where almost everyone is a gun owner, many openly carry. I've never been a victim of gun violence.
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Post by walnut on Apr 24, 2023 3:40:53 GMT
In the past I've generally thought of those open carry guys as possibly a little unhinged. But I bought a holster myself this week, at least to carry when I'm walking alone in the woods. I thought that I saw something strange last week.
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Post by ratty on Apr 24, 2023 4:36:06 GMT
In the past I've generally thought of those open carry guys as possibly a little unhinged. But I bought a holster myself this week, at least to carry when I'm walking alone in the woods. I thought that I saw something strange last week. Something like this?  |
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Post by glennkoks on Apr 24, 2023 11:17:30 GMT
In the past I've generally thought of those open carry guys as possibly a little unhinged. But I bought a holster myself this week, at least to carry when I'm walking alone in the woods. I thought that I saw something strange last week. I am kind of with you about guys that openly carry being a little "unhinged". In over half a century on this earth I have never carried a firearm or needed one. Personally I think with my fondness for good craft beer that I am more likely to get myself in a bad scenario with a gun than I am likely to "need" a gun. So I choose not to carry. But it is nice to have that option and I do have firearms in my home. Growing up in the South everyone owned guns. But they were practical and "made sense". My father kept a 9mm in the nightstand for home protection and a 30-30 in the closet for deer hunting. Probably never had more than a hundred rounds in total. Nowadays I have friends with multiple AR-15s and literally thousands of rounds of ammo. To each his/her own. But I never understood the need for an AR-15. How much home protection is enough and if I have to fight evil government forces I'm not sure how much an AR is going to help... |
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Post by walnut on Apr 24, 2023 12:04:45 GMT
In the past I've generally thought of those open carry guys as possibly a little unhinged. But I bought a holster myself this week, at least to carry when I'm walking alone in the woods. I thought that I saw something strange last week. Something like this? Lord, no! kill it! |
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Post by walnut on Apr 24, 2023 12:09:56 GMT
In the past I've generally thought of those open carry guys as possibly a little unhinged. But I bought a holster myself this week, at least to carry when I'm walking alone in the woods. I thought that I saw something strange last week. I am kind of with you about guys that openly carry being a little "unhinged". In over half a century on this earth I have never carried a firearm or needed one. Personally I think with my fondness for good craft beer that I am more likely to get myself in a bad scenario with a gun than I am likely to "need" a gun. So I choose not to carry. But it is nice to have that option and I do have firearms in my home. Growing up in the South everyone owned guns. But they were practical and "made sense". My father kept a 9mm in the nightstand for home protection and a 30-30 in the closet for deer hunting. Probably never had more than a hundred rounds in total. Nowadays I have friends with multiple AR-15s and literally thousands of rounds of ammo. To each his/her own. But I never understood the need for an AR-15. How much home protection is enough and if I have to fight evil government forces I'm not sure how much an AR is going to help... I've never been a gun person. But as a kid I would hunt squirrels after school etc and guns were often around. Still a gun was never particularly any more interesting to me than various other tools. Then modern politics came along, and the left talking about banning guns or ammo. I'll admit that my response was to begin buying guns and ammo. So now I have a few, and probably a hundred pounds of ammo, which I never would have bought if they hadn't put me in the mood to do so. I'm still not a gun person really. I have a friend, Greg Stube, who is an actual war hero, who was always into guns. After he got out of the military (injured in combat) he got a gig representing several firearms and optics companies. He now owns a large fraction of a million dollars of guns and high end scopes which were more or less comped to him by these companies. Another army friend is a high level exec with Sig firearms. Now those are gun guys. |
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Post by gridley on Apr 24, 2023 12:35:18 GMT
I've yet to need a gun to protect myself. Of course if I had needed one and wasn't carrying one I most likely wouldn't be around to post about it.
The world is also DIFFERENT than when I was growing up. Humans only had two genders, and anyone who said otherwise would have been getting a psyc eval and probably some time in a padded room. The media could generally tell the difference between a riot and a peaceful protest. "Tough on crime" was a political sales pitch, not "defund the police".
When sanity and reasonable law are the rule, most people will never need to defend themselves. But when you can't expect any help to come, a wise person prepares to protect themselves. There are people out there who will choose the easiest path. If the easiest path is to work, they'll work. If the easiest path is to steal, they'll steal. If the person they're stealing from is unlikely to be armed, the police are unlikely to catch them, and prosecution is unlikely even if they're caught, why not steal?
I *have* been the victim of pre-meditated criminal activity. The police did nothing. Why should I believe they will next time?
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Post by walnut on Apr 24, 2023 12:51:03 GMT
I've yet to need a gun to protect myself. Of course if I had needed one and wasn't carrying one I most likely wouldn't be around to post about it. The world is also DIFFERENT than when I was growing up. Humans only had two genders, and anyone who said otherwise would have been getting a psyc eval and probably some time in a padded room. The media could generally tell the difference between a riot and a peaceful protest. "Tough on crime" was a political sales pitch, not "defund the police". When sanity and reasonable law are the rule, most people will never need to defend themselves. But when you can't expect any help to come, a wise person prepares to protect themselves. There are people out there who will choose the easiest path. If the easiest path is to work, they'll work. If the easiest path is to steal, they'll steal. If the person they're stealing from is unlikely to be armed, the police are unlikely to catch them, and prosecution is unlikely even if they're caught, why not steal? I *have* been the victim of pre-meditated criminal activity. The police did nothing. Why should I believe they will next time?They kind of don't, from what I've seen. |
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 24, 2023 13:37:10 GMT
In the past I've generally thought of those open carry guys as possibly a little unhinged. But I bought a holster myself this week, at least to carry when I'm walking alone in the woods. I thought that I saw something strange last week. Something like this? The TICKS would finish him (Shim) off in short order. If he trips on his dress, it''s all over.  |
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Post by walnut on Apr 24, 2023 21:48:42 GMT
The TICKS would finish him (Shim) off in short order. If he trips on his dress, it''s all over. Oh you've got that right. Can we please stop copying that photo? lol. |
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 24, 2023 23:01:19 GMT
I only "carry" a gun on my person when I go up to the farm. Just seems the proper thing to do. I remember my uncles training me up on their German and Swiss mausers. They laughed their asses off every time it (they) knocked me on my ass. I have a judge revolver that's chambered for 410 rounds. Mine are loaded with triple-aught buck. The spread is about the size of my fist at 15-20 feet. Impossible to find 000 ammo these days. Everything is out of stock - no back order. I smell the government. Fortunately I stocked up back then. If I'm really feeling spunky, I take my 9mm Ruger semi-auto carbine out for a stroll.
I don't carry anything on me in town. The Judge is too big. Israel's IMI is still selling into the US market ... $0.43 per round for 1000.
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Post by ratty on Apr 25, 2023 0:11:32 GMT
I've yet to need a gun to protect myself. Of course if I had needed one and wasn't carrying one I most likely wouldn't be around to post about it. The world is also DIFFERENT than when I was growing up. Humans only had two genders, and anyone who said otherwise would have been getting a psyc eval and probably some time in a padded room. The media could generally tell the difference between a riot and a peaceful protest. "Tough on crime" was a political sales pitch, not "defund the police". When sanity and reasonable law are the rule, most people will never need to defend themselves. But when you can't expect any help to come, a wise person prepares to protect themselves. There are people out there who will choose the easiest path. If the easiest path is to work, they'll work. If the easiest path is to steal, they'll steal. If the person they're stealing from is unlikely to be armed, the police are unlikely to catch them, and prosecution is unlikely even if they're caught, why not steal? I *have* been the victim of pre-meditated criminal activity. The police did nothing. Why should I believe they will next time? Good post Gridley. |
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Post by code on Apr 25, 2023 16:22:32 GMT
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Post by code on Apr 25, 2023 16:39:27 GMT
I've yet to need a gun to protect myself. Of course if I had needed one and wasn't carrying one I most likely wouldn't be around to post about it. The world is also DIFFERENT than when I was growing up. Humans only had two genders, and anyone who said otherwise would have been getting a psyc eval and probably some time in a padded room. The media could generally tell the difference between a riot and a peaceful protest. "Tough on crime" was a political sales pitch, not "defund the police". When sanity and reasonable law are the rule, most people will never need to defend themselves. But when you can't expect any help to come, a wise person prepares to protect themselves. There are people out there who will choose the easiest path. If the easiest path is to work, they'll work. If the easiest path is to steal, they'll steal. If the person they're stealing from is unlikely to be armed, the police are unlikely to catch them, and prosecution is unlikely even if they're caught, why not steal? I *have* been the victim of pre-meditated criminal activity. The police did nothing. Why should I believe they will next time? My wife and I too have been the victim of criminal activity and yesterday while driving with my wife we talked about it. She brought it up and we talked about the what if (it never happened) we talked about how our lives would be different, how it changed things. The police in our case were saviors, knights on horseback. Yet, endings sometimes are bittersweet, as was ours, and was wife's mother who had her wedding ring stolen from inside her house while she was out in the yard gardening! The ring was a family heirloom, was valuable, had deep emotional value. Her husband who gave her the ring, and whom she deeply loved, died a few years before; and while the police made an arrest the ring was never recovered. It gone girl. And our experience, my wife and I, was similar, worse actually, we lost a lot of money. Enough that it changed our lives, keeps us still working into our 60's. Working not because we want to but because we have to. There is evil in this world and it is so real. |
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 25, 2023 18:18:53 GMT
Amen to that. And just think ... we even voted for some of them. And then there's Blackrock.
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