CCW First Date

It's all in the situation for me - if my girlfriend lived in the inner-city ghetto, and I pulled up in my red sports car, I would feel unsafe and would want my gun with me. If she lived in the suburbs or a typical middle class neighborhood, I'd just leave it at home.
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I am the opposite. I wouldn't go to the ghetto in a nice car with my gun looking for trouble. Trouble happens when you're in your home doing nothing, or in a grocery store that gets robbed. It's about being prepared when you LEAST expect things to go bad, not the other way around.

yeah, the ghetto is crazy. Too bad these dummies didn't have their 5-point harnesses on. That would have saved them. But nope, they were living on the edge.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-23-conn-home-invasion_N.htm
 
How many of you smoke and carry 24/7?? how many of you have high choleserol and dont take care of it?? how many of you dont get any real exerecise? any one of those will kill you a hell of a lot faster than not carrying on a first date! Yes i do think some of you are WAY to paranoid!!!
 
How many of you smoke and carry 24/7?? how many of you have high choleserol and dont take care of it?? how many of you dont get any real exerecise? any one of those will kill you a hell of a lot faster than not carrying on a first date! Yes i do think some of you are WAY to paranoid!!!
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So, based on your logic, if you have high blood pressure, cholesterol, or don't exercise enough, smoke, etc. then you shouldn't carry a gun until you address these "more likely" terminal problems?

Look, what it boils down to is that those who carry aren't perfect. We may have some problems or make some irresponsible decisions. But what about those people in perfect health that blissfully go about their day taking zero responsibility for her/his own safety and defense?

Frankly, I do lead a fairly "safe" life. I drive only about the national average, live in a relatively safe 'hood, am in very good health, have insurance, wear my seatbelt, don't smoke, occasional drinker, and, except for the occasional Army obligations I am probably going to live for a long long time.

That said, I am of the mentality that I want to take care of my own protection whether it's a first date, last date, or out with friends. If that offends a woman, then she isn't the one for me and it makes it easier to decide who pays the dinner bill :D
 
Didnt say that lead. what i did say what its paranoid to me to DREAD going anywhere or refusing to go some where because i cant carry or should not carry while i am sucking down a smoke etc when the odds of dying from one of those is a quantum leap higher than dying because you cant carry a gun. You are worried about not protecting them while you smoke so you die early in life but hey i carried a gun untill the day i died at 46yrs old. now who is going to protect them?? What i am saying is worrying about carrying is a lot less important than many other choices we have in life and its silly to think otherwise. I dont think there is one person on this thread who had to use a gun in self defense other than some of us who were in the military. yet some will definately die young due to smoking, cholesterol, high blood pressure, drinking, seatbelts etc. I think only a moron would debate that one
 
Choosing not to support establishments that discriminate between citizens by not allowing firearms is not about DREAD.

And I am not scared to have my truck stolen, but i set the alarm, nor my house broken into, but I do lock my doors, or my brains blown out by some criminal, but I carry a gun.

I do not protect myself from these things out of fear or dread. I have been robbed, had my truck stolen, been jumped, had to pull my gun to prevent further harm to myself (despite your claims) AND been in a car wreck (not fatal) and a motorcycle wreck. I smoked for 13 years and quit, I eat wheat bread instead of white, and I drink more water and less soda. Again not out of dread

Why would I waste all I have worked for because I felt ashamed to carry a gun? Maybe you are too self-conscious to be carrying, and by all means YOU should keep your piece at home.

You are the only one talking about carrying a gun out of fear. I carry for the purpose of having the one tool I will need in a most dire circumstance.
 
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