Why I keep Guns

[jimacp]

Hope this has not already been posted. I received it in an email today and thought it was worth sharing- author unknown:



Why I Keep Guns



My old grandpa said to me son, 'there comes a time in every mans life

when he stops bustin knuckles and starts bustin caps' and usually it's

when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin'.



I don't Keep a gun to kill people. I Keep a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't Keep a gun to scare people. I Keep a gun because sometimes this

world can be a scary place.

I don't Keep a gun because I'm paranoid. I Keep a gun because there are

real threats in the world.

I don't Keep a gun because I'm evil. I Keep a gun because I have lived

long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don't Keep a gun because I hate the government. I Keep a gun because I

understand the limitations of government.

I don't Keep a gun because I'm angry. I Keep 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 Keep a gun because I want to shoot someone. I Keep a gun because

I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk

somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don't Keep a gun because I'm a cowboy. I Keep a gun because, when I

die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

I don't Keep a gun to make me feel like a man. I Keep a gun because men

know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't Keep a gun because I feel inadequate. I Keep a gun because

unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't Keep a gun because I love it. I Keep a gun because I love life

and the people who make it meaningful to me. Police Protection is an

oxymoron.



Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from

crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then

call someone in to clean up the mess.



Personally, I Keep a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to

take an ass whoopin'. ..

 

[Rich Miranda]

Nicely put.

One thing that most people don't get is that we are not 'right wing nut jobs.' We just believe in the God-given right to defend ourselves.

Now I'm not sure how the antis feel, but I prefer a firearm to a telephone when it comes to self-defense.

 

[WeedWacker]

I prefer a firearm to a telephone when it comes to self-defense

But MY cell phone has stun mode (click link)

In all actuality though my cell phone is what I will reach for... right after I pick up my Mossy 500