Weapons do you carry them?

[Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense]

i'm gonna 'run' with Neal and Bill on this one... never carried a weapon once i left the service (my job required i carry a concealed firearm), and don't plan to...

i've found, that in most cases, people who carry weapons are not really trained in their use, and if a trained person can get within arms reach of an armed person, he can easily disarm them before they can take their next breath, and the weapon that they though was gonna save em could suddenly become the instrument of their demise...

--Mike

[Skybird]

So true!

[Type941]

I only have a butchers knife about 10in long, which I carry with me everywhere I go. I like to keep it behind my back and it takes a long time to take out, plus I must be careful not to cut my clothes. But once it's out, it freaks the bejesus out of people. Yes, I'm kidding.

[Takeda Shingen]

I am a pacifist and an anti-materialist, and therefore do not carry a weapon. However, I am also a black belt of the second degree in Aikido, and do not require one.

I carry very little cash, and if a criminal holds me by gunpoint, he may have my wallet. I will simply go home and cancel my cards. If he wants something more, then he will have to face me for it.

[Type941]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I am a pacifist and a black belt in Aikido,

respect.

[CCIP]

I've been mugged a couple of times and learned my lesson (well, technically, I've only been mugged in company of careless people - I have too good a 'safety sense' myself, having grown up in rather dangerous neighbourhoods); in fact sometimes I'm glad that I'm never armed, or in certain situations I've been I could have acted more extremely than I should have.

I wish I had a blackbelt too, that'd solve all my problems

[Wildcat]

I carry two weapons at all times now after a number of violent confrontations at night over the past couple years. One is a japanese tool called a jutte, which is basically like a truncheon. Completely blunt and great for grappling with. Also very heavy. A solid whack would make most people rethink a physical confrontation, and getting their elbow hyperextended ought to take the fight out of em... That's the tool that I intend on using for the average thug that might try to cause me problems again (If I can't handle him barehanded). The other is a very long knife that has only one purpose, stabbing vital points to kill. Hope I'll never have to use that. But there are always people out there with guns or knives so, if it comes to that, well, better them than me as the saying goes.

Someone mentioned that carrying weapons can be dangerous unless trained in their use..I agree wholeheartedly. I would not carry a weapon if I was not trained in some kind of unarmed system as well as weapon retention. That's just asking for trouble. It's also important to be able to use your weapon if you need to, and not delay it for fear of the concequences. Up the ante only if you need to, but if you need to, do it properly, not in some half-assed way.

Yes.

wow, im shocked... im living really safe her down in good old germany... not many bad corners here (except schools in berlin ).

but sometimes im asking myself whats wrong with this world? students who need to wear arms of all kinds to feel safe, shoot outs "here and there"...

i dont want to attack someone, but michael moore did a good job with "bowling for columbine"... the things about the US press... that they only show "bad things" happening, so that everyone thinks he lives in a world of **** (copyright@full metall jacket).

if you say "take a look outside,its true, isnt it?" yes it is... even beause of this uhm...(we call this "panikmache") creating panic.

now everyone thinks "uh, the world is bad, i need a gun or better two to protect myself, my family and my neighbors...

wow, very cool thinking but... too bad to shoot the own daughter who comes back deep at night and daddy didnt know she was away from home... intruder? *boom*!

oopsie it was "insertname"...

ok sorry, very sarcastic, but that fits perfect. its a rolling snowball, you know what i mean? nothing will and can be better with guns, guns and more guns... because guns kill people (yeah i know, NRA freaks say the opposite, but...c´mon!). here in germany its pretty difficult to get a gun. just if youre in law enforcement, a hunter, or for sports(isnt so easy like it sounds). but its law to keep the guns and ammunition in different safe´s and keep the key always at your side...

but anyway, even here sometimes a little boy find daddys gun and shoot his 7year old best friend...

WW3, you´re welcome... mh...hey, ya know the "suga girls"?
"push the button..." lalala...*sigh*

[SUBMAN1]

I have my Kimber .45, but don't really need to carry it concealed (which means most of the time, I am unarmed). I do carry it in the car once in a while, espeicially if I'm heading to the mountains and I have open carried it up in the mountains as well (No need for a permit for open carry up there). If I go shooting as well, I keep it open carried there too incase someone tries to do something stupid like steal my guns.

I have a permit, but I mainly wanted the permit to be able to transport it anywhere without restriction. Some of the restrictions imposed by this state (WA) only allow you to transport between, shooting range, work, and home, no in between. The permit allows you to remove that restriction and keep it with you if you wanted to go grab a bite to eat after the range for example without having to go home first.

Anyway, I have the option if I want. I'd only think about it if I were haeding to Seattle or Tacoma or something.

-S