View Poll Results: are you packing?
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good idea, I'm getting a gun!
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who's packing?
03-01-05, 01:42 PM
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who's packing?
I read some interesting letters in todays mailbag in velonews...
https://velonews.com/news/fea/7625.0.html
my only question is who here is packing a sidearm? I personally don't think its a good idea for many reasons...but I'm a lover not a fighter...
https://velonews.com/news/fea/7625.0.html
my only question is who here is packing a sidearm? I personally don't think its a good idea for many reasons...but I'm a lover not a fighter...
03-01-05, 01:50 PM
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i just read that yesterday.
strangely enough, i have carried a p22(LR) in my camelbak before. i used to do that when riding in the middle of nowhere. you just never know. this is in california, mind you, so it is illegal as all hell, but what really are the chances of being caught?
strangely enough, i have carried a p22(LR) in my camelbak before. i used to do that when riding in the middle of nowhere. you just never know. this is in california, mind you, so it is illegal as all hell, but what really are the chances of being caught?
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03-01-05, 02:05 PM
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Already discussed at length here.
As for me and the issue carrying a gun, no thanks, especially not on a bike.
As for me and the issue carrying a gun, no thanks, especially not on a bike.
03-01-05, 02:16 PM
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why carry a gun when you can carry this: 
hehehehe
no i will never carry when riding. I have no clue who is in that pic got it from google.
heheheheno i will never carry when riding. I have no clue who is in that pic got it from google.
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03-01-05, 02:18 PM
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In NC you can get a concealed carry permit. The only time I ever worry about it is in my company owned vehicle. I love my .40 caliber Glock- I try not to ever leave home without it.
03-01-05, 02:34 PM
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I dont understand why on earth people would want to carry a gun on their bikes. Its extra weight anyways. I carry my pocket knife if that counts, but i bring that everywhere except school.
03-01-05, 02:49 PM
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yes....yes it is 
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03-01-05, 03:05 PM
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yes....yes it is
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03-01-05, 03:06 PM
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I didn't carry a gun in the other thread either
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03-01-05, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by fogrider
I read some interesting letters in todays mailbag in velonews...
https://velonews.com/news/fea/7625.0.html
my only question is who here is packing a sidearm? I personally don't think its a good idea for many reasons...but I'm a lover not a fighter...
https://velonews.com/news/fea/7625.0.html
my only question is who here is packing a sidearm? I personally don't think its a good idea for many reasons...but I'm a lover not a fighter...
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03-01-05, 03:45 PM
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03-01-05, 03:46 PM
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In the Ozarks you have really two villians - dogs and mullets. Halt usually works for the dogs, but shampoo in a squeeze bottle does not always work for the mullets.
03-01-05, 04:07 PM
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I don't carry a gun in my car either because I could never afford all the ammo I would be want to use.
Besides, it would take forever to get it out of the Camelback. I say beat them with the bike pump!
Besides, it would take forever to get it out of the Camelback. I say beat them with the bike pump!
03-01-05, 04:41 PM
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I don't want to start up this debate again, cuz everyone on both sides starts acting like babies in no time at all,(yes, that means YOU.) I'll just say my piece about why I carried at one time, and be done with it, if it makes me a nutcase barbarian, so be it. I used to live in quite a drug addled, run down neighborhood, and had a handgun for home protection, since there were a lot of break-ins, (including ones where people were at home.) I carried it in my backpack on the commute to work, not only for the protection factor, but because I did not want to leave my $1000 handgun in my easily burgled apartment. I never had occasion to use it, but I never opened my beers with it, either. If put in a situation were I had to use it, I would have, without remorse. I believe people have the right to defend themselves, if you think I'm a horrible person, that's your right.
Now I carry pepper spray, because I feel that in my current living situation, a gun is overkill in all but the most spectacular circumstances, and I have a secure place to keep it when I'm gone. But that's the thing, SITUATION. Not everyone's circumstances are the same, and there's always the issue of surrendering one's already limited amount of autonomy to the government. If you want to paint pictures of those of us who carry as dangerous neanderthals who'll shoot anything that moves, or goofy guys decked out like George Hincapie with a rifle slung across their back, strawman us all you like, I've said all I feel like I need to say.
Now I carry pepper spray, because I feel that in my current living situation, a gun is overkill in all but the most spectacular circumstances, and I have a secure place to keep it when I'm gone. But that's the thing, SITUATION. Not everyone's circumstances are the same, and there's always the issue of surrendering one's already limited amount of autonomy to the government. If you want to paint pictures of those of us who carry as dangerous neanderthals who'll shoot anything that moves, or goofy guys decked out like George Hincapie with a rifle slung across their back, strawman us all you like, I've said all I feel like I need to say.
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03-01-05, 07:47 PM
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so your a cop?
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Originally Posted by giant99
In Canada you dont need to carry a gun. 