CCW personality types.....can't judge by looks.

[Smitty500Mag]

People better be buying unregistered guns from individuals while it's still legal instead of buying guns from retail stores that can be traced and confiscated when they are finally banned.

Once they get us disarmed there's nothing the government will have to fear and then we'll be subjects instead of free citizens.

Smitty

 

[photoman]

Originally posted by Smitty500Mag:
People better be buying unregistered guns from individuals while it's still legal instead of buying guns from retail stores that can be traced and confiscated when they are finally banned.

Once they get us disarmed there's nothing the government will have to fear and then we'll be subjects instead of free citizens.

Smitty

When it gets to the point that guns are banned, we'll all be outlaws. The gov'ment can't keep drugs out, how in hades are they going to keep guns out?!

 

[Spotteddog]

Or out of our hands for that matter?

 

[38-44HD45]

Interesting thread. I've been a Texas CHL Instructor since '95. While I only teach about 6-7 original classes and 5-7 renewals a year, with 3-10 students per class, usually, I've run around 400 people through my classes, total. I get about 85% men, 15% women. Mostly white, with a few Hispanic. Only one black fellow I can recall, but we don't have a large black population here. My worst students, safety-wise, are older (over 65) men. Second worst, older women.

 

[OKFC05]

My worst students, safety-wise, are older (over 65) men. Second worst, older women.

Interesting. Aside from age, the common factor in my "worst range hazards" has been people who came in with guns they had been illegally carrying, sometimes having never fired. No muzzle safety awareness.

One very respectable older woman who lives not far from your family ranch had a baby Beretta that was unsafe to shoot, and would have injured her if she had ever shot it.

We loaned her a .22 (good as any for OK class).

 

[38-44HD45]

Originally posted by OKFC05:

My worst students, safety-wise, are older (over 65) men. Second worst, older women.

Interesting. Aside from age, the common factor in my "worst range hazards" has been people who came in with guns they had been illegally carrying, sometimes having never fired. No muzzle safety awareness.

One very respectable older woman who lives not far from your family ranch had a baby Beretta that was unsafe to shoot, and would have injured her if she had ever shot it.

We loaned her a .22 (good as any for OK class).

Hadn't thought about the issue of defective guns. In TX, as you likely know, the gun has to be .32 cal. or above, and we have to inspect everyone's gun before they shoot for qualification. I've only had a couple that I wouldn't allow on the line, due to safety concerns. A bigger problem is, as you noted, lack of familiarity with the gun and no muzzle consciousness. E.g., folks show up with a TDA auto, and don't know the mag catch from the slide stop, whereupon they begin the fumbling process...

 

[photoman]

Originally posted by 38-44HD45:A bigger problem is, as you noted, lack of familiarity with the gun and no muzzle consciousness. E.g., folks show up with a TDA auto, and don't know the mag catch from the slide stop, whereupon they begin the fumbling process...

Did you talk them into purchasing a quality Smith & Wesson double action revolver?

 

[38-44HD45]

Well, Photo, as you know, in TX there are two categories of license, SA (semiauto) and NSA (non-semiauto). Qualifying with a revolver limits one's carry choices, so hardly anyone ever shoots a wheelgun to qualify, even if they are going to carry one. In one of my more recent classes, a couple showed up, and the man had bought a Scandium Smith .357 for his wife, who had never fired it, or any other handgun! (More brilliant gun shop salesmanship!) Needless to say, neither of them shot that one to qualify, at my insistence. But, in answer to your question, I have pointed more than a few students in the direction of quality revolvers, Smiths and others, for carry.

 

[photoman]

Yes, for carry. Glock 17 or 19 for the test.

 

[CarlP2]

Originally posted by Photoman44:

Originally posted by Smitty500Mag:
People better be buying unregistered guns from individuals while it's still legal instead of buying guns from retail stores that can be traced and confiscated when they are finally banned.

Once they get us disarmed there's nothing the government will have to fear and then we'll be subjects instead of free citizens.

Smitty

When it gets to the point that guns are banned, we'll all be outlaws. The gov'ment can't keep drugs out, how in hades are they going to keep guns out?!

You bring up a very good point.

 

[ZO6Vettever]

Here in Monroe county Florida 1 in 28 have a license to carry and I believe the number is growing.

 

[JBONES]

Originally posted by Firehouse Firearms:
Did you get her number?

+1 A Babe who has a thing for guns and hunts!

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Originally posted by ZO6Vettever:
Here in Monroe county Florida 1 in 28 have a license to carry and I believe the number is growing.

Where do you shoot?

 

[MikeM_Indy]

New to the forum here, but I thought I would chime in on this one. I filled out my information online (Indiana) and plan to go in on Friday or Monday to take care of the printing for my CCW.
From what I have heard its increased here in Indy as well and it is across all social lines.

As for me, early 40s, working in It field. live in a nice area. In last year I've had my car broken into while downtown. Stole stereo and other items inside. LEO did report so I could file a claim but I could tell it's not something they can really do anything about, currently. Last year, murder suicide by estranged husband across the street from my house. Wife helped get the kids out out of the neighbors house before the husband ended up shooting his wife, then himself. All of this in a "nice" part of the town.

I have no faith that things will get better under current administrations leadership. Based on all of that, I have decided to do what I have thought about for quite some time. Put myself in a position to protect my family in an emergency.

 

[J274895]

At my CCW class recently, it was a pretty ecclectic bunch. There were what appeared to be:

• Businessmen
• Senior Citizens
• Rednecks
• Lesbians
• and a whole mix of Asians, Caucasians, Hispanics, and Blacks.

I have to think that no matter what the age, race, ethnicity is, if you're going through all the trouble to actually GET the permit, then we're probably all the "good guys".

 

[RDak]

I applied for mine about a month ago and one of the officers said more people are applying for CPL's than ever before.