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For Fellow CC'ers Out There...
Posted on 12/3/12 at 3:36 am
Posted on 12/3/12 at 3:36 am
I just read this little tidbit and think it's amazing how well it puts CC in perspective, blowing out the anti-gun hogwash many of the naysayers spew.
Enjoy...
"Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force.
You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.
The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.
The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.
The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation, and that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act."
Original Link (I know it's a ridiculous place to find this, but I stumbled on it)
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111116130926AA7Ge77
Enjoy...
"Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force.
You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.
The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.
The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.
The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation, and that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act."
Original Link (I know it's a ridiculous place to find this, but I stumbled on it)
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111116130926AA7Ge77
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Posted on 12/3/12 at 3:50 am to bapple
Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:21 am to bapple
Wow. That's really good stuff.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:18 am to bapple
Totally agree!
Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:36 am to bapple
Absolutely! I like when people ask what I am afraid of carrying a gun at all times. I love telling them nothing.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:53 am to bapple
Very nice
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:31 pm to bapple
Good read. I keep telling myself to get my cc license but just haven't done it yet.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:17 pm to bapple
quote:
Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.
Don't reckon Bob Costas would understand this concept...
Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:29 pm to bapple
quote:
The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid.
Best line in the write up to me.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:48 pm to bapple
Everything you say is correct, but you can also argue a gun makes a dumbass more brazen. Either way, the argument is over complicated. The 2nd Amendment guarantees our right to keep and bear arms. Any where, any time.
The argument really is that simple. We will never get it right analyzing every situation and trying to determine whether a firearm would have made it end better or worse. And we don't have to.
The argument really is that simple. We will never get it right analyzing every situation and trying to determine whether a firearm would have made it end better or worse. And we don't have to.
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