Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
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03/27/21 06:36 PM
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I don't need a license, and I don't carry all the time. But my reason for carrying is like this:
Occasionally I'll forget to put a knife in my pocket. I HATE not having a knife when I need one. Now, how much more would I hate needing a gun and not having one?
Boco couldn't catch a cold. But if he did, it would be Top Lot.
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
[Re: Thumbian]
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03/27/21 06:41 PM
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I originally got it for trapping convenience, but that started to change as crime started to grow in my area even though it’s very rural so now I carry primarily because I might need it to save my life, it doesn’t hurt that I work in the suburbs nowadays either
�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.� ― Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
[Re: Thumbian]
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03/27/21 06:54 PM
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One reason I push for people to use a paddle holster setup it’s as easy as it gets and humans become complacent over time.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
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03/27/21 07:31 PM
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I was riding my motorcycle in TN. Stopped at a rest area for a brake. A guy a little younger than myself pulled up and we shot the breeze for a few minutes. When he got ready to leave he said," are you packing, I do not want to know but if not you should be". You will never know until the time come.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
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03/27/21 08:43 PM
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I was riding my motorcycle in TN. Stopped at a rest area for a brake. A guy a little younger than myself pulled up and we shot the breeze for a few minutes. When he got ready to leave he said," are you packing, I do not want to know but if not you should be". You will never know until the time come. Got that Right Thats Why I carry
NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
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03/27/21 08:58 PM
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As a teacher, coach, and athletic director, I have had my wife's, children's, and my life threatened. When you wake up in the morning and believe your loved ones life is in peril, you carry, when ever possible. Local law enforcement have told me to. Gun free schools scare me, a lot!
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
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03/27/21 08:59 PM
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I parked at a grocery store Friday. Didnt see the pit bull in the pickup beside me. Guy inside with it and the window down. Dog jumped up in the window. Guy grabbed its collar. What if he had missed that grab or the collar broke? Gun is a good tool. Like a pocket knife if you need it you need it.
Before anyone asks, no I did not draw my weapon. I was glad I had it. You just never know
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
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03/27/21 09:14 PM
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I parked at a grocery store Friday. Didnt see the pit bull in the pickup beside me. Guy inside with it and the window down. Dog jumped up in the window. Guy grabbed its collar. What if he had missed that grab or the collar broke? Gun is a good tool. Like a pocket knife if you need it you need it.
Before anyone asks, no I did not draw my weapon. I was glad I had it. You just never know Dang that sounds almost like what happened to me here except it was an old conversion van and the dog came halfway out a bubble window with some lady holding onto its back leg keeping it hanging half out the window snarling at me while I backed into the gas station where I stayed I did pull my pistol and if that dog had hit the ground I would have fired, the police arrived and had a good long talk with the van driver, apparently they were well known as the dog had a history having attached a person before Cop just asked me if I was alright By the way I was only about 4 feet or so away from that window when the dog came through it, would have been a bad thing even with a gun on me if the lady hadn’t been holding it back leg
�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.� ― Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
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03/27/21 10:16 PM
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I carried one every day to work for 20 years as part of my job, continue to carry everyday now. I have a CPL that is valid in all 50 states and DC.
When things are Grim, become the Grim Reaper! Fred Moyer
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Re: Why do you carry? CPL?
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03/27/21 10:20 PM
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it took us many years in WI to get CC , we were almost to defeating the prohibition on it when the legislature passed a decent CC bill in 2011. first day you could apply Nov 1 2011 my application and check was in the mail that day. 15 days later my CCL arrived.
wallet with cash card machines can be down or people may not take cards credit card for emergencies spare tire jack tools tow straps fire extinguisher health insurance auto insurance medical kit medical training mechanical training food , medicine, water , backup heat , alternate cooking methods
Living the motto BE-Prepared from tiger to eagle and beyond
so when I walk out the door , My door check is
Wallet , keys , knife , phone , flashlight , gun
I have not needed my gun yet , I have used it a few times they weren't needs but it was handy.
2 neighbors have had their dogs attacked by pit bull and Rottweiler within a couple blocks one in their own yard. one the neighbor was injured as well in that event the dog was killed and she had bites about her hands and wrists the other only the dog was inured.
I live in a small rural town but that doesn't mean a cop hasn't chases a truck thief through my back yard in the middle of the day.
just because where you live is small and rural doesn't mean there isn't major drug trafficking routes right down the state highway through town.
it doesn't mean that the guy down the street isn't dealing , it has happened.
I would rather carry around a few guns over the majority of my live and wear them out than to find once that I needed a gun and didn't have one.
my primary carry gun shows the wear if being carried for the last 9 years
before CCL in WI well there wasn't ever a gun too far away
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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