You carry...Are you scared to pull the trigger?

I will say that you should never pull your weapon on somebody unless you intend to use it. If you pull it and don't use it your situation could go from bad to worse.
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No, you pull your weapon if you feel you or someone you wish to protect is threatened with grievous bodily harm. You don't have to use it, though. Command voice interactions can cause the BG to desist.

Since the vast majority of defensive gun usages are deterrent - the proposition in the quote is not supported empirically.
 
Scared?

It doesn't matter if you are scared or not. Sometimes you don't have time to be scared, and sometimes you do.
What matters is that you don't shoot BECAUSE you're scared. It's ok to shoot someone to protect your ( or another's ) life. It's NOT ok to shoot someone because they scared you.
 
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No, you pull your weapon if you feel you or someone you wish to protect is threatened with grievous bodily harm. You don't have to use it, though. Command voice interactions can cause the BG to desist.
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Exactly. Pull your weapon if you feel you must, but if the guy says. "HOLY SH..!" and runs the other way at the sight of a gun, do you still shoot? Certainly not. I'm quite sure something along this line happens far more often than defensive shootings.
 
"You carry...Are you scared to pull the trigger?"
No. The decision should not be made lightly, but until "no" is the answer perhaps carrying should be put off.
 
ive practiced to long on draw/shoot, its pretty much muscle memory now, if i have to draw the trigger is geting pulled.
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I've held more people at gunpoint as a CCW Holder than I've shot as a LEO.

You may want to rethink your decision.

Biker
 
Having read CWiley's posts I reflect back on some of the "confrontations" of my life... Many of which were fist fights of which I rarely was the first to strike out. Many I won and several were losses. But I know for a fact that my mouth can and has gotten me in a lot of trouble, more times than it has gotten me out of trouble. Never once with a gun on my person or in my vehicle have I ever lipped off to another person.
One of the most scared moments of my life I was 18 and leaving work on a 30 minute lunch break. I was second car in the left turn lane and the guy in front of me sat thru 2 full green arrows... I gave a beep next time it turned green and he looked out his window at me. I told that ol' bearded guy to come the F on and go... He opened his door and I was ready to scrap and hopped my butt out only to see he was holding a quite large stainless revolver... right then and there I decided not only could this fella take as long as he like but to *TRY* to watch what I say to strangers...
Brent
 
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