why one should ALWAYS carry your weapon

[scesnick]

Boy, that would be unnerving for sure. That is why I carry as much as possible. I just wish I could get a carry permit for wifey. But, living in "Marylandistan" that isn't going to happen anytime soon. Luckily I get to carry under LEOSA.

Remember, when seconds count the police are only minutes away!....

 

[Cat_Driver]

Here's the reason I got a gun. I was at home and I head a rattle / pounding on my screen door in the middle of the night. Sufficed to say I needed to get some clean shorts. It occurred to me right then and there, if these crazed, gun carrying, drug freaks keep rattling the door and break in I only have a butter knife to defend myself.

Come to find out it was a cat climbing on the screen door and suing it as a climbing tree, because when the noise stopped I peeked out the viewer and saw the cat hanging there clawed in the screen.

Next day when the gun store opened I purchased a S&W 357 Magnum.

Funny story but it sure taught me a lesson. Since then there have been several times my two buddies Smith & Wesson have saved me. Not shooting anyone just the fact that it was there and the bad guy knew it was there was enough to keep me from getting in trouble.

 

[scesnick]

Here's the reason I got a gun. I was at home and I head a rattle / pounding on my screen door in the middle of the night. Sufficed to say I needed to get some clean shorts. It occurred to me right then and there, if these crazed, gun carrying, drug freaks keep rattling the door and break in I only have a butter knife to defend myself.

Come to find out it was a cat climbing on the screen door and suing it as a climbing tree, because when the noise stopped I peeked out the viewer and saw the cat hanging there clawed in the screen.

Next day when the gun store opened I purchased a S&W 357 Magnum.

Funny story but it sure taught me a lesson. Since then there have been several times my two buddies Smith & Wesson have saved me. Not shooting anyone just the fact that it was there and the bad guy knew it was there was enough to keep me from getting in trouble.

The Second Amendment is a wonderful thing. Utilizing that right will sometimes result in more peaceful sleep.

 

[Western]

Wow! not an every day occurrence. No matter what the circumstances, I feel for the parent. I don't know what I would do if I lost a child, especially to a violent crime.

 

[texasjohn]

we are sending flowers to the funeral
the cornered cat website is absolutely superb
crime scene preservation is part of every c s I episode

 

[kthompson]

Not two weeks ago a 19 year old lady was killed sitting in her house being shot many times. Met a friend of hers last night who said some drug people broke in and thought it was her boy friend sitting in the chair and without knowing who it was shot and killed her. Then learned it was her. The best understood either her boyfriend or another of the gang who liked the girl shot and killed the person who did the shooting and tossed his body on the side of the road. She lived less than a 1/2 mile from us through the woods. Then there is the case of about five years ago that became a regional if not national man hunt of a lady in broad daylight being car jacked and killed in a busy Wal Mart parking lot about 4 miles from us. The guys who did that had escaped from jail in another state and were on the run.

It really is all around and sadly the root causes are not being treated in my opinion. When we think of a person as no more than a dog and when a community will get upset over a dog being mistreated and not even realize a child was murdered what kind of message are we sending?

 

[RoyJackson]

The other day I decided to wear a pair of pants I don't like for a day of rough dirt work. No hip pockets and front pockets too shallow to conceal my pistol. So, no wallet or pistol for first time on ranch or off, since I got my CCL over 2 years ago. A friend and I were digging post holes on my property.

That was a heck of a find! (I edited the part of the post concerning discovery of the dead woman)

Since you were on your own property, couldn't you carry openly? Maybe an OWB holster...or if no belt loops, a tanker style holster?

 

[jobguy]

I have six acres next to a bike trail and housing development. People think my land is a park and my equipment is toy land for their kids. When I ask them to respect my property and privacy they get very angry. Now I carry my pistol every second of the day. I'm sure one guy would have attacked me if his small children had not been with him.
Better safe than sorry.

 

[texasjohn]

my land I can carry any legal gun openly
I pocket carry and my pistol fits every pair of pants I have except that one.
it is very comfortable and never in my way even doing all kinds of manual labor.

 

[90cummins]

Sadly as I sit here writing this I also have a 9mm next to me. I also carry 24/7 because I don稚 want my family or myself to become a statistic.
I view my firearm like a seat belt; you never know when you will need it!
There have been many break-ins over the past couple years and this summer alone close to a dozen daytime break-ins. So I printed the following warning had it laminated and attached to the window of our back door so there would be no surprises to intruders.


WARNING!
BREAKING INTO MY HOME MAY HAVE SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES
Glock G19 9MM AUTO
15 ROUND MAG WITH ALTERNATING ROUNDS OF FMJ & JHP +P+

FMJ WILL GO THROUGH BODYS, DOORS AND WALLS

JHP +P+ IS A VERY POWERFUL ROUND DESIGNED FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION TO EXPAND ON CONTACT WITH BODY TISSUE CAUSING MASSIVE INTERNAL ORGAN DAMAGE.

HERE ARE YOUR CHOICES!
(1) DON't STOP HERE!
(2) ENTER AND _ _ _!
(3) ENTER AND
GET YOUR ********* BLOWN OFF!
THAT MITE PUT AN END TO YOUR CRIMINAL CAREER AND OTHER
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

THINK ABOUT THAT!!!