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bapple 
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| For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (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)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111116130926AA7Ge77
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Yeti
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 3:50 am to bapple)
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CoastieGM
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:21 am to bapple)
Wow. That's really good stuff.
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bapple
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:26 am to CoastieGM)
Bump
I posted this early as frick 
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El Josey Wales
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:46 am to bapple)
Good stuff.
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:18 am to bapple)
Totally agree!
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LouisianaChessie
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (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.
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CoastieGM
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:45 am to bapple)
quote:
I posted this early as frick
I hadn't yet gone to bed (in Alaska).
Was out on the hot date to the duck hole with wife that the OB bashed me about .
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:53 am to bapple)
Very nice
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4X4DEMON 
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (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.
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:17 pm to bapple)
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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...
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bapple
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:23 pm to 4X4DEMON)
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Good read. I keep telling myself to get my cc license but just haven't done it yet.
You should sign up for a class as soon as you can. When I took it a year and a half ago, I had to book it a month or two in advance. Now with people losing their minds, I can't imagine how long the wait for a class is. I would imagine about 2-3 months.
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El Josey Wales
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:32 pm to bapple)
When dawg23 sent out the email for his class that I took this past weekend, it filled up in about an hour or 2. He had an email list of everybody that had expressed interest in the class. He took the first 12 of us that replied. It was a very enjoyable and informative class. Even if a person isn't planning on getting the permit, the course is still good for learning situational awareness and deescalation skills.
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RATeamWannabe 
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:32 pm to bapple)
Must be why I am still waiting on mine 
Feel like its been months since I dropped off my packet 
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hashbrowns
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:44 pm to RATeamWannabe)
I'll be signing up for a class in either May or June.
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bapple
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 7:40 pm to RATeamWannabe)
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Must be why I am still waiting on mine
Feel like its been months since I dropped off my packet
Mine took a couple months to come in.
Patience, young grasshopper.
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:29 pm to bapple)
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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. 
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RATeamWannabe
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:37 pm to bapple)
Easier said than done!
Wish someone would have told me about the digital prints BEFORE I turned the paperwork in 
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Ole Geauxt
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:39 pm to RATeamWannabe)
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digital prints BEFORE I turned the paperwork in
wait,,, wait,,, whatu talkin' bout? I did the class last week and was gonna get printed later this week? am i missing sumptin?
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El Josey Wales
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| re: For Fellow CC'ers Out There... (Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:09 pm to Ole Geauxt)
Go somewhere where thy do digital prints. They don't have the possibility of being smudged and rejected. Since you are down here, go by the LSP headquarters tomorrow and get it done.
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