Leave your guns at home, Bill

Last night was free pizza night at Vince’s Pizza, our local pizzeria. You buy one pizza and you get a second plain pizza FREE! So I went home to partake in all the pizza goodness my father brought home.

As soon as he dropped the pizzas on the table my father said, “What’s this crap about a concealed weapon permit?”
“Well, errr, uhhhhhh.”
He then told me that he didn’t think it was a smart idea. He said that not only would it be easy to take a gun off me (little weak thing that I am) but guns give you a false sense of confidence. He said that ultimately the point of a gun is death and would I be able to live with myself if push came to shove? He gave me a ton of other reasons why a gun may not be a good idea for me. It made me think of this song by Johnny Cash, Don’t Take Your Guns to Town:

The thing is… I just want the permit. I wouldn’t get a gun until I am 100% trained on how to use it and clean it and store it, etc… And we know I have NO follow through. The likelihood of me accomplishing any of that is just above nil. But maybe I am just being crazy to even talk about it. Maybe I am better not having one. Besides… MY BODY IS MY WEAPON! Don’t make me go BERSERK!


I LOVE Billy Jack! Sorry, I couldn’t resist!

4 thoughts on “Leave your guns at home, Bill”

  1. Jason

    Hi Donna

    Get some training, get comfortable with several types of handguns at the range – lots of places rent handguns you can try out. I am proud of you for wanting to get your carry permit – don’t let anyone talk you out of it. Take your mom and dad to the range too!

  2. Kozaburo

    Ditto… but buy a gun and get training and go shooting first. If you don’t enjoy it you’ll spend a lot of money for nothing.

  3. B. Davis

    I have permits that allow me to carry in 32 states.
    Realize that YOU are in charge of your own safety, not the government, not your father, not the lady next door.
    YOU. That’s the beauty (at least for awhile) of living in a free country. Check the statistics…in states that allow concealed weapons permits, crime rates are lower…Of course they’re lower because criminals don’t know for sure if their intended victims are armed.
    Make no mistake…Obama and Company will eventually move to disarm the public…don’t be caught with your guard down!

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