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Originally Posted by Vinny

I know lots of people who thought it would never happen to them until it did. I carry every where because once I leave my house I can end up any where in or out of TV. Has happened many times. Why do I carry all the time you may ask? For the same reason that I buckle up in my car. If I knew when I would be in a car accident I would not drive that day. I carry all the time because if I do not I fall out of the habit or forget my gun when I might need it. I carry because it is my constitutional right to do so. I carry so that those who think guns are evil or unnecessary are a liitle safer when criminals cannot be certain that all their victims are unable to protect themselves. I carry to protect myself, family and those around me. I carry because a criminals do not wait for the cops to arrive.

I have yet to meet an anti gun person willing to put a sign on their lawn stating that they are a proud gun free home. I carry because I would be devastated if anything happened to my family because I was not able to protect them. I carry because I am a man who will not become a defenseless victim. I carry because I do know about guns and can separate the BS from the truth and know that before guns millions died by being hacked to death by swords. I am not naive enough to believe that crime will decrease by preventing good people from owning guns. I also know that criminals do not obey laws so passing even more anti gun laws only affects the good guys.

I carry because no one can assure me that if I surrended my guns the criminals would do likewise. It has been estimated that there are enough guns in the US to give 3 to every person. With so many guns out there, no law is going to do much as that ship has sailed a long time ago. I carry because I know that crime has decreased in States when they allowed their citizens to carry guns. I carry because attacks on tourist and the elderly got so bad that Florida had to do something to allow its elderly citizens to protect themselves and passed a law allowing us to carry and stand our ground and protect our homes. Last but not least I carry because it omce saved me from violence in an area that I considered safe and recently discouraged some young man with his hand on a gun I saw in his pocket from robbing a store right here in TV on 441. If you rely on the Daily Sun to let you know what goes on in TV then you are only partially informed. Hang around gun stores and hear from TV residents why they buy guns. Their stories never make the Daily Sun for various reasons. Sometimes it is merely residents who felt threatened and never reported it or like me, finding a worker in my back yard which has a wall around it, who said he just wanted water even though I had a hose in plain sight in front of my house. Perhaps those of us from urban areas know the dangers and evil out there while others have never been exposed to what can happen to good people and know little of guns but since they do not want them feel that we should not either. It is funny how people so easily allow the government to take away rights or pass restrictive laws when it does not affect them but it is a different story when it affects them. Sure I want no guns and the end of wars and peace on earth but I am not that naive to think it is going to happen in my life time.

Well thought out and well stated. Thanks.