I am posting part of an article from another forum that I think everyone wanting to Cary a Concealed Weapon (CCW) needs to think about. I hope the origional author doesn't mind.
Read this before you decide to carry!
CCW is what I perceive to be the most personally responsible decision I have made third only to my wedding vows and active service to this great country. Concealed carry is
NOT playing cowboys and indians (pardon my age tell) and I知 afraid that痴 exactly what many are doing today. When we post encounters as entertainment rather than a positive outcome from our correct decisions we only feed to a 泥enny Crain type response.
When you decide to carry a concealed weapon, you have burdened yourself with tremendous responsibilities including, but not limited to, physical fitness, firearm and CQB training, in-depth knowledge and handling skills of your weapon of choice and the moral obligation that the issuing authority extracts from you when you applied for the CCW license.
When your 'go criteria' are met, you
MUST draw your concealed carry and
if nothing else has changed, itç—´ not time to talk, it's time to defend yourself with your loud finger.
If that reaction isn稚 one smooth 僧uscle memory? youæ±*e dead! PLEASE NOTICE: I did not say if you draw you must shoot. Thatç—´ why I included the ?U>CHANGE</U> caveat because if the BG turned and ran I would clear the area and then reholster.
I would also report the incidence to the local police/county sheriff. This gives them a heads-up on the BG in their area and protects me for going non-concealed. Brandishing, here in South Florida, is prosecuted harshly to control the gangsters and road rage.
There is no fun in concealed carry; itç—´ a profession that must be executed by professionals. If you do not embrace this school of thought, you have no business being armed. If you don't embrace this, it is my fear that I or my loved ones could become part of your collateral damage.
I need to emphasize the gravity of this carry decision with these two points;
A. Use your head (your most powerful weapon) and only draw and fire your weapon to save you or someoneç—´ life. This is
the only righteous shooting. Anything else will find you in a cage or a box. Long before you put yourself in the 壮hoot position, you better have completed all the legal requirements that allow you to be there. In addition you must complete the following personal conditions;
- Training,
- Understand and accept the moral obligation that the issuing authority extracts from you when you applied for the CCW license,
- Training,
- The moral mettle to take a life,
- Training,
- Know and keep up on the laws covering carry in the location you are armed (political boundaries and building restrictions),
- Training,
- At a bare minimum have a gun rights lawyerç—´ phone number on your cellç—´ speed dial,
- Training,
- Retain that lawyer if you can afford it,
- and did I mention training?