bigdogger wrote:
Larryzv7 wrote:
Can’t leave the gun at home when you are full-time RVing and the RV is your home. I have never once heard a person say that they drove thousands of miles and only had one or two incidents where they needed a gun, or they have been RVing for 30+ years and only needed a gun a few times; it is always how long they have been doing something and never needed a gun.
The thing is you only need one incident, only one, and it does not matter how long you have been traveling on the road; that one incident can mean the difference between life and death. After I got out of the army my first job was as an ambulance paramedic (EMT) and I saw lots of murders, suicides, vehicle accidents, etc. It only has to happen once and the difference could depend on whether or not you can defend yourself.
Considering the incident with the rangers in your first post, it appears that you have come much closer to being killed for having a gun, then you have ever come to needing a gun to prevent someone or something from killing you. A different poster here posted they once had their gun out because a "beat" (later corrected to a bear) was wandering nearby. If you shoot a bear that is not directly attacking you, you will face a huge fine for hunting out of season without a license and if it happened to be an endangered Grizzly, you might get a few years of government housing. Now if that original post had been accurate, but for a different mis-spelling and a "beet" had wandered through the site, that would demand action. We all remember "The attack of the Killer Tomatos" and rogue fruits and vegetables obviously require prompt lethal action.
OK, I may be crossing the line here, directly quoting the constitution of the United States of America, but...
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
I don't know why that is so difficult for some.
As you do not choose to forcibly guarantee your own rights, it is us who shall guarantee them.