I have, but it's because I'm trans and I lived in a bad place for trans people.
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And Iam thankful that in my life this is true. But not everyone is so lucky.
I've never been in a situation where I'd need to know how to do cpr. Yet I've learned how to do it.
I think guns make sense if you live in the wilderness and need to protect yourself from bears
Not just bears and really there's better ways to deal with bears generally to avoid confrontation with them as well as other critters. Still, there's definitely instances where people will want to be carrying regardless for self protection. Hiking in remote areas you should have a rifle, farmers in the more rural areas of the country are likely to have something to deal with coyotes, wolves, bears, etc. that may threaten them or their live stock. I remember seeing a youtube video about living far north in Alaska that when it's time to take the dogs out to do their business they bring a high powered rifle for polar bears. But me going to my local game store, there's no real reason to be packing. ESPECIALLY open carry.
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The city is a concrete jungle. We already said we'd choose the bear. Its not the bear we need guns for.
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I have, but its because of where I live.
I will gift a water bottle to anyone named "Mike D" who posts a picture of their gun within the next five minutes.
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I have always been of the opinion that if you cannot solve a violent/dangerous situation with six or less bullets, it is vanishingly unlikely that anything will materially change in your favour if you had more.
Ive considered conceal carry.
People would say my .38 special with 6 rounds isn't enough. If six rounds ain't enough to create an opening for me to run like a little bitch, shits really hit the fan and more bullets isn't gonna solve it.
I just want to run away.
My statement has two interpretations, yours is the one that most people just don’t cotton onto.
Honestly, “running away” is the best possible solution in most any conflict. And when the bullets are flying, you want your opponent to duck and cover just long enough for you to skedaddle and get out of range or into an escape route out of the line of fire. Hell, in that circumstance blanks would be sufficient to get that job done.
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