tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post7184993506705420540..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Why I Carry (part 2)Steve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-18668130523487391392014-06-18T20:54:42.644-07:002014-06-18T20:54:42.644-07:00Hear hear, JP. Nobody has paid more dues than you....Hear hear, JP. Nobody has paid more dues than you.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-7053728828957029232014-06-18T20:51:10.070-07:002014-06-18T20:51:10.070-07:00My wife and I both have concealed carry licenses, ...My wife and I both have concealed carry licenses, and I carry my sidearm every day. A man put two bullets into me, and I got him sent to prison. He swore he would finish the job, and he is now out, and has violated his parole conditions. My local sheriff's sub-station is eight to ten minutes away if there is someone there when I call, if the weather conditions are right, if there is no traffic when I call, and if there is no more pressing emergency (officer under fire, for example). I have studied with a Highway Patrol range instructor, a county sheriff's range instructor, at Gunsite, at ITTS, with Chuck Taylor, and I compete in IDPA. I shoot more practice rounds per month than an NYPD officer has to shoot in a year to qualify. I make no apologies to anyone, but I would point out that there are approximately 10,000 homicides per year in America, that approximately 70% of those are committed with firearms, and that the vast bulk of violent crime of any type is committed by a small percentage of hardcore repeat offenders. Against that, there are between eighty to ninety million law-abiding gun owners in American who never break the law with their firearms; and there are approximately one million (1,000,000) justified defensive uses of a firearm (that is the low estimate, by the way) every year in America. Do the math. Do we punish the vast majority for the sins of a tiny minority? I believe God and Abraham had much the same conversation many years ago, and even God came around to Abraham's point of view.<br />Jameson ParkerJameson Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-18759840510410068372014-06-17T16:05:30.244-07:002014-06-17T16:05:30.244-07:00I am one who does not understand nor accept the no...I am one who does not understand nor accept the notion from what I call: "Scared Soccer Moms" (the anti-gun women who I encounter) who live in a fantasy world gated communities, who never have had to defend themselves nor their families. I am proud of my self reliance and do not brandish my firearm. I keep it quiet and out of site. Unfortunately, I do not carry when I tour, because of the anti-gun anti-carry laws that prevent a law-abiding CCW holder like me from carrying in certain states (like my home state of Maryland). I feel that a CCW permit should be nationwide. Karen Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602911871393351134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-91509820026867605882014-06-14T15:00:44.460-07:002014-06-14T15:00:44.460-07:00Chas, I've long been a fan of Linda Hasselstro...Chas, I've long been a fan of Linda Hasselstrom - we are kindred spirits in many ways.<br /><br />Suzanne, loud-mouthed idiots is right. I sure as hell wouldn't go near an establishment where people were behaving like that – they may have the right, but they apparently don't have a lick of sense. They certainly aren't helping me.<br /><br />Steve, like you, I've never "brandished." I have set my holstered pistol on the dash of the truck in front of me though, when I met a truckload of gun-toting trespassers on my remote lambing ground. I was alone, and unsure what the heck the guys were doing when they approached, since they had gone through several marked gates to get there.<br /><br />Chas, back to what you said about self-defense being a natural right. Sometimes I really have to wonder if people have seriously thought about their own self defense - it should be something that is a reality, not a hypothetical.Cat Urbigkithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649103651692682453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-32140922471335616382014-06-14T14:27:05.886-07:002014-06-14T14:27:05.886-07:00And if the most vocal "second amendment prote...And if the most vocal "second amendment protesters" were as reasonable as you there wouldn't be a need for such an editorial. Unfortunately, concealed carry permit holders aren't really a part of the national conversation right now, and the NRA's support of loud-mouthed idiots carrying AR's into grocery stores isn't helping at all. adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04605428127471399424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-35729804275357172462014-06-14T13:52:25.826-07:002014-06-14T13:52:25.826-07:00I have carried when I wanted since my Boston days-...I have carried when I wanted since my Boston days-- I actually had a permit there. I have never "brandished", and I have defused at least two potentially deadly situations over the last 40 years without ever drawing a gun, perhaps because I had the confidence I could back it up if I had to.<br /><br />Many people like the editorialist were simply raised on a different planet than me (or Cat or Chas). Guns are normal tools and do not have any ability to (favorite verb of banners) "discharge." Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-72148171332887119312014-06-14T13:41:54.123-07:002014-06-14T13:41:54.123-07:00I read almost the same article (less the sheep) fr...I read almost the same article (less the sheep) from <a href="http://www.windbreakhouse.com/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Linda Hasselstrom</a> once. It's the long drives across the prairie to readings and book-signings that you have in common! <br /><br />But there are still too many people out there who do not think that self-defense is a natural right, not bestowed by the government.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.com