So you are carrying a gun. Carrying a concealed weapon without a permit is a serious crime. If you seriously need to carry a gun go through the process and do it legally. If you are carrying a gun illegally ask yourself why. If you are carrying for self defense maybe you need to examine your lifestyle and the places you frequent. Pulling a gun after loosing an argument or game is not self defense. There is no self defense in a bar fight. If you have criminal intent you are headed for a lifetime of trouble. Let’s examine some of the misconceptions and the consequences

What does it mean to threaten someone with a gun? You are implying that if you don’t get what you want you will kill to get it. Are you really going to kill someone for a few dollars gain? What if they don’t comply, will you kill them or would you kill them either way? Will you kill to cover up your crime? At this point you will feel the full force of the law. Your victims could use deadly force to defend themselves Pull out a gun and people will do what you want, guns solve any problem you think. Again if you don’t get what you want are you ready to kill? Your gun says so. Do you think you can walk away free after you get your way? Brandishing a firearm is a serious crime. Using a firearm in the commission of a crime is a separate felony offense.

Cock the hammer, walk around pointing a gun at everyone with your finger on the trigger. You can’t do that!! This is done time and again in the movies. That weapon is ready to kill with the slightest press of your finger. It was an accident you say. You only meant to scare someone. You didn’t mean to kill anyone. The law will show no mercy.

What if you are confronted by police? If you even act as if you are reaching for a gun the police will shoot. In a stand off police will not ask you to drop your weapon. An officer looking down the barrel of a gun will shoot to kill. Do you think they will let you shoot first? It’s not like in the movies

There is no safe way to shoot someone. Vital organs are pierced, bones shatter and cause other damage, internal bleeding. A nicked artery causes a rapid loss of blood. Just touch the spine and your victim is paralyzed. Don’t expect them to be walking around in the next scene.

You will be pursued, most likely caught. The victims family and friends will suffer for life. Your family will suffer after your arrest and  because of your crime. Injured victims will never be the same. Many victims will be unable to pay for medical cost, burdening our health care system.

We cry gun control. What we need is a national dialog on the consequences of using a gun. Movies and tv have lured us into thinking guns solve any problem, that you get what you want, that you walk away free. Talk to your friends and family. If you know anyone carrying a gun ask them why. Convince them it’s a bad idea. Talk about it in school, at work.

Do we really not understand this, If you use a gun your life is ruined!