I just got my CCW.
Even though I am a senior citizen and a widow, I shudder thinking what will happen to me if I ever have to actually DEFEND myself against an attacker of the melaninist persuasion.
Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Good for you. That weapon’s there to deal with fate if it ever comes after you, never to go after fate. I’ve had a permit since 1995 and never had to pull my carry weapon in anger. As far as the Amish are concerned, I stay away from significant concentrations of the young males as though they were the Plague, just so I will not have to pull the weapon in anger.