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Living in
America today has never felt more unsafe.

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Rampant crime, mass shootings.

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And with so many illegal weapons
on the street,

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it feels like we're in constant danger.

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While I wish it weren't the case,
sometimes it feels like owning

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a gun is truly the only way
to protect myself from the gun I'm

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holding against my own head.

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I remember it so clearly.

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I was sitting in my car
when out of the corner of my eye.

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I saw it.

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It was me holding a gun,

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pointing it
directly against my own forehead.

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And that's when I knew I needed a gun
to protect myself from the gun.

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I was aiming right at me.

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People say we don't need guns.

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But it could happen anywhere.

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At the grocery store, at work. How?

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I could wake up in the middle of the night
in my own house

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and get shot in the head by my own hand.

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At least
now that I have a gun in my other hand,

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I feel like I can defend myself.

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I mean, do you really think my gun hand is
going to care if I try and defend myself

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with a knife?

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That's why I bought a rifle.

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The truth is, I don't want to use it.

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And I'm not sure
I could ever live with myself if I did.

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But if I had to, I would.

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And I would not hesitate one bit

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because it's like they always say

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the only way to stop a bad me with a gun
is a good me with a gun.

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And God forbid when that day comes,

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I'll be ready.