CKNSLS wrote:
I would suggest those who advocate carrying a weapon while traveling-in the event they would have to use it and after being detained and having to acquire legal counsel with a bill of $30,000.00 to $50,000.00 (very plausible if you shot someone) might have a change of opinion for the next time leaving home with a weapon after these expenses.
Of course, the above scenario is just to get on your way again, if it (the incident)is questionable at all expect a civil suit from the remaining next of kin. Then your life will change forever-win or lose.
You are probably about one zero short on those estimates. Using a weapon on another human being is going to result in a long, long legal process and lawyers charge by the hour.
In my years using these forums there has never been an actual, provable instance where a camper or RVer actually used a concealed handgun to defend themselves from some terrible fate. There have been a few people who claimed to have pulled their weapon and then someone backed away, but we don't know if that was actually a crime in progress or someone looking for Grey Poupon. Someone knocking on your door or walking through your campsite is a long way from a home invasion. Like I have said before, if you are so afraid or RVing and so incapable of making good campground choices that you need a deadly weapon at the ready 24/7/365 maybe you should consider another hobby.