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I live in a conservative oasis in the Soviet of Washington. I’m also an outside senior design consultant for a very large company with a large territory in the previously mentioned area.

I have possessed a concealed carry permit for well over 40 years. I did not carry every day however until the Summer of Love last year. Now, “I never leave home without it.”

With car-jacking incidents going thru the roof, just last night the neutered police, (new legislation says cops must have probable cause to pursue or arrest, which has caused cops not to respond the way they should), actually CAUGHT a guy who jacked a semi at gun point.

The day before a lady had her Lexus (had a low jack system), jacked at gun point at a shopping center. One of the police helicopters located the low-jack ping and spotted the stolen car, but the shift boss called off the helicopter because, even though they found the car, it couldn’t be proved the person driving the stolen car 5 minutes after the jack was the jacker, so the pilot broke off. You could hear the frustration in the pilot’s voice as he acknowledged the order!

Yes, we’re going to see much, much more of this. Please, please, please make all the necessary steps possible to protect yourself and your immediate circle of influence, more than just your family, I watch out for my elderly neighbors too.

"the shift boss called off the helicopter because, even though they found the car, it couldn't be proved the person driving the stolen car 5 minutes after the jack was the jacker, so the pilot broke off."

If this is truly how it went down, then it's absolutely unacceptable.!

Possession of stolen merchandise is still against the law, isn't it..?

I live in Western WA near Seattle. Similar to you, I have had a CPL for decades but did not carry on-body regularly. In the past, I did not carry often because it used to be very easy to avoid trouble spots. For example, by staying away from Belltown or a few other hotspots after Midnight.

Now I carry every time I leave the house.

I describe the Seattle/Tacoma area as lawless. It isn’t the wild-west out here but one should have no expectation of law enforcement. And, there always is the possibility of gang violence, junkie violence, road ragers, and so on, springing up at anytime at any place.

For example, just a few days ago a junkie shot a Winco employee after being asked to leave to the store. (Winco is a grocery store - this one is in Federal Way a suburb of Seattle.)

The Winco shooting and other recent violence validates everyday carrying even if one can avoid Seattle proper.