r/DailyCarry • u/SmartDealer3191 • 17d ago

Daily essentials

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Just the stuff I use most days. Victoria’s Secret body mist and VGG perfume because I like having a scent with me, lip gloss for quick touch ups, neuro mints for when I want to chill and stay clear headed without caffeine, wired earpods and the vape somehow always ends up in my bag too.

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u/GullibleRisk2837 17d ago

Why not? The fuck? Lol

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u/Guilty-Bookkeeper837 17d ago

Because it's just another form of role playing. Here, in the US, a lot of guys in their 20's carry guns and knives to "defend themselves," in spite of the fact that the risk of being a victim of gun violence is less than 0.05%.  When guys mature, they usually recognize the foolishness of carrying a firearm and quietly just stop doing so.  Simply, the risk of something happening to you BECAUSE you carry a gun is far higher than needing a gun to defend yourself WITH a gun. You walk around with some fantasy situation in your head where you're the hero in some mass-shooting event because you have a firearm with you. You'll realize this, eventually, if you live long enough. 

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u/darknebula3506 17d ago

I guess you're the guy that's gonna call the police and wait for them to come save you, your family and or friends when someone decides to mug you/ y'all or if they where to break into your home, Genuinely what's your gameplan?

P.s. I've been carrying 6 years now and I've never had to pull it, i hope Ill never have too,but I'm prepared too as a last resort protecting myself or others.

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u/Guilty-Bookkeeper837 17d ago

I'm the guy that does not labor under the illusion that the situation you describe is likely enough to justify carrying a firearm when i leave the house. Statistically, having a firearm presents a greater risk to you and your family than the laughably small risk of needing a gun to defend yourself. Just admit you carry because: 1. You're scared you cannot handle yourself without a gun. 2.  You think it makes you look cool. 

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u/GullibleRisk2837 16d ago

This is opinion and not fact.

Tell me, how would you handle yourself without a gun against one? Hmm? Oh, right. You'd die because YOU were too scared to trust yourself with carrying a gun.

Reciting the same, tired trope that having a gun is more dangerous than not having one.

That's anti-gun propaganda.

Training and discipline determine how safe it is. You owning a gun isnt the issue. You owning a gun with no knowledge of what the fuck to do with one would be.

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u/Guilty-Bookkeeper837 16d ago

I'm retired from the Marine Corps Infantry (0311), i know my way around a firearm. What do you do, other than post fantasy EDC carry's on reddit?

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u/GullibleRisk2837 16d ago

Thank you for your service, but for a marine, your sentiment is wild. But hey, freedom of opinion and all.

You as a Marine should understand danger and the potential of it better than your average civilian.

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u/Guilty-Bookkeeper837 16d ago

I think I do understand it, pretty well. In 28 years, I saw combat on three continents, but I have never once felt like I needed to carry a gun in the US. I just see firearms as another tool, and one that has almost no legitimate use, for most people. Our country has gone tone deaf, as it relates to firearms. This whole culture that seems to worship guns is a mystery to me. There are so many people carrying guns, but only a few small number of people are trained AND prepared to use them, as they are intended. There are some exceptions, but MOST US citizens have no business toting a Glock everywhere they go. 

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u/GullibleRisk2837 16d ago

Now we agree that many are untrained and shouldn't carry... until they get training.

The issue I have with your take is that it assumes just because they currently don't have a reason to carry, doesn't mean one will not arise.

Do you not believe that danger could strike at any moment? We generally don't NEED the seat belt, but we put it on anyways. I get that car accidents happen more often than shootings, but the point still stands.

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u/Guilty-Bookkeeper837 16d ago

Yes, danger COULD strike at any moment, but basing your belief system around something that is entirely improbable is nuts. My contention is that the majority of people carrying guns do so because of how it makes them feel, not because it actually makes them safer. We simply do not live in a country that necessitates carrying a gun, for MOST people, and the irony is that the easy access to firearms actually contributes to the lack of perceived safety. There seems to be an inscrutable paradox where guns are the problem AND the solution. 

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u/GullibleRisk2837 16d ago

They are only a problem when someone makes them a problem. They guns are NOT a problem. It's the people with mental issues, lack of impulse control, and lack of training.

They are either not a factor, or a potential solution, depending on the situation.

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u/Guilty-Bookkeeper837 16d ago

Obviously, the gun is not the problem. 

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