A question or two for those who carry firearms on them when riding

[cruisinTX]

I carry everywhere it is legal to do so in Texas and everywhere else. Why? There is one main reason; because, like accidents, you can never predict when and where you might need a firearm to protect yourself or others. There are those who say just call 911 but with current response time in most places, that only allows a bad guy to finish his or her objectives without any resistance. Good guys with guns are more likely to stop carnage quickly than are law enforcement. That's not saying law enforcement is to blame, it's just saying they cannot be everywhere all the time. Hypothetical situation: let's say you are on a multi-day ride and stopped for gas at a convenience store out in the boonies. You finish filling your Spyder and go inside for a drink and a snack at the same moment another person is pulling a gun to rob the store. You have two choices, become a victim along with the store employee or pull your gun and save the employee and yourself. I can only hope I have the courage and skills to do that without anyone getting hurt other than the thief. Of course, it's better to try to talk the crook down without firing a shot, but sometimes that is just not an option. The second option is if you don't have a gun and the thief shoots the employee then realizes you are an eye witness that he needs to terminate to protect himself from being identified. In that case, you are dead right there.


Others may carry for different reasons like to feel like they are a bad ass or just to exercise their 2A rights or just to feel more secure. In the end as some others have stated, "it's better to have a firearm and not need it than to need one and not have it."

 

[Steve W.]

Thats me.:doorag:I'm on wanted posters all over the country.:b2b:

Last I heard, I'm wanted in four states.

I'm not wanted back in the other 46. :shocked:

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[UtahPete]

I carry everywhere it is legal to do so in Texas and everywhere else. Why? There is one main reason; because, like accidents, you can never predict when and where you might need a firearm to protect yourself or others....Others may carry for different reasons like to feel like they are a bad ass or just to exercise their 2A rights or just to feel more secure. In the end as some others have stated, "it's better to have a firearm and not need it than to need one and not have it."

I think you nailed it.

 

[2dogs]

"It's better to have a firearm and not need it than to need one and not have it". And, "It's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six".

 

[UtahPete]

"It's better to have a firearm and not need it than to need one and not have it". And, "It's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six".

That seems to be the prevailing opinion, for sure.

 

[safecracker]

I carry when I snowmobiled and ryding Spyder. Have had to use it to put down a Moose and a deer that was hit and the Moose who got caught on a logging road bridge. She caught her hind leg in the gap between planks, broke her back. So I carry more for putting down animals that are suffering. Law is always too far away to do it. Called them after animal was put out of its pain. Bruce

 

[UtahPete]

I carry when I snowmobiled and ryding Spyder. Have had to use it to put down a Moose and a deer that was hit and the Moose who got caught on a logging road bridge. She caught her hind leg in the gap between planks, broke her back. So I carry more for putting down animals that are suffering. Law is always too far away to do it. Called them after animal was put out of its pain. Bruce

I can see where a firearm would be useful in the back-country.

 

[2dogs]

I can see where a firearm would be useful in the back-country.

Out here on the left coast, we have some really idiotic edicts created by some very inept MoPs and enforced by some very aggressive agencies. Even though you may be out in the backcountry you are still under the same jurisdiction as if you were standing in the middle of a mall. So it can be as simple as a state line that determines commonsense from lunacy. Rant over.

 

[UtahPete]

Out here on the left coast, we have some really idiotic edicts created by some very inept MoPs and enforced by some very aggressive agencies. Even though you may be out in the backcountry you are still under the same jurisdiction as if you were standing in the middle of a mall. So it can be as simple as a state line that determines commonsense from lunacy. Rant over.

MoP? Member of Parliament?

 

[2dogs]

MoP? Member of Parliament?

Yes Sir red rider, you got that right off. I was trying to be nonpolitical because I've been slapped before for that. :thumbup:

 

[C. Lee]

Do you really think bad things can't happen to you? Trying to be prepared for bad things is the reason we all make decisions about ourselves and family. You carry insurance, you lock your doors when in a bad area, you have smoke detectors at home and have a fire extinguisher. These are all things we do to protect ourselves, why should carrying a firearm be anything other than a precaution. Chris