[RANGERAIRBORNE]

Rule #5 can be especially tough to live up to- but it is mandatory. If you are the kind of person who just HAS to "get even" with everyone who cuts you off in traffic, etc, then you should think long and hard about carrying.

Even though you didn't initiate the confrontation, if you can't back off and let it go, and wind up using that gun, a jury will crucify you- even if I'm on that jury! (Maybe ESPECIALLY if I'm on the jury...)

Fortunately, judging by the behavior of folks in Alaska who have a CCW, this is not a big problem- the kind of people who are willing to attend the training and jump through the hoops to get a CCW seem to take the responsibility seriously.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

to rangeriarborne

My finger waving is no more, I am more mellow, I am always more friendly, I avoid situations, I am more aware of danger and leave.

When it comes to protecting my family I follow the rules.

Yep you hit the nail on the head.

the kind of people who are willing to attend the training and jump through the hoops to get a CCW seem to take the responsibility seriously.

These people who carry are very resonsible and do take it seriously.

Michigan CCW birthday was next week. 50,000 CCW citizens have not had road rage, have not killed each other over parking lot disputes, and it is not the wild west.

Where are those gun grabbers now!!

[nuancey]

It occured to me recently that most small women (like myself) almost always carry a small weapon for obvious reasons. While my baby Glock is a great technician, I'm thinking a piece along the lines of Felicity Shagwell's would actually be a much better deterrent. And, the laws being what they are, I'm more interested in deterring than shooting.

Concealment would be the only problem.

BTW, can anyone tell me what that shiny revolver Miss Shagwell lugged -is?