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I don't believe that those eight women who got shot (seven DOA) at that Tinley Park, Illinois Lane Bryant store thought they were taking a walk on the wild side. Nor do I believe that the people standing in line at the Ft. Hood PAC thought they were in a combat zone... until that nameless cur started shooting them.Much as shouldazagged mentioned, I'm not going to hang out in the dubious part of town at 2 in the morning any more, nor am I going to strut like I'm looking for a fight, day or night. You know the ole adage..."An ounce of prevention".......to me is better than a pound of cure....
My lifestyle is very different from many of you. I have carried a gun for some 40 years; but I survived 20 some years without ever carrying one.
I carry about 95% of my time but my travels take me to many places where I cannot. Prague, Australia, and Canada to name a few places I have visited.
I patronize BIG cities, large stadium events, and genuinely like people. I eat out and go to bars; I like public events. I fly commercially on a regular basis.
I do wonder how those of you who aver you are never unarmed managed to navigate life before you carried a gun.
For me, bottom line is if a situation is survivable, I will survive.
Be safe.
Compared to the life I was living in my 20s, I'm living in a utopia of safety today.
I carry in my truck, but I've never CCed yet. So far, never had a reason to. And I go to WalMart regularly.
I've always felt safe. I just don't go to places that are obviously dangerous.
- What's an "obviously dangerous" place? What are the criteria?
- What if it's "obviously dangerous" to somebody else, but not you?
- I suspect that I grew up in three places you might consider "obviously dangerous".
Did the people in the World Trade Center on 09/11/2001 consider it "obviously dangerous" on 09/10/2001?
I doubt that it would, but that wasn't the point.I'm not sure how a concealed carry weapon would have made a difference in the World Trade Center.