Lori
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Sorry, but any 250 man trying to rape me is in for a surprise. I have no doubts that I could and would poke his eye out, break his fingers, or do some serious damage to something he values. I don't need your firearms, thanks. He'd probably get it from me, and THEN I'd be in trouble, because I'd be facing a large ARMED man. Guns make me nervous and you need to not be, to use one effectively. Better the unarmed man who I can throw over my shoulder and knock his gonads into his chest cavity."
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Thank you Lori. I too do not require a gun to feel safe from any threat I run into. I have chased off Javelina and mtn lions and bears. I don't need no stinking gun to do that. I am simply not a victim and I don't have to make a decision about wheter I want to either carry a gun or be murdered. I do not live in fear. A gun does not help me when I am afraid unless I am staring down a long barrel at a large animal whispering "please don't make me pull the trigger".

Too many people assume that if you don't have a gun you will become a victim. Consider that most ghetto deaths are ghetto people gunning each other down when the other guy is armed. Being unarmed can make you a live victim vs a dead one. OR being armed can make you dead victim as well. I don't think I need to know hand to hand combat, I simply need to have a relaxed profile that says "I know something you don't and you should be worried about that". I have actually had someone about to punch my lights out [bar fight]that I simply stared calmly in the eye while I am thinking "I am James Bond and if you nterfere with my mission I shall have to sanction you", this guy backs off holding his hands protectively before him saying "sorry mister". Being a victim is a lot more than not having a gun. Half of the gunfighters in the old west lost... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> as do half of the people who victimise others who carry.
Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />