.Obviously, you're living in the crazy gun capital of the world and you know what you have to do for your and your family's safety, but to an outsider, the idea that a safe and responsible member of society wants to hide a gun about their person sounds totally fucking nuts
...It's part of my family's heritage/tradition, as we used to be (and some of us still are) avid hunters, fishermen, & outdoor freaks...It's just how I grew up...
I do. I have a 12 gauge shotgun, a 22 rifle, and a 1911 .45ACP. My wife has a mini Ruger 9mm. My 1911 is a beast, a hand cannon. It's big and not very concealable at all and it shoots sledgehammers for bullets. I chose that one as "my gun" because it's old school and slender. It's like a 60s neck on a Les Paul. I don't like those double-stack tactical squared off wide-grip Glock things that hold 95 bullets. Mine holds 8 human destroyers and if I can't get it done with eight .45 shots, then I need to run like a motherfucker. It's also so big that I don't want to just carry it around everywhere. A 1911 is not a pocket gun unless you have gigantic pockets. I'll grab it when I think I might want it and the rest of the time leave it home. I purposefully don't want something that I can just hide anywhere. I don't want to be that guy, even if the whole point of a concealed license is so I could do that. I'm not a gun guy, I'm not a gun enthusiast, I don't keep loaded guns in every nook and cranny of my house, and I never want to be that way. I'm just a guy that has one if I want it or need it.
Not in this city. They'll never get caught. If I had any faith in my stolen goods being found and returned maybe I'd just let them take it. But it doesn't work that way in a gigantic city of 5 million people and a shitload of crime. The cops would just laugh at me if I stood there and did nothing. If I'm legally allowed to defend myself and my property, they'll take me more seriously. In my lifetime, I've never needed a gun, and I don't plan on ever needing to use one. But at this point I'd rather have one and not need it then need it and not have it. That's just life in big city, USA now. It's fucking pathetic that I'd even have to think about getting mugged while putting guitars into my car. It's sad that my wife has to be on the lookout just to pump gas. I'm not the enemy. I don't fuck with anyone. No one will ever even know that I might be carrying a gun. I don't belong to the NRA. I don't have any idiotic gun stickers or stupid political slogans on my car. I'm not a religious right wing gun freak.
I don't like it either. Open carry in Texas? It will be like the 1800s over here. These fucking rednecks are way too nuts and have too short a fuse to be allowed to open carry. That's insane to me. On the flip side, people just might be nicer to each other if they see that everyone is packing heat. Guns make people feel braver than they really are. But if both sides of a dispute have a gun, it might calm things down a bit. Or, like you said, cause a wild west shootout in the streets. Unfortunately this is all the more reason for me to have a goddamn gun. I'm almost being forced to carry one myself. If all of the thugs have guns, and they do, the cops are totally useless, and regular people are having guns, then I better have one too.Texas is looking at passing a law for open-carry. Shit will get real scary then. I see actual shoot-outs in the streets happening.
No dude, the deal fell through, he'd actually modded the pedal (he shaved the stoppers down to give it more sweep), & wanted more for it than I was willing to give since it was modded...I'll get one eventually....maybe...lol...
Right on man, as redneck/hillbilly as I am, the only reason I have any guns at all is in the event that I might need it...hopefully, I won't, but you never know...I do have a few though, I've got an old Ruger Blackhawk 357 magnum that was my Dad's...No amount of money could ever get me to get rid of this thing it's at least 35 years old, maybe older, the old man had it as long as I could remember...M-1 Carbine with lots of clips & ammo, Glock 9mm, a 22 rifle, a 30-06 rifle, a 410 bolt-action shotgun, & a 12 gauge pump...I keep 'em all locked up except the 9mm which is what I keep with me if/when I go anywhere...
Come on Greg, dust off your passport and ill take you out for a pint.