brettmorse wrote: Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:03 pm I carry daily, everywhere it's legal. I also edc a CATourniquet, and keep a IFAK in my work van.

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NonServiam wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:12 pm I do now that I finally got around to obtaining my CHL. My wife thought it a bit strange at first that I would gear-up before a trip to the grocery store...and then a hospital security guard was recently shot and killed, and she realized that shit can hit the fan anywhere at anytime. Now she says she feels more secure knowing I'm armed when we venture out into the world. My thinking is that, while I don't think I'll need it, I don't know that I wont.

NonServiam wrote:I do now that I finally got around to obtaining my CHL. My wife thought it a bit strange at first that I would gear-up before a trip to the grocery store...and then a hospital security guard was recently shot and killed, and she realized that shit can hit the fan anywhere at anytime. Now she says she feels more secure knowing I'm armed when we venture out into the world. My thinking is that, while I don't think I'll need it, I don't know that I wont.

INVICTVS138 wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:15 am

NonServiam wrote:I do now that I finally got around to obtaining my CHL. My wife thought it a bit strange at first that I would gear-up before a trip to the grocery store...and then a hospital security guard was recently shot and killed, and she realized that shit can hit the fan anywhere at anytime. Now she says she feels more secure knowing I'm armed when we venture out into the world. My thinking is that, while I don't think I'll need it, I don't know that I wont.

I’m convinced that it’s it’s extremely unlikely I’ll ever need a firearm for self defense, especially on my daily rounds to the grocery store, etc. However, I’ve been carrying since 2008 and it’s a part of my lifestyle, now. My wife at first thought it was a bit weird when she first met me.

However, I follow the boy scout motto - “be prepared.”

It also not all that unreasonable when I spend my days out kayaking & wildlife and hunting areas where there is no real law enforcement presence. It’s reasonable to take precautions to safeguard one’s self.


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tonguengroover wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:14 pm Personally I feel safer in the wilderness than in a grocery store and especially in a Walmart or Target store.
Them humans are a dangerous lot. The most dangerous warm blooded animal on the planet.

wings wrote:

INVICTVS138 wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:15 am

NonServiam wrote:I do now that I finally got around to obtaining my CHL. My wife thought it a bit strange at first that I would gear-up before a trip to the grocery store...and then a hospital security guard was recently shot and killed, and she realized that shit can hit the fan anywhere at anytime. Now she says she feels more secure knowing I'm armed when we venture out into the world. My thinking is that, while I don't think I'll need it, I don't know that I wont.

I’m convinced that it’s it’s extremely unlikely I’ll ever need a firearm for self defense, especially on my daily rounds to the grocery store, etc. However, I’ve been carrying since 2008 and it’s a part of my lifestyle, now. My wife at first thought it was a bit weird when she first met me.

However, I follow the boy scout motto - “be prepared.”

It also not all that unreasonable when I spend my days out kayaking & wildlife and hunting areas where there is no real law enforcement presence. It’s reasonable to take precautions to safeguard one’s self.


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We've got bears again. So there's that.

sig230 wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:22 am Down here we have Coyotes and Pigs; both come in two and four leg varieties. But the average driver is still my biggest worry.

cooper wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:50 pm sig, I'm usually focused on the shirt you're wearing in these pictures. I love your style.

sig230 wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:35 pm

cooper wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:50 pm sig, I'm usually focused on the shirt you're wearing in these pictures. I love your style.

Actually that is quite intentional.

I am old and out of shape and often alone. That makes me a easy target.

I'm almost always wearing a bright guayabera or Hawaiian or Key West print or Fishing shirt, shorts, Happy Socks and sporting long curly hair and a tie dyed headband. That makes me conspicuous and so a slightly less easy target. That's true whether I'm openly carrying, discretely carrying or concealed carrying.

But for 99% of the public the dress is all they see. I've held discussions with people who comment on my clothes but only a very few times when I am openly carrying have comment on the fact that I'm also armed. And it is unusual to find anyone even aware of my presence. The vast majority of people are simply unaware of anything beyond their ubiquitous entertainment.

I'm also not wearing ear buds or carrying a cell phone or iPad in hand and I am watching and listening to what's going on around me rather than lost in social media. That makes me an even less easy target.

But again, for that 0.1% of the public that may wish me harm the fact that I am old, conspicuous, alert, aware and armed is generally not what they want to see.

Granted there may come a group who are not deterred or want to take my gun but that will be an even smaller percentage of the potential threats out there.

sig230 wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:35 pm

cooper wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:50 pm sig, I'm usually focused on the shirt you're wearing in these pictures. I love your style.

Actually that is quite intentional.

I am old and out of shape and often alone. That makes me a easy target...

I'm also not wearing ear buds or carrying a cell phone or iPad in hand and I am watching and listening to what's going on around me rather than lost in social media. That makes me an even less easy target.