On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:38:38 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> wrote:

> People who don't carry get the notion that you only arm yourself for
> special occasions. Once they've got the permit many people carry
> routinely on general principle--they've jumped through the hoops so by
> God they're going to exercise the privilege.
>
> So our young lady doesn't arm herself on a date because of "scare
> mongering", she arms herself because she always arms herself unless
> there is a circumstance that requires that she doesn't.

But what drove her to get the permit in the first place? It's a
permanently scared outlook on life.

I was raised in a family that owned many guns that were used as tools
and for sport, but we were under no illusion that they were for
personal protection. Your own gun is more likely to kill you than
save your life. My mind is as closed on the subject as hers is.

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.