Post your best gun analogies here

[Boost Lee]

There's always so much discussion around how to explain to someone why you support your right to own a firearm...

Or maybe you're just caught in a situation where someone asks why/what/how, etc.

Figured we could have a little fun with this thread yet also toss around some great analogies/best practices to use.
One of the more popular ones; "If guns kill people, spoons make people fat".

One that I often use that generally really catches uneducated people off guard:
"Do you own a fire extinguisher?......... And do you ever PLAN to use it?"
-"Of course I don't PLAN to use it, it's there just in case something ev- ...Ohhh."

 

[williamnewman1]

One that I often use that generally really catches uneducated people off guard:
"Do you own a fire extinguisher?......... And do you ever PLAN to use it?"
-"Of course I don't PLAN to use it, it's there just in case something ev- ...Ohhh."

BTW , im stealing this one , ..........
sorry no good contribution all i had was the spoons one

 

[stephen87]

I always just reply with, because I'm legally allowed. Why should I have to explain myself to someone? I do like the fire extinguisher though.

 

[Boost Lee]

Steal away; I encourage it.

Especially to beginners that choose to OC, Having a couple quick analogies for people that may approach you
out of curiosity on why you carry (many I've discovered aren't against it; just curious/uneducated).

Just a thought.

A couple more that I thought of a while ago:

Psycho killer driving a car will run over you; Dead.
Psycho killer holding a gun will kill you; Dead.

Responsible person in a car drives past you; Safe.
Responsible person properly holstering a firearm walks past you; Safe.

 

[Boost Lee]

I always just reply with, because I'm legally allowed. Why should I have to explain myself to someone? I do like the fire extinguisher though.

I completely respect your reasoning.

For myself, living in Indiana most of my life, and probably will for the remainder of it...
I figure I have nothing to hide and all but a few seconds to educate someone that's curious.

Don't get me wrong, if I'm approached with attitude, I'll K.I.S.S. and carry on.
I just have no problem and am really more than happy to educate others. It's their right too, after all. They just may not realize it.

 

[Jack Burton]

Of course my penis is not big enough to use for self defense. That's why I compensate for it.

 

[Boost Lee]

 

[Hookeye]

A long time original...........


Having a wife is like shooting yourself in the foot.
Having a mistress is like shooting yourself in the other foot.

 

[IncendiaryGunner]

Gun regulations are extremely important! I mean, just think of all the rapists that would be put in harms way without them!

 

[bullfrog4ever]

My usual answer: Excercising my 2A rights.

The best answer: Because a cop is just too damn heavy to carry...

 

[sumphead]

"Rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it."

 

[U.S. Patriot]

My best line, "it's none of your damn buisness".

 

[Pitchfork]

Cars are a great analogy for firearms.

When someone starts in on capacity for guns in general and how it should be restricted, I usually tell them that their car is factory capable of doing double most of the posted speed limits (felony) that they drive every day. They don't really like the idea of having their car's capability restricted and neither do I for either case.

Suppressors (aka Silencers) work like that, too. Would you want to drive a car without a muffler and have all that smoke and noise?

 

[indiucky]

"Guns don't kill people. Husbands who come home early kill people. The gun was just sitting there."

Larry the Cable Guy

Often at the shop someone will say to me sheepishly while perusing guns in the case, "I am really not into guns."

I always answer the same. "You know I am not really into fire extenguishers, I don't belong to the National Fire Extinguisher Association. I don't collect fire extenguishers from different eras and countries. I don't compete in tournaments with them or have them as wallpaper or screensavers on my phone or computer....But...I do have one in the basement and one upstairs."