Hand Guns
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...
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MeanderMan wrote:
After four years of full timing (we're in our 8th now), I sold the handgun. Thirty years on active duty taught me that proficiency was mandatory when owning a weapon; 4 years of retirement taught me that I no longer cared to work on keeping proficient. I've never been in a situation in which I've felt threatened, and among all the full timers I've met volunteering these years, I've never heard of anyone being in a situation that required a weapon. You make the choice - have a weapon and have the responsibility of keeping proficient both physically and mentally, or don't and refuse to worry about it. You can "what if?" to death or relax and enjoy your travels.
I am with this gent. We definitely are not full timers but we often hike with our dogs and sometimes need protection. We both have licenses to cover the carry laws across most states we can reach from our DFW based residence...but we have no desire (or need) to carry day to day. I am at the range at least once a month with DW slightly less. Sometimes I feel better when I carry - usually hiking, I have never felt comfortable carrying in public. it just puts me on 'high alet'.
Please consider carefully and get the proper training.
Take care!
Tom
