Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
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Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
I have only ever been accosted by other gun owners/2A supporters when OCing in my neck of the woods. If one were to casually question your reasons for carrying a firearm, how do you respond? Say for example, your neighbors 4-year old just flatly asks you, "OFCC'er, why do you have a gun?" I assume you are not going to immediately jump in to the whole 2nd Amendment/constitutionality debate but would instead use that particular scenario as a means of education. Suppose it is someone, or someone's kid, you do not know. What responses have you all come up with?
Again, this is not the contentious sidewalk debate I am referring to. I am assuming many of us have been asked out of legitimate curiosity but maybe not.
Again, this is not the contentious sidewalk debate I am referring to. I am assuming many of us have been asked out of legitimate curiosity but maybe not.
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"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress shall have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American ... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the People."
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
Most likely, I would answer some variation of: "I want the best possible chance of being home with my family each night".
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
I'd answer by saying that is a stupid question.....if an adult asked...
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
My answer to children, "It scares the bad guys away".
No, I am not a policeman. I am a mercenary praying for peace on Earth.
I don't want a tactical advantage. I want the bad guys to repent and find a new line of work.
I don't want a tactical advantage. I want the bad guys to repent and find a new line of work.
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
This made me smile.carmen fovozzo wrote:I'd answer by saying that is a stupid question.....if an adult asked...
If an actual answer was due, I'd answer something to the effect of 'It's the most effective tool to keep me and my loved one's safe.'
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
"Insurance, protection, peace of mind, persuasion, in case"... depending on who asks.
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
My answer: Why are you unarmed?
C'mon! We're all going to die, die standing up!
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
"Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have..."
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
To a child, my answer is typically along the lines of "so I can keep the bad guys from hurting my sons, their mom, or me". To others it varies considerably and much depends on the person and manner the question was asked.
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
Because it's my right, is my usual answer.
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
Like others here my answer can vary from patient and serious to downright denigrating, depending on who asks and HOW they ask. (I can suffer fools, but not always gladly.)
Quit worrying, hide your gun well, shut up, and CARRY that handgun!
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
Brian.....I feel by now if someone has to ask that question they just don't get it and never will...but of course if they or a family member were to be mugged or worse, then and only then will they get it.....I'm about run out of patience.Sorta.
...Here is my dumb question to them, care I take the time to answer. Why do you eat ?
...Here is my dumb question to them, care I take the time to answer. Why do you eat ?
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
If the person is under gun buying age, I'll have much more patience than with an adult resident of, let's say, Oberlin.carmen fovozzo wrote:Brian.....I feel by now if someone has to ask that question they just don't get it and never will...but of course if they or a family member were to be mugged or worse, then and only then will they get it.....I'm about run out of patience.Sorta.
...Here is my dumb question to them, care I take the time to answer. Why do you eat ?
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Re: Answer the Question "Why do you have a gun?"
I have answered that question, when asked without hostility, I try and give them my very best & most accurate, genuine answer.
"I just really like handguns, I always have and I am legally able to do so, and I enjoy it."
"I just really like handguns, I always have and I am legally able to do so, and I enjoy it."
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