hardballer
Regular Member
This thread is farging incredible. That's what I think. I OC everyday, everywhere, every minute of every day. Yesterday, I am grocery shopping at the local grocery and a 30 something husband/wife and kids stop in to order fresh ground hamburger while we wait, I ordered hamburger too and made yummy tacos. I know, off topic but they were goooooo-ooooooood
So the wife asks why I have a gun and I explain about rights, self-defense etc. The guy says, "don't you need a license for that?" I explain the law. etc. Long story short, he shakes my hand and says I was in the military, thanks for explaining that to me. Guns are good but I don't think they should be carried out in the public and they definitely should not have semi-automatics, Leave that to the Army.
This from a redneck, gun owner who owns his own business but lives in a small, isolated community and does not see the reason for self defense. I recount this to illustrate the up hill battle we have even among those we might suspect have our backs and that many things are intertwined and it is hard to separate out the OC from the CC from the 2A from the 1a etc. They all kind of go hand in hand. Furthermore; I've said this before, we may not have much time left for the OC debate. It may be decided for us in another venue altogether and the debate may not be about OC but rather gun ownership at all. And it may not be a debate so much as a resistance.
I agree that we should not dilute the main theme of the forum but I just don't see the point to all the angst I am witnessing here. We are supposed to be together on this and I am not sure that is what is happening. What is the point to running down others on the board as if you were some drunk in a bar pizzing and moaning about your idiot boss or whatever.
I believe the day is near that we will need all the friends we can get. Not sure how it is going to play out but with recent anti- 1A laws passing muster in congress, and the assault on the 2A by Hillary and the UN, Not to mention backstabbing by a certain gun organization whom I erroneously believed had my back, we need to suck it up and quit worrying about the little things.
We either stand together or fall apart.
Just my 2 cents.
If ya don't like it, toss it.
Hardballer out.
So the wife asks why I have a gun and I explain about rights, self-defense etc. The guy says, "don't you need a license for that?" I explain the law. etc. Long story short, he shakes my hand and says I was in the military, thanks for explaining that to me. Guns are good but I don't think they should be carried out in the public and they definitely should not have semi-automatics, Leave that to the Army.
This from a redneck, gun owner who owns his own business but lives in a small, isolated community and does not see the reason for self defense. I recount this to illustrate the up hill battle we have even among those we might suspect have our backs and that many things are intertwined and it is hard to separate out the OC from the CC from the 2A from the 1a etc. They all kind of go hand in hand. Furthermore; I've said this before, we may not have much time left for the OC debate. It may be decided for us in another venue altogether and the debate may not be about OC but rather gun ownership at all. And it may not be a debate so much as a resistance.
I agree that we should not dilute the main theme of the forum but I just don't see the point to all the angst I am witnessing here. We are supposed to be together on this and I am not sure that is what is happening. What is the point to running down others on the board as if you were some drunk in a bar pizzing and moaning about your idiot boss or whatever.
I believe the day is near that we will need all the friends we can get. Not sure how it is going to play out but with recent anti- 1A laws passing muster in congress, and the assault on the 2A by Hillary and the UN, Not to mention backstabbing by a certain gun organization whom I erroneously believed had my back, we need to suck it up and quit worrying about the little things.
We either stand together or fall apart.
Just my 2 cents.
If ya don't like it, toss it.
Hardballer out.
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