When you go for that morning walk, camera in tow - are you packing?
May 17, 2012 16:18:18 #
I go out almost every morning for a walk. Often my ramblings take me to places that are unpopulated, along rivers, in relative wilderness. I'm looking for photo ops, for insects, birds....... whatever. And because of the way our society has morphed over the last few decades, I take my Canon 7d, extra batteries for flash and camera, an extra memory card, a monopod, and......... a .380 automatic.
Do any of you go 'packing' when you leave home in the morning?
Do any of you go 'packing' when you leave home in the morning?
May 17, 2012 16:27:19 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
Hardly. But then, I live in rural France. Still a civilized society.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
May 17, 2012 16:28:30 #
May 17, 2012 16:31:24 #
Roger Hicks wrote:
Hardly. But then, I live in rural France. Still a civilized society.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
http://www.economist.com/node/15913046
Thank God I don't live in France (Though I have spent considerable time there.) In the U.S. I'm able to use appropriate force to protect myself.
Cheers
GYM
May 17, 2012 16:32:57 #
Roger Hicks wrote:
Hardly. But then, I live in rural France. Still a civilized society.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
I live in a civilized society too. However, there are some *$$holes in it, and so I usually am packing my buddies Smith and Wesson just to make sure the *$$holes stay civilized.
May 17, 2012 16:36:29 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
Fear is one of the great causes of violence.
Also (Gym), rural France is not like the banlieus (suburbs of big cities).
I mean... Who's the one who's so frightened he carries a gun? Not I. Nor did I carry one in rural California.
Cheers,
R.
Also (Gym), rural France is not like the banlieus (suburbs of big cities).
I mean... Who's the one who's so frightened he carries a gun? Not I. Nor did I carry one in rural California.
Cheers,
R.
May 17, 2012 16:38:09 #
May 17, 2012 16:42:01 #
I tote my .44 Mag because my morning stroll takes me to the banlieus (suburbs of big cities). :mrgreen:
Better to be safe than laying there bleeding wishing you had a sidearm!
Better to be safe than laying there bleeding wishing you had a sidearm!
May 17, 2012 16:48:18 #
I don't even own a gun and have no desire to do so, so my answer would be no.
May 17, 2012 16:49:08 #
Roger Hicks wrote:
Fear is one of the great causes of violence.
Also (Gym), rural France is not like the banlieus (suburbs of big cities).
I mean... Who's the one who's so frightened he carries a gun? Not I. Nor did I carry one in rural California.
Cheers,
R.
Also (Gym), rural France is not like the banlieus (suburbs of big cities).
I mean... Who's the one who's so frightened he carries a gun? Not I. Nor did I carry one in rural California.
Cheers,
R.
You're saying that because I carry a weapon I'm frightened??? Then you and your wife will have no qualms about walking alone, unarmed, through New York's Central Park around midnight. Being Frightened has nothing to do with it. Being PREPARED is everything. Therefore, this thread will be primarily for Americans, who still have the right to bear arms as a means of protecting themselves.
May 17, 2012 16:59:40 #
les_stockton wrote:
I live in a civilized society too. However, there are some *$$holes in it, and so I usually am packing my buddies Smith and Wesson just to make sure the *$$holes stay civilized.
Roger Hicks wrote:
Hardly. But then, I live in rural France. Still a civilized society.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
I live in a civilized society too. However, there are some *$$holes in it, and so I usually am packing my buddies Smith and Wesson just to make sure the *$$holes stay civilized.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
May 17, 2012 17:04:19 #
Fear as nothing to do with packing. I find it is usually the fearful who don't more often than vice versa.
It's called common sense. Trust but be prepared. I don't pack too often but when circumstances call for it I don't hesitate.
It's called common sense. Trust but be prepared. I don't pack too often but when circumstances call for it I don't hesitate.
May 17, 2012 17:46:52 #
oldmalky
Loc: West Midlands,England.
A shame when it has to come to that.We cant attack those who break into our homes.
May 17, 2012 17:49:22 #
oldmalky wrote:
A shame when it has to come to that.We cant attack those who break into our homes.
Au Contraire! An old police officer friend of mine once gave me the quote of a lifetime:
"It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6."
May 17, 2012 18:53:53 #
oldmalky wrote:
A shame when it has to come to that.We cant attack those who break into our homes.
The right to self defense is still alive and well in most of Nevada.
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