Why I carry a handgun, 202425 May 2024 ~~ By Mike McDaniel![]()
Why I carry a handgun, 2024
No one really knows how many Americans regularly carry handguns, concealed or openly. The number of concealed carry licenses doesnāt tell the tale, particularly since 29 states are now āconstitutional carry states.ā Unles...www.americanthinker.com
No one really knows how many Americans regularly carry handguns, concealed or openly. The number of concealed carry licenses doesnāt tell the tale, particularly since 29 states are now āconstitutional carry states.ā Unless otherwise prohibited by law, Americans need no license to carry concealed weapons in those states. As I recently noted here at AT, some 36 states allow open carry.
We do know that April was the 57th consecutive month of more than one million gun sales. Itās reasonable to believe tens of millions of Americans regularly carry, and most donāt advertise the fact. But why should anyone carry?
Commentary:
Never leave home without it! Bidenās Amerika is about as safe as any Third World country at this point.
Firearms are like parachutes; if the situation arises where you need either and you donāt have oneā¦. you're S.O L..
"Gun laws disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.ā
- Thomas Jefferson, Commonplace Book (quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria), 1774-1776
Who else remembers, back in 2008 when that smartly dressed, well-spoken, Radical Marxist usurper and closet Muslim with questionable citizenship credentials promised us a āFundamental Transformationā of America and told us how important it was that āWeā had a national security force just as powerful, just as strong and just as well funded as the military? Interestingly he neglected to identify exactly who the āWeā actually wasā¦. We the People or we the Government? Initially there was speculation that the Peace Corps (Oh the irony!) would become the nucleus of his proposed neo-Marxist-Brown Shirt Brigade but it now seems that the IRS, having already amassed so much data on so much of the population, is apparently considered a more viable candidate. From 2020 to the present the IRS has spent over $10M on firearms, including fully automatic long guns, tactical gear and ammunition. The IRSā¦!
Please note. The Second Amendment isnāt complicated, Yet, Democrat Neo-Marxists and the "Deep State" have been intent on endless further restrictions, or even overturning it completely, since at least 1934, and probably earlier than that. Iām not onboard with their goals.
Where have you traveled? Which "third world countries" have you visited? If you have a US passport, you'd know Obama wasn't born overseas.