Why I Carry a Firearm

[Lone Star State Sentinal]

This is more Texas mentality probably than elsewhere. It comes from
one of the great Texans I know, raised and lives in West Texas ranch
country.



Why I Carry a Gun

My old grandpa said to me, "Son, there comes a time in every man's
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 carry a gun to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being
killed.

I don't carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this
world can be a scary place.

I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid. I carry a gun because there
are real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil. I carry a gun because I have
lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun because I
understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry. I carry 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 carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry 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 carry a gun because I'm a cowboy. I carry a gun because, when I
die and go to Heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun because men
know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun because
unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it. I carry 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 carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take
an ass whoopin'.

Remember the average response time to a 911 call is over 4 minutes. The average
response time of a 357 magnum is 1400 Feet per Second

[Melissa K]

the second amendment, is my gun permit.
issue date:12/15/1791 expiration date: none

Micheal, thought you might like this

http://www.thoseshirts.com/sec.html

[Lone Star State Sentinal]

2nd Amendment.......
The Original Department of Homeland Security!

[Melissa K]

i dont own a gun, was on the wrong end of one, many years ago, by a nutjob ex.
i have been rethinking my position on gun ownership, for me.