This was passed to me by a friend that feels about the 2nd amendment the way I do.

Why I Carry a Gun
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> 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’.
>
> ..author unknown (but obviously brilliant
>
>
LITTLE GUN HISTORY
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> In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953,
> about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up
> and exterminated.
> ——————————
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> In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million
> Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
> ——————————
>
> Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of
> 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were
> rounded up and exterminated.
> ——————————
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> China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million
> political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
> exterminated
> ——————————
>
> Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000
> Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
> exterminated.
> —- ————- ————-
>
> Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000
> Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
> ——————————
>
> Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million
> educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
> exterminated.
> —————————–
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> Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because
> of gun control: 56 million.
> ——————————
>
> It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new
> law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own
> Government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million
> dollars. The first year results are now in:
>
> List of 7 items:
>
> Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent.
>
> Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent.
>
> Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
>
> In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300
> percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the
> criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
>
> While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed
> robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12
> months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
>
> There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the
> ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety
> has decreased, after such monumental effort, and expense was expended in
> successfully ridding Australian society of guns.. The Australian
> experience and the other historical facts above prove it.
>
> You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians
> disseminating this information.
>
> Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,
> gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
>
> Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!
>
> The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of
> this history lesson.
>
> With guns, we are ‘citizens’. Without them, we are ‘subjects’.
>
> During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew
> most Americans were ARMED!
>
> If you value your freedom, please spread this anti-gun control message to
> all of your friends.
>
>
> The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in
> defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more
> important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is
> supplemental.
>
>
> SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN! SWITZERLAND ‘S GOVERNMENT TRAINS
> EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE. SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED
> CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
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> IT’S A NO BRAINER! DON’T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX
> DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.
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> I’m a firm believer of the 2nd Amendment! If you are too, please forward.

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