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<blockquote data-quote="cwgrizz" data-source="post: 372179" data-attributes="member: 27017">Yes I do, 99% of the time.&nbsp; I grew up being trained in the use of firearms for hunting and defensive purposes.&nbsp; I currently live in a drug/people smuggling corridor because of like others have said..a porous border.&nbsp; There are signs posted by our government a couple hundred miles north of the border, warning all that it is a dangerous area that you need to be aware of before entering.&nbsp; A few months ago, &quot;Coyotes&quot; broke into a house just a few miles from me, but the homeowner, who was asleep upstairs, woke up and managed to discourage them with his firearm.&nbsp; Last year, drug smugglers crashed through the neighbors barbed wire fence with the stolen truck they were using to transport drugs. A couple of years ago a rancher was shot and killed by a suspected cartel member, while checking on his cattle.&nbsp; The shooter's tracks were found going back across the border.&nbsp; I think that is reason enough, from my standpoint. Ha!&nbsp; I will not take flight, I will stand and fight.&nbsp; No one is going to run me off of &quot;my&quot; property.&nbsp; Ha!Now to the question someone posted about would I have like to have seen a culture of not guns (or something like that).&nbsp; I think it was stated that the US was founded on the culture of the people being armed to aid in the defense of the country.&nbsp; Even more than that, it was founded on the people being able to protect themselves from a tyrannical government.&nbsp; That is another reason, I will keep my firearms.&nbsp; To stay out of the political realm, I will stop there. Ha!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwgrizz, post: 372179, member: 27017"] Yes I do, 99% of the time. I grew up being trained in the use of firearms for hunting and defensive purposes. I currently live in a drug/people smuggling corridor because of like others have said..a porous border. There are signs posted by our government a couple hundred miles north of the border, warning all that it is a dangerous area that you need to be aware of before entering. A few months ago, "Coyotes" broke into a house just a few miles from me, but the homeowner, who was asleep upstairs, woke up and managed to discourage them with his firearm. Last year, drug smugglers crashed through the neighbors barbed wire fence with the stolen truck they were using to transport drugs. A couple of years ago a rancher was shot and killed by a suspected cartel member, while checking on his cattle. The shooter's tracks were found going back across the border. I think that is reason enough, from my standpoint. Ha! I will not take flight, I will stand and fight. No one is going to run me off of "my" property. Ha! Now to the question someone posted about would I have like to have seen a culture of not guns (or something like that). I think it was stated that the US was founded on the culture of the people being armed to aid in the defense of the country. Even more than that, it was founded on the people being able to protect themselves from a tyrannical government. That is another reason, I will keep my firearms. To stay out of the political realm, I will stop there. Ha! [/QUOTE]

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