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Buckeyeblue

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1. The question is what is the violence you're preparing for?
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:39 AM
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Keeping a gun in your home suggests some sort of home invasion. It seems to me that most violence that people encounter is often sudden and without warning. The only way to be truly prepared is to carry the firearm at all times. And training. Not just target practice. But training your mind to think clearly in a sudden violent situation. It's a commitment and you'll probably change as a person.

Anything short of that makes the gun a placebo.

That's why I don't have a gun. I'm not ready for that commitment...yet.

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