Carphunter
Commander
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- Aug 11, 2002
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Re: Add Ohio to Concealed Gun Law
Let me explain why I carry a concealed weapon when I do. If I am by myself, and for some reason have to go somewhere where the threat of violence to me increases, I do not carry. I can run. I can scream. I can fight back. <br />But, as a Husband and a Father, I sometimes feel helpless. If i'm out with my family, I don't know if I could protect them all if a bad situation arose. I don't know how the rest of you are, but when I got married, and decided to have kids, I also made a decision to take care of my family. As drastic as it may sound, I would die for any of them if necessary. I do not feel as though I am doing my duty as a Husband and a Father, if I am not prepared for the possibility of something bad happening. I know the odds of something bad happening is low, but I am sure everyone that had something bad happen to them thought that too.<br /><br />I am not fanatical about it though. The best way to protect yourself from something bad happening, is to not go where the threat exists. I'm not gonna take a liesure stroll through the slums of a major city at 2:00 in the morning, ect.<br /><br />I am prepared when I feel I need to be. Thats all I can do. Could something bad happen to me or my family in a place I don't expect?........sure it could, ...........would I take my family on a vacation to Iraq? NO, but if I had to go there, I would be prepared.<br /><br />Thats the key, be prepared.
Let me explain why I carry a concealed weapon when I do. If I am by myself, and for some reason have to go somewhere where the threat of violence to me increases, I do not carry. I can run. I can scream. I can fight back. <br />But, as a Husband and a Father, I sometimes feel helpless. If i'm out with my family, I don't know if I could protect them all if a bad situation arose. I don't know how the rest of you are, but when I got married, and decided to have kids, I also made a decision to take care of my family. As drastic as it may sound, I would die for any of them if necessary. I do not feel as though I am doing my duty as a Husband and a Father, if I am not prepared for the possibility of something bad happening. I know the odds of something bad happening is low, but I am sure everyone that had something bad happen to them thought that too.<br /><br />I am not fanatical about it though. The best way to protect yourself from something bad happening, is to not go where the threat exists. I'm not gonna take a liesure stroll through the slums of a major city at 2:00 in the morning, ect.<br /><br />I am prepared when I feel I need to be. Thats all I can do. Could something bad happen to me or my family in a place I don't expect?........sure it could, ...........would I take my family on a vacation to Iraq? NO, but if I had to go there, I would be prepared.<br /><br />Thats the key, be prepared.