Does anyone carry a hand gun for security/protection while fulltiming, wife and I are contemplating, we really are not gun people, but living near Chicago, anymore it is like the old wild wild west, s...
OP, you have read some good and not-so-good posts here. There are a lot of threads on the subject already. Only you can decide if you want the responsibility that goes along with owning/carrying/using a firearm.
If you decide it is right for you, you need to know the gun laws of the states you visit. What is legal in one state is illegal in another.