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| Why I carry a concealed handgun |
| 2026-06-03 |
| [American Thinker] Every year I reflect on gun ownership and, more specifically, carrying a concealed handgun. The Second Amendment acknowledges, but does not bestow, the natural, unalienable right to keep and bear arms, based in self-defense and given by God. It cannot be granted by government, nor taken away by government. No government has ever disarmed its people for good and altruistic reasons, and history records that a disarmed people are a people under tyranny. I will make references to God, but don’t expect everyone to worship Him. That’s a matter of faith and choice, never compulsion. But if such rights aren’t God-given, man may play with them at will. I CARRY A HANDGUN BECAUSE: *Evil exists and may confront anyone at any time and any place. *God exists and expects me to protect myself, those I love and those unable to protect themselves. *To fail to protect God’s greatest gift—-the gift of life—-is inexcusable. *Self-defense is a God-given, natural, unalienable right. *My life is worth far more to me, those that love me, and to a just society than the lives of vicious criminals and terrorists. So are the lives of any innocent. *The Constitution is only paper and ink, a statement of principles and intentions. When the will wavers and when some wish to change, ignore or destroy those principles and intentions for imagined good reasons—-or bad—-only the threat of, and if necessary, the effective application of, the force of arms will serve to preserve liberty. *Democrats and other deluded, malicious people are as desperate to disarm the law-abiding as they are to coddle violent criminals, domestic and foreign. |
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