Lokmar
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you were honorable, gun zealots have no honor only cowardiceThere are so many armed people in America that it does seem prudent to arm yourself when going into a potentially volatile situation.
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just asking for trouble
I disagree.
I trained in fighting techniques so I could defend myself.
When I went out, even to an event where fighting was highly probable, I was not asking for trouble. I was prepared for it if it came to me.
I think honour is a good word to describe it.
But expecting everyone else to be honourable might be a little naive.
I remember when I was a teenager and I got into a few scraps. My dad sat me down and had a talk. He was known to be a bit of a scrapper when he was younger. He told me that when he was young, it was less dangerous. He said that very rarely did someone "put the boots" to someone. So if you lost, it was over. If you said "I've had enough." it was over. He told me that it was much more dangerous for me (this was int he 1980s) because people would continue and beat the shit out of someone even after they could no longer defend themselves.
40 years later, I think honour is even rarer.
you're right
but what your entering is a realm of owning a gun for the reason it is intended, a GUN not an automatic rifle in civilian hands, I mean if I lived in 'Merica I would have a gun, I would HAVE TO HAVE ONE ..I would be in the 2 percent that needs protection from the other 98 percent of gun zealotsWhen you leave home carrying a weapon as he was, you're looking for trouble, otherwise why have one?
To defend yourself if someone else brings trouble to you, even if you avoid it.
If I carry a can of bear spray when I go hiking in bear country, do you really think I am looking for a confrontation with a bear?
I hope this helps you understand.
pepper spray mentality Vs. the Gun zealot ... two very diff things .. he prays for circumstances in which he may caress his trusty gun, may even invent reasons ..
You are over-generalizing. But even if that were true in this case, the fact is that the circumstances presented the opportunity to smoke a couple of douchebags in legal self-defense.
That's exactly what it was, legally, Kylie is still a pussy that would get smoked if not for his trusty lifeline...as is the case with 98 percent of the gun zealot population
I think I mistook your "may even invent reasons .." as an implication that this was the case with Rittenhouse.
You might be right about the "gun zealots". I am not sure.
There are so many armed people in America that it does seem prudent to arm yourself when going into a potentially volatile situation.
Where I grew up, there was very little gun crime. If you needed to defend yourself, you needed to fight unarmed. So learning and training in different fighting techniques gave you a real-life advantage in self-defense. But in the USA, there is not the same incentive to train in different fighting techniques. You just get a gun.
I doubt I could fight off a few men who were bent on attacking me.
The country is more dangerous for women if we lose our 2A. Lord knows it's already vastly more dangerous because of the "equality act" and how a girl can be raped in school and these dumb fuckers ignore it or deny it.
Yeah, it is complicated.
Even with dudes, and even in a one-on-one fight, there are situations where you are severely outmatched.
I understand that carrying a weapon is desirable. Shit, I carry a knife with me a lot of the time when walking my dog late at night. This one usually:
We had a problem in Vancouver this summer where a growing coyote population was attacking people in the city & even gobbling up their pets while they were taking them out for walks.
So perhaps one of those could act as a last line of defens against them (?).
I always carry a knife but I only carry a sheath knife when out in the woods and in areas where there are Mountain Lion. I don't feel I need it at the supermarket. I never carry a gun - guns are for pussies. The one exception is in wilderness areas where Brown bear, cougar, wolf and the wild conservatives may be. Then I could see carrying a gun. Not in a city - not at a demonstration where emotions are running high and the sight of a rifle would put people on edge.
The question is - if Kryin Killer Kyle hadn't been carrying the rifle, would people have seen him as a threat and defended themselves? Most certainly not - and no one would have been shot.
Taking a weapon to a demonstration is provocative in the very least.
Its smart.