What are your most important scenarios for carrying a firearm
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If I am awake
Can't remember the last time I was un armed outside my home other than to go to Jamaica 2 months ago.
Can't remember the last time I was not in arms reach of one in my home.
Can't remember the last time I was un armed outside my home other than to go to Jamaica 2 months ago.
Can't remember the last time I was not in arms reach of one in my home.
jsfricks
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Originally Posted by Thom_44 View Post
police instructor shoots himself in the foot for the class - YouTube
I’d be shocked if he even owns a firearm since he thinks all gun owners are irresponsible, stupid and carry only to show off. He obviously recently joined this site for just one reason.
police instructor shoots himself in the foot for the class - YouTube
I’d be shocked if he even owns a firearm since he thinks all gun owners are irresponsible, stupid and carry only to show off. He obviously recently joined this site for just one reason.
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Patrick L
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Well for sure when I'm pheasant hunting!
...I can be added to the list of "all the time" carriers. On the rare occasion that someone notices and asks, "Do you think you need a gun here?" my answer is "no". "If I thought I would need a gun, I wouldn't come here, and if I had to come here and thought I neeeded a gun I would have brought a shotgun and a well armed friend."
Ingramite
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But if you do not engage in Fantasy Gunfight Scenarios how do you ever justify buying a 23 round black plastic striker fired euro-pellet squirter with landing lights and bayonet?
Why else would you need a slide with flow through ventilation ports and a gold barrel?
All those AWIB holsters?
I heard there is going to be a kydex shortage.
Why else would you need a slide with flow through ventilation ports and a gold barrel?
All those AWIB holsters?
I heard there is going to be a kydex shortage.
max503
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When I taught school I commuted an hour each direction. An unloaded Taurus revolver and 20 rounds of ammo lived in my trunk. (Along with a tent, sleeping bag, and some other stuff).
One day they did a lock down where a platoon of cops in battle gear with dogs scoured the campus.
They didn't find my gun.
Yes, I was nervous.
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!
Attention to detail.....I said on my person, I didn't say anything about it not being in reach.
It's just a way of life. No scenarios or fantasies needed.
Unless you count the occasional dream where I need to shoot but the trigger pull has become impossibly heavy.
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I do have a mall to protect, though. That requires constant training and military grade weapons, of course.
Wow, funny you say that. I’ve had the same dream many times. No matter how hard you squeeze trigger won’t move.
There are very few things that you have to actually go to the Post Office for these days.
The last time I had to go to the Post Office I was mailing a knife to a member of another forum.
I think that was at least 3 years ago?
Maybe once or twice a year I mail letters for my neighbor that we don't want sitting in our outgoing mail over night. Those go directly to the post office
I'm pretty sure I parked in the parking lot of my church which is right across the street and left my gun in the car.
JMO breaking the law and hoping you don't get caught demonstrates really poor decision making.
I have never been to a post office Since I started carrying a concealed handgun that didn't have a sign very prominently posted at the parking lot entrance And on the bulletin board right as you walk in the door stating that it is a Federal Crime To carry a firearm ANYWHERE on post office property.
Similarly, I frequently read post from people saying that nobody searches their car at the VA and it's okay to leave your gun there. I can't speak for every VA in the country but my VA you cannot drive into the parking lot without passing the signs stating that is a violation of federal law to have a gun anywhere on the property.
I don't see this very often at the VA but I've seen it a couple times, some idiot will walk in to the building with an empty holster on their belt. At my VA there is no place within walking distance that you can park your car and then cross the street and go to the VA. And even if there was why would you get out of your car with an empty holster openly displayed?
That's just a really dumb way to poke the bear
And maybe people only very infrequently got caught but people still get caught. There was an incident here in Colorado Springs several years ago a guy got caught with a gun in his car at the Prospect Street Post Office. I think he's the one that sued to have the law overeturned.
You may get away with it a hundred times you only have to get caught once.
I have never been to a post office Since I started carrying a concealed handgun that didn't have a sign very prominently posted at the parking lot entrance And on the bulletin board right as you walk in the door stating that it is a Federal Crime To carry a firearm ANYWHERE on post office property.
Similarly, I frequently read post from people saying that nobody searches their car at the VA and it's okay to leave your gun there. I can't speak for every VA in the country but my VA you cannot drive into the parking lot without passing the signs stating that is a violation of federal law to have a gun anywhere on the property.
I don't see this very often at the VA but I've seen it a couple times, some idiot will walk in to the building with an empty holster on their belt. At my VA there is no place within walking distance that you can park your car and then cross the street and go to the VA. And even if there was why would you get out of your car with an empty holster openly displayed?
That's just a really dumb way to poke the bear
And maybe people only very infrequently got caught but people still get caught. There was an incident here in Colorado Springs several years ago a guy got caught with a gun in his car at the Prospect Street Post Office. I think he's the one that sued to have the law overeturned.
You may get away with it a hundred times you only have to get caught once.
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I only carry on days where the sun comes up and nights where it gets dark.
Well am not to old to learn, and now feel stupid. Am going to modify my behavior and the clarification is appreciated. Still go to the post office on occasion to send packages and buy stamps.
If you carry all the time, you don’t have to consider all this. Every day is important, regardless of what you’re doing at that exact moment . . .
Anytime I am awake.
Smoke, what is a W sticker?
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bushmaster1313
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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.
Nabbed carrying on Post Office property vs robbed and murdered not carrying on Post Office property. Which would you prefer if you had to choose? The far more likely scenario is neither of course.
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