I  don't carry a gun to kill people...
I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I  don't carry a gun to scare people.
I carry a gun because sometimes this  world can be a scary place.

I  don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid.
I carry a gun because there are  real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil.
I carry a gun  because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the 
world.


I don't carry a gun because I hate the government.
I  carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.


I don't carry a gun because I'm angry.
I carry a gun  so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating 
myself for  failing to be prepared.


I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone.
I  carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and 
not  on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.


I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy.
I carry a  gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a  
cowboy.


I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man.
I  carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the  
ones they love.


I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate.
I carry  a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am  
inadequate.


I don't carry a gun because I love it.
I carry a gun  because I love life and the people who make it meaningful 
to  me.

Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect  themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just  investigate the 
crime after it happens and then call someone in to  clean up the mess.