Why I Carry a Gun

[4C's]

I didn't write this .....but I agree especially with the "too old" part. I really like to think of it as "intellectually mature".

PEOPLE ASK WHY? Why I Carry a Gun

My old grandpa said to me son,' there comes a time in every man's life
When he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's
When he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin'.

I don't carry a gun to kill people.
I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't carry a gun to scare people.
I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid.
I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil.
I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the
world.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government.
I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry.
I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating
Myself for failing to be prepared.

I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone.
I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and
not on a sidewalk somewhere, tomorrow afternoon.

I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy.
I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a
cowboy.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man.
I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the
ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate.
I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I AM
inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it.
I carry a gun because I LOVE LIFE and the people who make it meaningful
to me.

Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the
crime AFTER it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to
take an ass whoopin'.

..author unknown

[wevans]

[Tennessee]

I can remember when i got my first new gun for Christmas, everyone was telling me there two cents worth until I was like ok I get it. I was eating at a resturant near a guy I bought fireworks from and he said I heard you got a new gun for Christmas, I thought here we go agian. He said well let me tell you something. Never point that gun at someone unless you intend to shoot them, never shoot anyone unless you intend to kill them. That has been 30 years ago, he has passed. Will take that advice to my grave.

[Jumptrout51]

[Flint River Pirate]

[RodBow]

...because I understand the limitations of government

That was before the messiah came into power.. now there seems to be no limits