brandon_h3
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How many people here have permits, and how often do you actually go into public with your gun on you?
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How many of you guys have concealed carry permits?
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Got one. Never leave the house without a handgun for protection. Even here in rural Alabama, we too often have people shot and killed by the unlawful few who do not value human life. Even in the small town I live in (3000 population including the "suburbs") we have frequent break ins by prowlers, homes and autos. So far, at least in this town, we haven't had anyone hurt, or worse, in the break ins. It is just a matter of time.
In the neighboring town/city, population of about 45-50,000, it is not unusual to read of a robbery or killing in a convience store or one of the malls. We even have had some car jackings. In this day and age, it is not safe to even go to the corner store. The probability may be low that you will be at the right spot at the wrong time. I want to be prepared to have to defend myself should the need arise.
In the neighboring town/city, population of about 45-50,000, it is not unusual to read of a robbery or killing in a convience store or one of the malls. We even have had some car jackings. In this day and age, it is not safe to even go to the corner store. The probability may be low that you will be at the right spot at the wrong time. I want to be prepared to have to defend myself should the need arise.
Jody Hudson
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I carry legally when I'm in the woods, which is where I suspect my most likely problem (with feral dogs and cats) will occur. I do plan to get a carry license. I carry in the gun shop when I work there, but not concealed there either.
As I get older and slower and fatter, I know that I'm a tastier target than when I looked like a pro-bouncer or body guard. It's time, I plan to start the sequence soon.
As I get older and slower and fatter, I know that I'm a tastier target than when I looked like a pro-bouncer or body guard. It's time, I plan to start the sequence soon.
MeekAndMild
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Yes, like most of the folks who read this hobby board I have a CCW. (Shooting hobbyists are a distinct minority in the CCW world however.) CCW is not just a right, it is a civic responsibility and the more people who carry, the safer is the society.
In middle America you can't go out without meeting some quiet middle aged man or dowdy housewife with a plain vanilla personality, a mortgage and a CCW. These are the people who make for a peacable society.
The safer areas of the country are the ones where more of the children are trained to firearms proficiency and nearly every family is armed. Although this would seem counter intuitive it is true.
Contrariwise in Russia, northern Ireland, central Africa, Washington DC and other pestholes you have a situation where none of the common citizens carry, so the streets are ruled by thugs. This is irremedial for the simple fact that guns are a low tech item, easily produced with primitive tools. There is no way to effectively ban them so any society which tries artificially selects for the worst elements controlling them.
It is a shock to many naive persons when they find their friends or relations not only carry, but carry consistantly out of a sense of civic responsibility. That is an unfortunate effect of a cultural mass hysteria. I still remember an esteemed friend, a psychiatrist, who told me he found out to his horror...CITIZENS could buy machine guns. He didn't want to listen to the talk of fingerprints, waiting periods nor expensive tax stamps, for him the weapon was the fear.
http://www.JPFO.org/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm
http://www.a-human-right.com/
In middle America you can't go out without meeting some quiet middle aged man or dowdy housewife with a plain vanilla personality, a mortgage and a CCW. These are the people who make for a peacable society.
The safer areas of the country are the ones where more of the children are trained to firearms proficiency and nearly every family is armed. Although this would seem counter intuitive it is true.
Contrariwise in Russia, northern Ireland, central Africa, Washington DC and other pestholes you have a situation where none of the common citizens carry, so the streets are ruled by thugs. This is irremedial for the simple fact that guns are a low tech item, easily produced with primitive tools. There is no way to effectively ban them so any society which tries artificially selects for the worst elements controlling them.
It is a shock to many naive persons when they find their friends or relations not only carry, but carry consistantly out of a sense of civic responsibility. That is an unfortunate effect of a cultural mass hysteria. I still remember an esteemed friend, a psychiatrist, who told me he found out to his horror...CITIZENS could buy machine guns. He didn't want to listen to the talk of fingerprints, waiting periods nor expensive tax stamps, for him the weapon was the fear.
http://www.JPFO.org/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm
http://www.a-human-right.com/
Sorry Brandon, but this is practically the same topic as the ongoing thread in General Discussion: http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76698
I'll close this one.
I'll close this one.
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