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Why I carry a handgun, 2024
American Thinker ^ | 25 May, 2024 | Mike McDaniel

Posted on 05/25/2024 9:21:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Never in human history has a government disarmed a people to ensure greater individual liberty and public safety.

No one really knows how many Americans regularly carry handguns, concealed or openly. The number of concealed carry licenses doesn’t tell the tale, particularly since 29 states are now “constitutional carry states.” Unless otherwise prohibited by law, Americans need no license to carry concealed weapons in those states. As I recently noted here at AT, some 36 states allow open carry.

Graphic: Glock 43X, Author:

We do know that April was the 57th consecutive month of more than one million gun sales. It’s reasonable to believe tens of millions of Americans regularly carry, and most don’t advertise the fact. But why should anyone carry?

Every year, I provide an updated rationale for carrying a handgun. The complete list is here, but here are some of the reasons:

*Evil exists and may confront anyone at any time and any place.

*Evil exists to destroy all that is kind, good and loving.

*God exists and expects me to protect myself, those I love, and those unable to protect themselves.

*Self-defense is a God-given, natural, unalienable right.

*Our country, circa May 2024, is brimming with tens — even hundreds — of thousands of terrorists. I’m ready.

*The lives of the innocent — friend or stranger — are worth far more to me and to a just society than the lives of vicious criminals and terrorists....

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; glock; glock43x; terrorists
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To: MtnClimber

the same reason i have for the last +50yar...


21 posted on 05/25/2024 10:38:54 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Bulwyf

And you need to add the extra weight of all those doughnuts.


22 posted on 05/25/2024 10:40:59 AM PDT by Senormechanico
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To: Bulwyf; SaveFerris

The full auto cop requires a dozen doughnuts to operate in addition to all that extra 5.56 ammo.


23 posted on 05/25/2024 11:42:19 AM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Leaning Right

Page can be found on second page of the Democrat Manual?.


24 posted on 05/25/2024 12:07:19 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Blueflag

Begin the tagine.


25 posted on 05/25/2024 1:53:29 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Bulwyf

😂🤣😆🌝🙃


26 posted on 05/25/2024 1:58:28 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Redcitizen

Full-auto Krispy Kreme!

NOW I’m hungry! 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩


27 posted on 05/25/2024 1:59:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Yeah now you have to get one or two. 🍩


28 posted on 05/25/2024 2:07:27 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Bulwyf

A gun eats less than a cop, especially one that you can fire.


29 posted on 05/26/2024 12:44:34 AM PDT by imardmd1 (To learn is to live; the joy of living: to teach. Fiat Lux!)
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To: MtnClimber

In Alaska, the troopers fully expect drivers to be armed as well as they are on the highways off the grid.


30 posted on 05/26/2024 3:01:50 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Senormechanico

31 posted on 05/26/2024 3:09:06 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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