I carry whenever legal. Yes, I have choosen participate in activities with my children and now grandchildren where carry is not legal. I am not being hypocritical. I am being a loving and supporting family member. I love my family and like my gun. The gun is just a tool as is the screwdriver that I leave in the garage. There are places that I do not go because it is illegal to carry, but supporting my family is not a choice I would make over a tool. If some one want to define that as being hypocritical then I would define them as probably unhappy and slow-thinking. This is only MNSHO.G26ster wrote:The mantra "Always carry when legal, or guess right" is very true, but IMHO is more often than not made in an unintentionally hypocritical manner. Here's my point:
Person A chooses not to carry, when walking about his neighborhood, or going to the local store, or doing yard work, etc. He is likely to be chastised by Person(s) B for not carrying because one should "Always carry when legal, or guess right." I'd bet my bottom dollar that those same people doing the chastising often choose to "guess right." Why? I'd bet they voluntarily attend their children's school activities or sporting events, or fly on airplanes, or go large amusement parks, or professional sporting events or frequent a 51% location. Sure it's not legal, but no one forced them to go there where they had to disarm, they chose to do it voluntarily just like person A did. So both are guessing right at the times and places of their choosing.
Now there are some folks who never participate in the activities where it is illegal to carry, so they can state with moral authority, "Always carry when legal, or guess right," but the person that does voluntarily participate in activities where it is illegal to carry is no different than the person who chooses to do mundane activities and does not carry at all times. Both are picking and choosing the times they are willing to "guess right."
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- Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:48 pm
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- Topic: Licensed but don't carry? Why?
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- Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:55 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Licensed but don't carry? Why?
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Re: Licensed but don't carry? Why?
As an instructor, I have lost count of the number of times students have told me that they do not intend to carry but they want their license just in case they need it when that time comes. I do tell them that I hope if that time ever comes that they have guessed right and are carrying.
I also encourage regular practice in order to fulfill the ethical and moral responsibility to their loved ones and those who are around them in public. When asked what is regular practice, I tell them if you practice monthly then that is probably the bare minimum.
There has been a tremendous rise in the number of women taking the LTC classes, I have had a few classes where the women were at least half of the students. Without trying to sound like an alarmist, I do believe the quote, "The lessons we learn are written on the tombstones of others", applies to all of us, all the time.
I also encourage regular practice in order to fulfill the ethical and moral responsibility to their loved ones and those who are around them in public. When asked what is regular practice, I tell them if you practice monthly then that is probably the bare minimum.
There has been a tremendous rise in the number of women taking the LTC classes, I have had a few classes where the women were at least half of the students. Without trying to sound like an alarmist, I do believe the quote, "The lessons we learn are written on the tombstones of others", applies to all of us, all the time.