Why Do You Carry Concealed?

[potatoheadman]

To protect myself and my family...duh.

 

[AMLKing]

Why did I get my conceal permit and carry? Protection was the #1 reason. What motivated me to do it was my job. I realized the trip I take every two weeks from San Antonio to Houston is more dangerous than I had realized. The I-10 corridor is a drug trafficking, human trafficking, and human smuggling corridor. Bad guys arrive in San Antonio from the south, from Mexico, from the west from El Paso, New Mexico, and Arizona, and east, from Houston, as the money and weapons head back to those locations.
I do not expect, nor hope, to ever need to put my permit to use, but, I feel better knowing that I have more control over situations, and less likely that I will become a victim.

 

[sgtbill]

Well, Sarge, did you ever have to DRAW DOWN on any one? I know plenty of people who went through WWII and Korea without ever drawing down on another human being. My dad, for instance, killed Japanese with a Kabar knife in the South Pacific, never killed anyone with a firearm. He taught me how to use a KNIFE before he ever taught me about guns.

To reply to your question, yes more times then I like to remember. I was involved in no less then 13 shootings in my 25 year career in the Police Department. This is with over 22 years as a SWAT team member in charge of the Sniper unit and as the Co Commander of the team for awhile. And before you ask another question, yes I have put some scumbags down and drawn blood on more then one occasion. Have you.
Bill

 

[Firefighterchen]

Awareness of your surroundings is essential, but thinking you can outdraw and rack a slide against an assailant who already has his weapon out is ludicrous.

Never apologize for common sense, Taurus. We're on the same page.

If you don't trust your carry gun enough to carry it with a round chambered, GET A NEW CARRY GUN!

If you don't trust your gun? Come on, boy... You should be able to reach, draw, rack the slide, and be ON your target in 1 second, which SHOULD BE all you need to stop an assailant 21 feet away, BEFORE he hammers your face into the pavement. If you don't have the reflexes, and you're not OBSERVANT, you shouldn't be carrying in the first place. One in the chamber AINT gonna save your ass.

So which is it? It seems you are not on the same page at all.

What do you do when they are within 21 feet? Say, 1 foot when you turn a corner?

 

[rradtke]

I feel there is no need for everyone to know that I am carrying a gun unless they are threatening me or my family. Until then it is no ones business.

 

[Myk Schnell]

I carry Concealed because it is my right and I feel much safer ith my side arm. Once I start a family Id need to be able to protect them if needed.

 

[salleentn]

I carry because I travel quite a bit for my job, and to protect our family.

 

[OldGuy]

I spend a lot of time in cities/places I am not familiar with and do not want to become a victim.

 

[sfcwcd]

This is one of the best arguments for the 2nd Amendment that I have ever encountered. Thank you from an Army Vet.

 

[sfcwcd]

Glock rules!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a Glock 32 and an extra .40 S&W barrel 9turns it into a model 23). Don't leave home without it.

 

[sfcwcd]

I have had a CCW since 1996 from Idaho. Carried for 7 years and then stopped for no reason. Then had some crazy pull a knife and stab a woman outside of our Dollar Tree. I thought wha tif it had been my wife, all I could have done is stand there with my thumb up you know where. I started carrying again after that. Since then we have had someone threaten an Arabic woman and her child at a Walmart of all places (he did have a CCW, he was disturbed, and he was arrested). And of course that incident in Utah where a CCW prevented a knife welding crazy just tells me to keep carrying. Thank the Lord this is not Canada or the UK where self defense is virtually illegal. I didn't spend 20 years in the Army so that I couldn't exercise my 2nd Amendment right. God bless the USA.

 

[shuteye]

I carry to protect myself and my family and property. I will not become a victim an neither will my loved ones

 

[Jon Eddy]

If needed, to protect my grandaughter

 

[FiremanBill]

I am a Volunteer Firefighter. We are called out all hours of the day or night to some places that are not too good with people that are not in the best frame of mind. That is why our Fire Chief scheduled concealed carry classes at our fire department. We have now had 5 different classes. We did not restrict the classes to firefighters. there were 53 people in my class which ranged from a 21 year old girl to people in their 70s. I feel much safer with my little friend in my pocket now than I did before.

 

[gejoslin]

I carry now as with my back ( 2 fusions and 2 laminectomies ) one hard shove and there is nothing I could do about it. So this will help protect my family and me. I hope I never have to! But I do carry a spare tire just in case also.:sarcastic:
God bless the USA

 

[RRoss]

Something I wrote a few months ago while waiting for my LCF to clear:

The following is a list of things that I believe and things that I've observed in regards to guns in the 34 years I've been alive.


I believe the only good gun control is what is used to acquire and hit your target. Anyone who believes any differently is either ignorant to what is really happening in society, or they have their own agenda.

I believe that if our founding fathers were still running this country today there would be a lot less crime because of their belief in their right to bear arms, and criminals would be hanged in the street, not put in a prison for tax payers to feed and clothe.

I believe that in a moment of life or death I can rely on my Glock to be there. Not the police.

I Believe that crime dropping in states that have passed Concealed Carry laws allowing people to protect themselves is NOT coincidence, while that states that still deny residents their rights continues to see an increase in violent crime.

I carry a gun NOT because I believe I am invincible with it, but because I've seen the face of evil in society and I believe that there is a very real possibility of having to face it myself one day.

I believe that carrying a gun is part of the Ol' Boy scout Motto: "Be Prepared"
Just as you would for a fire or medical emergency, I carry a gun to be ready if need be, not because I'm looking for trouble.

I believe in the sanctity of life, mine, my wife's, and my children's. I will do whatever it takes to protect them and myself from anyone who will try to harm us.

RRoss

 

[Rocketgeezer]

Hey guys, I'l try a honest shot at this answer, and really no offence whatsoever intended, I carry concealed mostly because it creates less attention, also because I can, and lastly, if I pack 3 or 4 guns don't have to take the big range bag when we go shooting,

 

[Paul53]

I carry for personal protection, and to protect my right to do so. If rights aren't used, they're in danger of being lost.

 

[blinddog]

I never heard it put that way, but you are so right. I CCW every day 24/7 because I am one of those kind of guys.

 

[Charles Austin Miller]

Although I've been carrying sidearms all my life — since I was a kid on the ranch down in Texas 40 years ago — it didn't occur to me to get a CCW permit until fairly recently, in just the last few years.

In fact, it was when I started buying and selling gold that I finally decided I'd BETTER get a permit, because being a gold trader makes you a LOT more high-profile target. You'd be amazed how word gets around that you're buying gold. I mean, when you receive snail-mail with a gold exchange return address, you don't know HOW MANY people are aware of that fact. The mailman knows it, the postal sorters all know it, and the government sure as hell knows it; but it's the people you CAN'T name who you really have to worry about.

Not surprisingly, I stopped buying gold because it was becoming expensive beyond all reason. I finally sold off my gold and just got out of it completely a couple of years ago.

But I'm glad I took the CCW course, nonetheless. It made me aware of the LEO's point-of-view, informed me on the outrageous complexity of gun law in this state, and gave me a chance to have my gun-handling and marksmanship critiqued by police and military weapons trainers.