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View Poll Results: Do You Regularly Carry A Firearm?
Yes 47 29.94%
No 110 70.06%
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Why not just apply for a permit?
I have, but they're ridiculously difficult to obtain in California, thanks to the prevailing liberal opinion of guns in this state...
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I have, but they're ridiculously difficult to obtain in California, thanks to the prevailing liberal opinion of guns in this state...
Can I ask why they're difficult to obtain? What is the rationale for not being granted one? I would have thought that any law abiding citizen with no criminal record who wants a small caliber weapon shouldn't have any problem.
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Can I ask why they're difficult to obtain? What is the rationale for not being granted one? I would have thought that any law abiding citizen with no criminal record who wants a small caliber weapon shouldn't have any problem.
You would think, but no.

In California, you need a reason to carry one. A friend of mine in Los Angeles is a diamond broker, and he's got one, because he routinely carries millions of dollars wirth of diamonds on him all the time.

Seems the state needs more than just our 2nd Amendment right...
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You would think, but no.

In California, you need a reason to carry one. A friend of mine in Los Angeles is a diamond broker, and he's got one, because he routinely carries millions of dollars wirth of diamonds on him all the time.

Seems the state needs more than just our 2nd Amendment right...
Try to sue the state.

People who wants to carry a gun everywhere in the country should be in favour of federal criminal laws.
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Try to sue the state.
Good luck with that.
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People who wants to carry a gun everywhere in the country should be in favour of federal criminal laws.
While that might make sense on the surface, as has been painstakingly explained to you (more than once), that would require a complete redefinition of this nation.
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Try to sue the state.
Yeah, I'll get right on that...

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People who wants to carry a gun everywhere in the country should be in favour of federal criminal laws.
Define "federal criminal laws"...
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You would think, but no.

In California, you need a reason to carry one. A friend of mine in Los Angeles is a diamond broker, and he's got one, because he routinely carries millions of dollars wirth of diamonds on him all the time.

Seems the state needs more than just our 2nd Amendment right...
Cool. Thanks for answering .
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23 years old, CCW permit holder, always carry, always will. Walther P99 chambered in .40 caliber
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23 years old, CCW permit holder, always carry, always will. Walther P99 chambered in .40 caliber
An outstanding first post...
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An outstanding first post...
What a shame its in chinese.
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What a shame its in chinese.
What the fuck are you talking about?
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What the fuck are you talking about?
that i dont know anything about guns. I dont have the slightest idea if he's talking about a rocket launcher or a hand pistol.
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that i dont know anything about guns. I dont have the slightest idea if he's talking about a rocket launcher or a hand pistol.
This is the 9mm version, but I've no doubt the .40 Cal is every bit as sweet, if not more so:

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This is the 9mm version, but I've no doubt the .40 Cal is every bit as sweet, if not more so:

Every bit as sweet indeed! Mine is the dark green frame. Beautiful weapon with innovative features that allow safe use without compromising effectiveness.

I'm a Realtor and manage a small mall retail store. The crime isn't all that high here (Huntsville, Alabama), but we did have an armed bank robber run through the mall a few months back. Being that good CCW laws seem to correlate with low crime, I'm doing my part to keep the crime rate low.
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Every bit as sweet indeed! Mine is the dark green frame. Beautiful weapon with innovative features that allow safe use without compromising effectiveness.

I'm a Realtor and manage a small mall retail store. The crime isn't all that high here (Huntsville, Alabama), but we did have an armed bank robber run through the mall a few months back. Being that good CCW laws seem to correlate with low crime, I'm doing my part to keep the crime rate low.

Excellent.

This is what's on me from time to time:

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