off topic ...but I'm curious

[pete]

my question has NOTHING to do with making a connection of any kind with this group and their practices. I'm just curious-especially as to the current economic and political environment.

How many of you (us) have (either) conceal or open carry licenses?

Maybe if there is a lot of feedback Johanna might want to reprint this as a graph/poll etc.

Pete

S

[rawhide1]

Hi Pete

In my area their are a lot of people that have their license to carry a concealed weapon. How many of them actually do I don't know. Although I don't think it has anything to do with the economy. Just a persons right to carry a weapon. My cousin puts on the classes and he is always full. I don't carry one just because sometimes my temper gets the better of me. And I don't want to spend the $125.00 Although I would carry one on a trip with or with out a license. As they say better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

Mike

[jbird]

I read in are trib paper here that in last six monthes permits for conceald carry's have doubled so that's all I now.

Josh

[Lui]

I have a ccw permit and carry about 99% of the time. But then again I live in Miami.

I also tell people that my belt and holster combos are so comfortable that I carry a Glock 30 on my hip for around 16 hours a day and its true.

I am an NRA instructor too and teach the classes required to obtain your permit. Right now in Florida they are so backlogged that they are hiring another 60 people to the department just to keep up with demand. They expect to have issued here over 600,000 permits by midyear.

Lui

[Timd]

I have my ccw, but rarely carry. As my Dad used to say, it's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

[Bree]

my question has NOTHING to do with making a connection of any kind with this group and their practices. I'm just curious-especially as to the current economic and political environment.

How many of you (us) have (either) conceal or open carry licenses?

Maybe if there is a lot of feedback Johanna might want to reprint this as a graph/poll etc.

Pete

S

I have an unrestricted NY Pistol Permit as well as New Hampshire and Pennsylvannia permits. I am waiting for issuance of my Utah permit which will give me the right to carry concealed in 30 some states including Ohio which will be quite valuable to me. I expect it any day as I took the training in late December.

For many years I had a Florida CCW until I moved from Florida to Illinois.

I carry everyday, everywhere that it is legal to carry. I carry a Springfield Armory XD-45 Compact (.45 ACP) and either a Ruger SP-101 (.357 Magnum) or a Keltec P3AT (.380) as backup. I also carry pepper spray to defuse less than lethal situations... something much more likely than use of deadly force situations.

I do not carry because of the current economic situation. I carry because of the general crime situation which was plenty bad when times were good and won't be any better when times are bad. In Buffalo in 2007, there were 8 murders within .6 mile of my home with 2 of them on my street in separate events! There were 14 murders within 2 miles of the house. It can be pretty hairy around here.

Anyway... I do not wish to be a helpless victim begging for mercy or pleading for my life from a felon. I believe that I have the right to defend myself with the same level of force that may be brought to bear against me. So I like to stay pretty well armed. Been that way since the early 90's.

Edited March 4, 2009 by Bree

[HarryB]

Boy oh boy does this topic hit a nerve! Our left-wing local newspaper printed a complete list of all permit holders around Memphis/Shelby County aa couple of weeks ago and that opened the floodgates! Personally, I have a carry permit (its called a badge and law enforcement commission) As a public servant, anyone can find out who I am. As a private citizen, I and a whole lot of others don't think the paper should have gone to the time and trouble to find the list and then publish it for all the neer do wells to see. It only includes your name and zip code now but when it first came out, it included your address, too. If you don't have a carry permit, GET ONE. If you don't own a firearm, BUY SEVERAL while you still can! (And lots of ammo!) I'm not parinoid, just want to be prepared.

Edited March 5, 2009 by HarryB

[ArtS]

I've had my license for a few years now. My wife just got her in the mail today! I never thought she would carry. I'm teaching her to shoot. Taking a class in GA is not required but I took one years ago and I'm also going to a class with my wife at the end of this month. She needed it and I figure I can always learn something new and can use the practice.

I've gone shooting with my dad since I was a kid (I'll be 53 this year). I usually don't carry but feel more and more that I should. I always wear it riding now. Too many nuts in the woods.

As a matter of fact I'm looking at buying another pistol. I'm thinking about getting the Taurus PT1911 in SS. Any thoughts? I notice a lot of folks have Glocks. I really like the style and feel of the PT1911. My carry weapon now is a Makarov 380. I really like it. I also have a S&W 9mm that I can carry.

I saw a t-shirt at a gun show that said "If you know how many guns you have then you don't have enough." I love it!

I've noticed more people at work talking about it and getting their licenses. Most are worried about home break ins.

Art

[Kevin]

Believe it or not, here in Virginia, open carry is still legal, although I don't recall ever seeing any one take advantage of it. I have a nice 357mag, but I don't think it would be very comfortable to wear all day. I mainly got it for sentimental reasons, it is unregistered and bought through a strawman out of state. It is a Virginia Dragoon and made locally, but I bought it in Idaho.

Kevin

[TexasJack]

The gun ranges here are flooded with people getting their CCWs. Ammo - as well as reloading components - have become extremely scarce.