Why you should ALWAYS carry(guns)

buckeyefirearms.org ^ | 7 July, 2011 | Chad D. Baus

[marktwain]

After you have carried for a while, it feels uncomfortable not to do so, like not wearing your seat belt.

[Jonty30]

That’s what those back straps are for, so you can carry two.

Like Highlander, except you have a gun.

[ixtl]

Major Ping!

[zavvone]

Makes sense to me! I am actually going to buy my first handgun today. Have been putting it off for so long but my wife and I have been discussing it for a while and decided we were not going to wait any longer. Looking at a revolver to start with since it has been a while since either of us have fired a weapon. Looking into CCL for MD. Talked to a few gun onwers here and they said it was very difficult to obtain here in MD. Have to look into that so more.

[Recon Dad]

I have to get something smaller, that’s for sure.

[qaz123]

TThe prosecutor apparently believes self-defense with a deadly weapon was not warranted in this case - Marsili has been charged with one count of felonious assault with a gun specification......Here’s what needs to happen - one day, when the prosecutor is on his/her property, minding their own business, someone needs to go up to them and do exactly what Marsili did. Two things will happen: 1. prosecutor gets the ever livin’ s**t beat of him/her and they can see firsthand what it feels like to be defenseless or 2. they pull their firearm, shoot the perp and then get brought up on charges, so they can see what it feels like to be defenseless. What’s interesting is that all the witnesses have the same accounts as to what happened and this is still happening. Hopefully, the Grand Jury, if it makes it that far, will ‘no bill’ the case and let the man free.

[PalmettoMason]

“Back straps”?

[Jonty30]

All right, back holsters. :)

You know the kind, in vampire movies, where the hero reaches behind him and pulls out two big-ass shotguns that were hanging off his shoulder blades :)

[qaz123]

Correction.....what Kendle did

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Why carry a firearm? To defend against a drunk (or sober) Buckeye fan, some of the most idiotic fans in the land, at least online :P

[johngalt42]

You got that right. On the rare chance when I’m not carrying, I find myself checking where my holster should be because I unconsciously feel something is missing.

Some of my friends will ask why I carry all of the time. I simply response with a question, “What’s the Boy Scout motto?” When they answer the question, you can see the realization come over their face.

[NavyCanDo]

I’ve had a CWP for about 12 years, and only carried maybe half a dozen times not counting when I go hiking when I always carry my 9mm Ruger. But just in the last week in my own neighborhood, I had to fend off an attacking pit-bull, putting myself between it and a lady with a stroller and a girl walking her dogs who we heard screaming from our house. And just yesterday the neighborhood was buzzed by news helicopters as Police dug up an adjacent power line road looking for the buried remains of a murdered high school girl. And more and more houses are being bought up and turned into rentals as the newly unemployed are selling and moving out, and a majority of those new rentals are going to some pretty seedy people. I have to change my normal routine and pack my Beretta Tomcat when going out. That is why I bought that small and light gun, so I could carry it without feeling burdened by bulk and weight. Time for it to start earning its keep.

[dogcaller]

Wife took her CCW training earlier in the year. Was going to recommend the S&W .38 Airweight for her but she preferred the Ruger .38 LCR (and she is good with it). After trying it myself I had her buy one for me as a birthday gift. Unlike my S&W .640, I hardly notice the weight when carrying. Carry far more frequently than I used to. May not be for everyone but works for me.

[JAKraig]

When someone asks me if I'm carrying I tell them that if I was I wouldn't tell them.

I carry most of the time. I have a little Kel-Tec PF9. Very light and very small, with one in the chamber it gives me 8 shots. Double action only so no chance of accidental firing.

It has a clip on the side that fits on my belt. I carry inside my trousers and only a very tiny portion of the gun sits above my pants waist line. I cover that by pulling my shirt out just a little and blousing over the top of that. It's very effective and very comfortable.

I have health insurance, car insurance, house insurance, I wear seat belts and yes you might say I carry “Life Insurance”.

[TXnMA]

A friend asked, "Do you actually carry -- even in church?"

I responded with a counter-question: "Do you really think you have ever seen me in public when I was totally disarmed?"

(That's why they call it, "concealed carry"...)

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With these (exact same size) available in .380:

There is no good reason to leave home without your "other wallet":

...even when you expect no threat and aren't packing "heavy metal"...

You don't shoot a pistol this small (with .380 loads) for fun -- but the small discomfort is 'way better than the alternative.

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American Express had the right idea... "Don't leave home without it!

[johngalt42]

Yea, my life insurance comes in two forms, monetary and .40 S&W.

I had friends ask me a couple of times if I was carrying. I respond, “It would defeat the purpose of being concealed if I told you.” So they don’t ask anymore.

I use a DeSantos IWB holster with my XD40. It a hard plastic holster with a tension holding screw and two J hooks for the belt. It’s the closest thing to a FOBUS holster I found that is inside the pants line. I usually wear a untucked shirt for casual wear. I have the DeSantos “TUCK THIS” holster, I use when I need to tuck my shirt in my pants.

[Envisioning]

After you have carried for a while, it feels uncomfortable not to do so, like not wearing your seat belt.

Yep. I won't go anywhere I can't carry, except next week when I have jury duty. Pisses me off that I have to disarm.

[Quis Custodiet]

Serious question for all constant carriers:

Imagine this situation and tell me what you’d do.

You are out doing some shopping when you hear gunfire for the supermarket next door. Since you are carrying, you decide to see what you can do to help, as you enter the store you see lots of blood and several shooting victims lying dead, a man covered in blood is holding a gun and screaming at the man on the floor in front of him “You son of a bitch I’m going to kill you”

What do you do?

This isn’t a hypothetical situation but exactly what happened to Joe Zamudio, a solid citizen and CCW permit holder on the day of the Jared Lee Loughner shooting. Had he taken the the most obvious course he would have shot the Colonel who wrestled Loughner’s gun away from him and was using it to subdue him.

Thankfully Zamudio had enough sense to stop and fully understand his scene before reacting, but who could have blamed him, given his limited info if he’d made the wrong choice?

Trying to work out this problem of potential “blue on blue” accidental shootings is why though I enjoy, and am a pretty good shot with a fair number of guns, I don’t carry any of them.

I’d be interested to hear others thoughts on how they’ve worked this dilemma out for themselves

[Envisioning]

You are out doing some shopping when you hear gunfire for the supermarket next door.

Having a CHL does not make you LE. I would not run toward gunfire unless I knew for a fact my loved ones were in danger. As you stated in the case of Joe Zamudio, it would be very easy to shoot an innocent person if you don't know all the facts. Also very easy to be mistaken for the gunman by responding police.

Since you are carrying, you decide to see what you can do to help

Take defensive cover, preparing to defend yourself if need be, and be a good witness for the police.

[mad_as_he$$]

I have been in two civilian gun fights. In one case there was no question who the bad guy was. In the other there was some doubt in my mind but I pulled the trigger anyway since I was certain he was going to kill the other guy unless I stopped him. In retrospect I think I instinctively knew who he was the bad guy. Body language was the key.

In the Tucson deal I am not sure what I would of done. Best answer is probably to disarm everyone and put them on the ground. Hard thing for one guy to do. If he pointed the gun at me or my wife I would fire no matter what.