Gun toting mom found dead - Page 4

deepimpact2 · #1 10-09-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

I ask gun carriers why they feel they need it (beyond "it's my right!!!") and who they think they'll need it against.

Do you take it in stride when people ask you your reasons for doing various things?

I'm not asking to be combative, I'm just asking in general because I guess I would wonder why you feel you need to ask someone that. Even if the only reason is because "it's their right," so what?

I feel as though I need it for protection. It goes beyond the fact that it is my right. And lately, I have had more and more incidents that have made me glad that I started carrying. Plus, I am quick to jump in my car and take off on a road trip. Often I travel alone and meet up with friends and family once I reach my destination. But I like having it with me in case something happens while I'm out on the road at night.

DrPhil · #2 10-09-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by deepimpact2

I feel as though I need it for protection.

Congratulations.

deepimpact2 · #3 10-09-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

Congratulations.

Really? Is that even necessary? Do you respond the same way when the people you ask say they need it for protection?

agzg · #4 10-09-2009, 09:58 PM

Yeah really... I don't think it's all that ironic. That she was protecting herself against outside forces when she should have been protecting herself from inside her own home?

Many people pack heat outside the house and "unpack" so to speak immediately upon returning home.

I think it's just terribly unfortunate, but not particularly ironic. I would venture a guess that most people don't think they'll be shot by their spouse, even if they end up being shot by their spouse.

deepimpact2 · #5 10-09-2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by agzg

Yeah really... I don't think it's all that ironic. That she was protecting herself against outside forces when she should have been protecting herself from inside her own home?

Many people pack heat outside the house and "unpack" so to speak immediately upon returning home.

I think it's just terribly unfortunate, but not particularly ironic. I would venture a guess that most people don't think they'll be shot by their spouse, even if they end up being shot by their spouse.

Well said.

DaemonSeid · #6 10-09-2009, 10:00 PM

agzg

Good point and even so, if he was going to kill her, he was going to do it, gun or no.

agzg · #7 10-09-2009, 10:02 PM

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agzg

Good point and even so, if he was going to kill her, he was going to do it, gun or no.

Right and I don't really get what her packing heat at a soccer game really has to do with the actual story.

deepimpact2 · #8 10-09-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by agzg

Right and I don't really get what her packing heat at a soccer game really has to do with the actual story.

It really has nothing to do with it in my opinion except mainly to serve, as DS said, as fuel for anti-gun lobbyists. But I guess it could also serve as a way of identifying who she is to those who may have heard her story and wondered "what ever happened to her."

DaemonSeid · #9 10-09-2009, 10:04 PM

well I guess we can probably chaclk it up to sensationalism.

She liked to carry a gun because it protected her.

She was an advocate for gun rights

She got killed by her husband's gun.

Guess what you got?

Fuel for anti gun lobbyists.

agzg · #10 10-09-2009, 10:16 PM

For what it's worth, I do support concealed/carry permits but I do not support carrying in places like bars.

Of course, many people I know who carried to bars probably shouldn't have received their concealed/carry permits anyway - complete wackos who liked to wave that crap around in bars and other public places.

deepimpact2 · #11 10-09-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by agzg

For what it's worth, I do support concealed/carry permits but I do not support carrying in places like bars.

Of course, many people I know who carried to bars probably shouldn't have received their concealed/carry permits anyway - complete wackos who liked to wave that crap around in bars and other public places.

I can understand why someone would have issue with carrying in a bar. Here, in my state, you can't legally carry concealed in a bar or any other place where alcohol is sold and consumed.

But I also know some people who carry their guns to bars, not because they are wackos who are waving it around, but because so many fights break out in these bars. They want to have some level of protection.

I can really understand both sides.

agzg · #12 10-09-2009, 10:53 PM

I don't currently have a concealed/carry permit nor do I own a handgun, but honestly, I would. Gun ownership, in my case, however, is more of a hobby to me. I like to go to shooting ranges and when I lived in BFE I did go hunting on occasion.

deepimpact2 · #13 10-09-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by agzg

I don't currently have a concealed/carry permit nor do I own a handgun, but honestly, I would. Gun ownership, in my case, however, is more of a hobby to me. I like to go to shooting ranges and when I lived in BFE I did go hunting on occasion.

I've never been hunting, but I do enjoy going to the range.