I’m on the fence. I have firearms, but no CC license. I thought of getting one, but when I saw all the information they wanted about me, I balked. It seems like a good idea to carry, but on another level it feels like wearing a parachute on the airliner on the off chance it might crash - a huge disruption to cover the probability of a very rare event. But, I shure would feel like doo-doo if it ever happened and I was disarmed, like the folks at Luby’s.
Since all samurai carry two swords (daisho), it seemed dishonorable to fight and die while wielding only one, to fail with a weapon yet undrawn. The Book of Five Rings