13 Gun Owners Share Why They Carry a Firearm

From The Blaze.com (May 15):

Why do you carry a gun?

Gun owners are regularly presented with this particular question — and some are now speaking out. Using popular smartphone application Whisper, many Second Amendment enthusiasts have turned  to the social network to explain to others why they carry a firearm.

Whisper guarantees its users absolute privacy and, as a result, many of the resulting confessions are powerful and raw.

1. Protect My Family
2. For Equality*
3. Because Evil Exists
4. I’ll Never Be a Victim*
5. To Protect My Kids
6. For When Police Aren’t There. The average police response time is 10 min. Average time of interaction between criminal and victim—90 seconds. This is why I own a gun.
7. So I Will Never Be a Victim*
8. For Security*
9. To Protect My Home
10. So I Can Help Others
11. Independence
12. For My Personal Safety
13. To Fend Off Evil

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Just so you know, the reasons given with an asterisk were said by women. So, if you are for strong gun-control laws, you’re helping in the war against women.