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I start the rhetoric, Glock 23 with 180’s😂
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I'll add P226 40 cal with 200gr XTP's, so many guns, so little sense.
Trump Won!
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My wife and I hiked portions of the trail in every state except Georgia last year and made one of the most difficult hikes I have done in a long time to the top of Katahdin. I carried my Kahr CM9 the entire time. We encountered a lot of hikers, both in groups and loners and never felt uncomfortable except for an encounter in Vermont at a secluded scenic overlook with two dude who gave me the feeling they were wolves looking for sheep. They appeared to be sizing us up and made the little voice in my head scream "Danger Will Robinson, Danger!" They seemed to change their demeanor once I moved away from the edge of the cliff and oblique to them, slipped my hand to my waistband under my shirt and gave them a hard look. They decided they had a better place to be and headed up the trail. Maybe they were just trail weary and wanted the place to themselves, but those dudes looked and felt like trouble and I was glad I had a gun.
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I always carry a J when hiking. I got that "danger" feeling once and was glad I had it with me, although I didn't have to pull it.
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There is a lot of the AT in "No Gun Zones" where something like a NAA Mini Revolver or KelTec .32 could be hidden without much worry of being found but there when needed. There have been a lot of rapes and murders along the trail that never make it to the press as the locals don't want the area to get a bad name....
Many people carry OC...any woman who hikes with no gun or at least OC is out of their minds....(see my signature line)
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If you can not deal with reality, reality will deal with you....
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There is a lot of the AT in "No Gun Zones" where something like a NAA Mini Revolver or KelTec .32 could be hidden without much worry of being found but there when needed. There have been a lot of rapes and murders along the trail that never make it to the press as the locals don't want the area to get a bad name....
Many people carry OC...any woman who hikes with no gun or at least OC is out of their minds....(see my signature line)
Bob
Wow! I didn't know that there were "no gun zones" on the trail. Was the attack in one of those?
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you run into some strange people from time to time, I have run into a couple of them over the years, no problems so far but I don't look or act like a sheep.
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Wow! I didn't know that there were "no gun zones" on the trail. Was the attack in one of those?
I believe that he was referring to it running through MD, NJ, NY, CT and MA.
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Wow! I didn't know that there were "no gun zones" on the trail. Was the attack in one of those?
I believe that he was referring to it running through MD, NJ, NY, CT and MA. Oh yea, I forgot about that. Living in Oregon I forget what the eastern US has to put up with.
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Wow! I didn't know that there were "no gun zones" on the trail. Was the attack in one of those?
I believe that he was referring to it running through MD, NJ, NY, CT and MA. Oh yea, I forgot about that. Living in Oregon I forget what the eastern US has to put up with. It's no better out there. You have CA to the south and Oregon doesn't recognize any out-of-state carry licenses.
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Wow! I didn't know that there were "no gun zones" on the trail. Was the attack in one of those?
I believe that he was referring to it running through MD, NJ, NY, CT and MA. Oh yea, I forgot about that. Living in Oregon I forget what the eastern US has to put up with. Oregon is a picture of a gun freedom loving state!
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What's crazy to me is that I dare say, most, hikers are so against guns that they would almost rather be raped or chopped into pieces than carry a firearm for protection. Foolish in the extreme.
"For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand." James Elroy Flecker
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I don't think I've ever not been armed hiking/backpacking. Just one of those basic things.
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This occurred in Virginia. No excuse for not being armed.
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What's crazy to me is that I dare say, most, hikers are so against guns that they would almost rather be raped or chopped into pieces than carry a firearm for protection. Foolish in the extreme. Agreed, it's crazy, that said, I'm no Yule Gibbons corn nut eating hiker, but damn, I pack more for two legged vermin than four leggers.
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I don't think I've ever not been armed hiking/backpacking. Just one of those basic things. Same here. And if my permit was not recognized, well, concealed is concealed.
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Ever see videos of someone being chased on a street by someone wielding a knife?
Arm yourself.
Don't ask me about my military service or heroic acts...most of it is untrue.
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I would love to run into the likes of a "Sovereign" in the woods. [bleep] came from taxachuchitt , who would have thunk.
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Over the years I've warned quite a few people about hiking in the desert: enough water and a firearm. Some listen.
Retired cat herder.
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