BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: gnu
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 02:41 PM

Trigger guards/locks...

We were an hour back in the truck in frosty weather on sandy/clay roads (that is, no going home until LATE in the day - if we had, no going back in) at 6:30AM when my buddy freaked out. He did not have the key for his trigger lock. From the back seat came the voice of his son, 14 years old, "Chill out, Dad. No problem." We gave each other that look and said nothing.

A minute later, the lad proudly displayed the lock... that is when my buddy REALLY freaked out.

Trigger locks ain't worth a darn. They are actually a safety HAZARD and I would like to see them banned. Best to do like Dan did.

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 06:55 PM

The decision to carry a weapon, any weapon, is an individual one (although everyone carries potential weapons) regardless of the reason it is made (hunting, target shooting, etc.).

That decision is literally one of life or death. YOU are taking into your hands the power to take the life of another living being -- it's not the cop on the corner, not the soldier in the mountains -- it's YOU.

You must be responsible for the use made of that weapon. You must be sure that it is used correctly and safely. If the use you make of it goes awry, you are at fault even if no one is injured or killed.

The decision to go armed, whether with a sword, a knife, a gun, a garrotte, a blackjack, a cane, a slung shot, or just your hands and feet is yours. You make it and you take the responsibility for that decision.

I hope you make the correct choice -- for you.

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 11:19 PM

Some heat is... essential to progress:

RUN THE HEATER?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: olddude
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 12:07 AM

ah Joe can we close this thread now

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 12:42 AM

Gursh! pakin heet knda makes me feel all grode up and stuff.

I reely lick them bullits tht xsplod on impack jus lick a arteillry, artellary... you know a cannon shell. Beets them hooler poits all ta hell.

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 02:06 AM

People who carry guns scare the shit out of me, especially when they point the damn things at me. It happened only once, but I think I was right to be a bit scared.

He was afraid I was some bad guy, even though I came to his house with an appointment and carried a badge. I convinced him I was harmless and got my business accomplished. But why was it right for him to point a gun at me?

-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: olddude
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:32 AM

Joe
somehow I cannot see you showing up at his house in the wee hours carrying a knife and sneaking in the window ... for that is the only just cause for pointing a weapon at you ... some people a way quick to pull it out. None that I know but their are those who will

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 04:41 PM

Joe, why didn't you have him cited? You were an officer in line of duty.

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: Peace
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 04:58 PM

I interrupted a drug deal outside an ol' girlfriend's place in Montreal many years back. The gun was a .25 Beretta or a .32, don't know which. It was a very uncomfortable feeling. Even if I had been carrying, there's no way I could have accessed a weapon in time to be able to 'do' anything (in this case, anyone). Guns by definition are offensive weapons. I smiled, said I didn't see shit and walked back up about seven steps into her house--which I'd just left. Had a real eerie feeling along my spine. Longest seven steps I ever took.

Guns can escalate situations that would never have got to that point without the gun being there. The old 'rule' about never pointing a firearm at anything you don't intend to kill is a good rule. Most people do not have 'what it takes' (a good thing imo) to actually kill someone. Subsequently, don't carry, because if you are not prepared to pull the trigger you'll end up being shot with your own weapon. That's the way I see it. Not looking for arguments or sermons.

Subject: RE: BS: Question: Why Pack Heat?
From: Stringsinger
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 05:44 PM

Once again, the answer is simple. People carry guns to town hall meetings to
intimidate others. They are little fascists.

Time for a new topic.

Frank