SaggyWoman
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at church?
Do you carry your gun to church?
Do you carry your gun to church?
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at church?
Do you carry your gun to church?
at church?
Do you carry your gun to church?
I take a Sword.
at church?
Do you carry your gun to church?
No, I am not a coward.
I don't have a gun; therefore, I cannot carry one to church.
No, I am not a coward.
coward
[kou-erd] /ˈkaʊ ərd/
noun 1. a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.
adjective 2. lacking courage; very fearful or timid.
3. proceeding from or expressive of fear or timidity:
I don't know if you intended to be insulting or inflammatory but you managed to do both.
How does a person carrying a concealed weapon fit this definition?
Cowards for carrying a concealed weapon? That's an unfathomable statement to me.
Because they simply are afraid to live life. They must be fearful else they would not need to pack heat. In the long run we all are probably in more danger from members and visitors carrying firearms than from an intruder.
All I can say is that I have been in some very scary places, never carried a firearm and never really needed one. As I said, I figure I am in more danger from good folk carrying arms than from an intruder.
Would be interesting to find statistics on how many people have been killed in churches by people they knew. We know that firearms are responsible for many family members being accidentally killed.
On August 1, 2010 my then daughter-in-law attempted to murder my wife, our oldest son, our then 4 month-old grandson and myself while we slept. We lived in a quiet rural village where the most heinous crime was vandals uprooting potted plants in front of the bank. She did not use a firearm. Her choice of weapon was fire. Three of us we asleep in our third floor bedrooms and the grandson was in his crib on the first floor next to where his mother should have been. She poured gasoline down the second floor hallway and the stairway leading to the first floor, lit the fire and walked away.
We were trapped for 11 minutes as the house burned down around us. Investigators said it was between 500-600 degrees in our smoke-filled bedroom. I called 911. How cowardly of me.
I wasn't afraid to die but I wasn't in any particular hurry to do so. My wife and I shared a 24 inch wide window seeking clean air. There wasn't much. My son was hanging out the window next to us. The three of us were convinced we were moments away from seeing our Savior face to face. We shared our love for each other and said our goodbyes.
The fire trucks came after what seemed to be a lifetime. The flames had worked their way into our room and with seconds to spare a ladder was brought to our window. I don't seek any sympathy from you but you were quick to call someone a coward saying they were afraid to die.
Using your logic, I should have done nothing and allowed the fire to consume us and await Jesus' promise. I hesitate to use the word foolish but I cannot think of anything else. Your argument is foolish.
I called the fire company because they are the ones who are trained and equipped to handle that sort of emergency. They have the trucks, water, ladders and the other things needed to facilitate a rescue. At that point none of us was able to help ourselves from the peril. We were helpless and would die without outside intervention.
What should I have done? Called one of my elders and said, "Pray with me while I die?"
I cannot speak for all conceal carries but I can speak for the one I am most acquainted. They are, for the most part, folks who would run into the face of danger while most others were fleeing from it. They have the training, equipment and temperament for facing a crisis. You, apparently, have an image of some idiot in a sleeveless camo shirt slinging bullets in every direction. I'm sure they exist but I do not know of any.
So, if I need to be a coward, in your eyes, for calling the fire company instead of dying then I will have to live with that. If a properly trained and equipped individual who will charge into the face of danger is a coward in your book then they will have to learn to live with their cowardice as well
No, I am not a coward.
So, I'll ask you straight up, CTB. Am I a coward? I'm getting my CCW.
I do not understand your acronym.