What are your most important scenarios for carrying a firearm

[Gunsquirrel]

Carry permit

If I had a CCW-this is New Jersey-I was an Eagle Scout. "Be Prepared !"

You can actually get one now in NJ..

 

[Smoke]

Smoke, what is a W sticker?

 

[BabaBlueJay]

Leaving the house...

In the house too. I do not have a scenario for carry, I carry everywhere I am able.

 

[Muss Muggins]

But was he charged criminally?

I was once observing oral arguments at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.

In one of the cases a post office employee was appealing the loss of his job and his pension after Post Office police found a pistol in the glove compartment of his car while in the Post Office parking lot. It seems his estranged wife knew that he left his pistol in the car every day while he went to work in the Post Office building. I never found out if got back his job or his pension. But one thing I know for sure. You do not want to get nabbed carrying on Post Office property.

 

[Brian Parrish]

Both of my jobs involve working at a school. So having a firearm at work is verboten! Outside of that, I carry at church. The church shooting in White Settlement, Texas awakened me for some reason. After that incident, I started the conversation with church leadership regarding our policy. In the end, we decided that having a policy gave others something to scrutinize in the event of a self defense incident. So our policy is “we have no policy “. If you want to carry, then carry. We are a Constitutional Carry state so no permit needed.

Otherwise, I carry when I travel out of state and more so lately, when I go to town (Sioux Falls).

"We decided..." you said.
This is an error. The policy would work to protect those who follow the policy. The word scrutinize should reveal the error. Everything will be scrutinized! What will be scrutinized is the fact, now undeniable, that you considered and decided NOT to have a policy. Please seek legal counsel!
I am not a lawyer and I don't stay at Holiday Inn either. I invite any correction.

One of my absolute favorite guys here on S&WF is cajunlawyer. Wouldn't you drop him a PM?

Kind Regards!
BrianD

 

[bushmaster1313]

But was he charged criminally?

I do not know if he was charged criminally but he lost his job and pension because of the criminal violation.

The takeaway is: Don’t trust anyone to know that you carry illegally if the penalty is severe and you would not trust that person with something you are not willing to lose.

 

[Shotguncoach]

Bad people like fugitives can be anywhere. A Marine, his wife and two children were victims. He had a pistol in his glovebox but never used it to protect his family. I remember this Case very well.

"You can have anything you want in this world, as long as you know how to steal it." Epic Releasing has debuted a trailer for an action thriller titled Last Rampage, about the true story of a notorious prison break in Arizona in 1978. The film stars Robert Patrick as Gary Tison, a convicted murderer who escaped from prison with his cellmate, played by Chris Browning. While the sheriff, played by Bruce Davison, was hunting him down the two went on a murderous rampage.

That's a name I haven't heard in a very long time. My family lived in Flagstaff while the Tison gang was running around. My dad was a photographer and developed some of the evidence pictures from their campsite. He had a revolver within reach the entire time the Tisons and Randy Greenawalt were loose. I was 10 years old and that was the first time I was ever allowed to have a loaded gun inside the house. A 16 gauge bolt action Montgomery Wards shotgun wouldn't be my first choice now but at the time that's what I had.

My equipment has evolved since then but the attitude of "Not my family" is still there.....

 

[Muss Muggins]

My takeaway is that I don’t work for the post office. If he wasn’t charged criminally, then that tells me I’m good, because I can’t get fired or lose my pension.

Clearly, according to every post here, he was committing a crime. Yet he wasn’t charged, or at least we don’t know if he was charged and you are just focusing on the personnel problem, which could have happened at any office park in America. Well, except for here in flyover country, where if you don’t have a pistol, we’ll give you one . . .

I do not know if he was charged criminally but he lost his job and pension because of the criminal violation.

The takeaway is: Don’t trust anyone to know that you carry illegally if the penalty is severe and you would not trust that person with something you are not willing to lose.

 

[Beemerguy53]

…I carry a firearm for the sake of personal protection, exercising my rights, doing my due diligence. There are no specific scenarios involved.

For almost 40 years, I’ve lived in a small town that has always been considered safe and comfortable, the kind of place where violent crime is all-but-unknown. But last fall, a young woman was murdered on a local hiking trail, and three nights ago, less than a mile from my home, a guy who doesn’t live here tried to rob a woman outside her own home, and then shot her when he was scared off by a neighbor who heard the commotion. (Thank heaven, she was not seriously injured.)

If there was any doubt that it can happen anywhere, my neighbors and I have gotten a heckuva lesson recently…

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

I don't think about scenarios, I carry because anything can/may happen at any time at any place. I doubt any scenario would happen just as I imagine.

That is why I suggest "Active Self Protection" on YouTube. Most people have never seen somebody get shot or read the "bad guy/gal" Body Language.

A tip; bad guys tend to "pocket carry".

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

Wow, funny you say that. I’ve had the same dream many times. No matter how hard you squeeze trigger won’t move.

Same here. Or sometimes the bullet will just fall out of the barrel.

Its all PTSD related my friend.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

"We decided..." you said.
This is an error. The policy would work to protect those who follow the policy. The word scrutinize should reveal the error. Everything will be scrutinized! What will be scrutinized is the fact, now undeniable, that you considered and decided NOT to have a policy. Please seek legal counsel!
I am not a lawyer and I don't stay at Holiday Inn either. I invite any correction.

One of my absolute favorite guys here on S&WF is cajunlawyer. Wouldn't you drop him a PM?

Kind Regards!
BrianD

Brian, I think you're incorrect. Deciding to not have a policy - that restricts gun carrying - is kind of a policy itself BUT it is in accord with state law if the state has constitutional carry as IT'S policy. Ipso facto - no problem. That's how we handle it at my house of worship - don't ask, don't tell is what I call it. Oh, and my law degree is probably older than cajun's.....

 

[TX-Dennis]

It's not just Post Offices. All Federal buildings are off limits for carry. In Texas we can carry concealed or openly in a National Park, but not in the building.

It is possible to commit an inadvertent felony by not disarming before entering a restroom in a National Park.It's not likely you'd be caught and charged, but you never know.

 

[smoothshooter]

Putting my pants on in the morning.

 

[smoothshooter]

No scenarios. I get dressed the gun goes from my nightstand into my waistband. There is already one in my pocket. I go to bed the gun in the waistband goes on the nightstand. I refuse to be a victim Or at least I will try damn hard not to be.

I leave mine in my pants pocket at bedtime rather than leaving it on a table in plain sight where someone could take it and shoot me with my own gun if they got into the bedroom without my waking up.
The only guns I leave in plain sight at night are unloaded with no ammunition readily available.

 

[smoothshooter]

Man, that is a sad state of affairs.

Hey, but it’s great to live in CA!

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Seriously?



If you think about it, you are most vulnerable in your lavatory and your bed. So why not keep a gun hidden in your bathroom and one nearby when you're in bed?

Seems sensible to me.............so I do![/QU

Buy one of those cheapo plastic glocks and hang it the shower.

 

[Magnum_PI]

For me... day to day life is my scenario. Being armed is simply being ready (the best you can) and not being an automatic victim.

Because I can. Because I want to. Because this is America.

The really true logical thing is, I want the odds in my favor of surviving day to day and going home. We live in an increasingly unstable world, full of unstable people. People get hurt or killed doing just normal activities. Even shopping. That's why I don't do malls.

I don't carry to be a "hero" or protect others. I'm not a cop. Don't wanna be. If the situation arose, I'd do it, but personal protection and the protection of my family is my top reason.

I never leave the house unarmed.

 

[Matt_X]

What are your most important scenarios for carrying a firearm.

For me:

1) Attending activities at my House of Worship.

2) Walking my dog late at night.

^^^These are the only circumstances where I feel especially vulnerable without a firearm

I think its worth coming back to your opening post. Here's how I see it. If those are situation where you (or anyone) think its most likely a scenario may unfold, then its worth taking the next steps preparation. This doesn't have to be full scenarios - to some extent those who poke fun at that idea are right. We can't plan what people will actually do.


Rather what I'm suggesting (and you may have already done so) is know the entrances and exit options, how people may move, where there is cover, etc, and maybe some ways you will respond depending on what the bad guy(s) are doing. We can save ourselves time if a sitation develops so we are not looking around for cover/exit/assistance but already know our options.

 

[Muss Muggins]

If you’re taking your family somewhere that you have to preplan to that degree, just don’t go . . .

I think its worth coming back to your opening post. Here's how I see it. If those are situation where you (or anyone) think its most likely a scenario may unfold, then its worth taking the next steps preparation. This doesn't have to be full scenarios - to some extent those who poke fun at that idea are right. We can't plan what people will actually do.


Rather what I'm suggesting (and you may have already done so) is know the entrances and exit options, how people may move, where there is cover, etc, and maybe some ways you will respond depending on what the bad guy(s) are doing. We can save ourselves time if a sitation develops so we are not looking around for cover/exit/assistance but already know our options.