Either you’re a provocateur or you really do take your own advice. If the later then logically you’d be willing to be the test case. Right? If so my hats sincerely off to you. Otherwise, you’re just a bag of wind. Which is it?
I don’t ask permission. As an American, I consider that offensive. I’m also a law abiding citizen - I carry openly. I WILL NOT ask permission to carry, or purchase, a firearm.