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Hand Guns - Have You Ever Needed Yours?

Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:43 pm
Posted by Hobie101
Member since May 2012
881 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:43 pm
I don't own one. Should probably get one. Recent road rage thread aside,
have any of you been in a situation where you were glad you had it?
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24743 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:45 pm to
Couple live a million lives and not need one … but you could need one tomorrow
Posted by N2cars
Close by
Member since Feb 2008
37890 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:45 pm to
Yes.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15622 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:46 pm to
I try to avoid putting myself in situations where I think I'd need it. Luckily I've never had to draw it. I hope I never have to.


This post was edited on 7/18/24 at 2:46 pm
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15622 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:47 pm to
quote:

Couple live a million lives and not need one … but you could need one tomorrow


Yup, and you don't get to decide when you need it.
Posted by F1y0n7h3W4LL
Below I-10
Member since Jul 2019
3573 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:47 pm to
I own some, have the CC permit, and training.

That said, likely if there is a shooting, it would be over and done with by the time I could have my weapon out.

Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
8394 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:48 pm to
I have been lucky to never have needed to use it but I live by the axiom that "it is far better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it."
This post was edited on 7/18/24 at 2:49 pm
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
15727 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:48 pm to
I’ve drawn mine twice and was ready to shoot. Glad I didn’t have to.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24743 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

it would be over and done with by the time I could have my weapon out.

Looking for a job? I might know a government agency who will hire you (must be either female, nonbinary, biracial, transgender, indigenous, or person of color)
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
15675 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

have any of you been in a situation where you were glad you had it?


Every day.
Posted by Splackavellie
Bayou
Member since Oct 2017
11950 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:50 pm to
Better to have one and need it than to not have one and not need it is what I always say.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40543 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:51 pm to
quote:

Hand Guns - Have You Ever Needed Yours?


Well, sure.

Thankfully not for a person threatening me or my family, but I killed a rattlesnake last year my son almost stepped on.

Most recently, we had a cow get down in the pasture that was too old and sick to get back on her feet. The vet came out and said there wasn't anything he could do, we were going to lose her. Instead of letting her suffer for who knows how long, I had to shoot her between the eyes.
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
19929 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:52 pm to
I dont really carry mine like i porbably should so thankfuly i have never needed it
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29460 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:54 pm to
A few times a month.

I pull in from work. There's an armadillo in the yard.

They used to be able to run away.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15622 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:55 pm to
quote:

That said, likely if there is a shooting, it would be over and done with by the time I could have my weapon out.



you need to practice your draw, baw. I can have my pants down and gun out in less than half a second
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
62410 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:57 pm to
never

Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
8394 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

I’ve drawn mine twice and was ready to shoot.
if you drew it and didn't shoot, then you weren't ready to shoot.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
92340 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:58 pm to
Always good to be strapped for the OT meet-ups. Some dangerous peeps in this place.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46421 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

I try to avoid putting myself in situations where I think I'd need it. Luckily I've never had to draw it. I hope I never have to.
same
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
54815 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 2:59 pm to
Twice. Once a crazy person knocking on my door and I was home alone. Once we came home late at night and realized our door had blown open and may have been open for hours. Felt safer having one than not.
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