“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 very 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 am 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 bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon. 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 3 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 life meaningful to me.
“Police protection is an oxymoron: Police do not protect you from crime they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone to clean up the mess. Free citizens must protect themselves.
“I carry a gun because God gave me the Right to do so, it is ‘inalienable.’ With guns, we are “citizens.” Without them, we are “subjects.”