\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI carry a gun because God gave me the Right to do so, it is ‘inalienable.’ With guns, we are \u201ccitizens.\u201d Without them, we are \u201csubjects.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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