open carry - Market Basket, Plymouth NH

[DEJ]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Under that same rationale, though, people can justify carrying ladders. I mean, what if an earthquake hit and we had to climb out of Market Basket? That's happened exactly the same number of times everyone in my whole entire family ever needed a weapon...

Like you added, however, I do think it's important to be knowledgeable about weapons and, honestly, who knows what the future entails. I will admit that I feel a tad bit better about having weapons back in the house (I'd sold all my old ones when the kids came along) as there were some crazy things happening during the Great Recession and afterward. But then I remember that by ammo is stored separately from my guns for the kids' safety...

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The ladder statement is simply silly, you are better than this. Glad you are introducing FIREARMS back into your household.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by DEJ

The ladder statement is simply silly, you are better than this. Glad you are introducing FIREARMS back into your household.

It's not, really, if you're open to what the premise is. In my whole lifetime, in all of my family members' and friends' lifetimes, a carried ladder would have been as beneficial as a gun. I'll go one step further and point out that a huge portion of firearm deaths are accidental.

So, in point of fact, the ladder would be as useful AND safer.

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[DEJ]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

It's not, really, if you're open to what the premise is. In my whole lifetime, in all of my family members' and friends' lifetimes, a carried ladder would have been as beneficial as a gun. I'll go one step further and point out that a huge portion of firearm deaths are accidental.

So, in point of fact, the ladder would be as useful AND safer.

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You win, congratulations I should have known better.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by DEJ

You win, congratulations I should have known better.

Kisses.
I get your point, I do, but at some level statistics matter more than emotion, and that's the world I exist in.

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[DEJ]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Kisses.
I get your point, I do, but at some level statistics matter more than emotion, and that's the world I exist in.

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No emotion here, I pray you are never in a situation where you need it and not have it. Out.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by DEJ

No emotion here, I pray you are never in a situation where you need it and not have it. Out.

And I pray you are never in a situation where you need a ladder and do not.

Ok, ok—I'll accept the blame for being snarky this time, but, ultimately, it's absolutely part of my thought process (the statistics thing, not the needing-a-ladder one).

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