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Why do you carry? CPL? #7228391
03/27/21 06:28 PM
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Here in Michigan you need a CPL (concealed pistol license) to carry concealed. The only reason I went through the training in ~1996 and other requirements since to keep the license was so I could carry my single six much easier for trapping. Got to be such a pain unloading and casing between stops. Huge time saver to just keep it on my hip. Still carry it but I usually use the death ray now.

I’m glad I have the CPL as I started carrying when I went to Detroit or the tri cities. Probably should carry all the time but seems a tad burdensome for my rural area.

For you guys that need some sort of license to carry was the reason to go through the process for trapping, hunting or self defense?

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228400
03/27/21 06:36 PM
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I don't need a license, and I don't carry all the time. But my reason for carrying is like this:

Occasionally I'll forget to put a knife in my pocket. I HATE not having a knife when I need one. Now, how much more would I hate needing a gun and not having one?


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Originally Posted by Rat Masterson
Boco couldn't catch a cold.

But if he did, it would be Top Lot.
Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228407
03/27/21 06:41 PM
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I originally got it for trapping convenience, but that started to change as crime started to grow in my area even though it’s very rural so now I carry primarily because I might need it to save my life, it doesn’t hurt that I work in the suburbs nowadays either



�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.�
― Robert A. Heinlein
Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228418
03/27/21 06:54 PM
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One reason I push for people to use a paddle holster setup it’s as easy as it gets and humans become complacent over time.


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228420
03/27/21 06:56 PM
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Mostly for self defense. When not working at home due to Covid, I work in La Crosse and there is a growing element there that is less than friendly to fat, old white guys. Had an unprovoked incident once where one stepped out from the curb to the middle of my lane and glared at me. He was with others of his ilk and so I made the decision to just keep on driving as he stepped aside and glared at me. 6 days after that I had my concealed carry permit and a pistol on me. I flatly refuse to be a victim.

Moosetrot

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228424
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I am an old white guy . Nuf said.

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228458
03/27/21 07:31 PM
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I was riding my motorcycle in TN. Stopped at a rest area for a brake. A guy a little younger than myself pulled up and we shot the breeze for a few minutes. When he got ready to leave he said," are you packing, I do not want to know but if not you should be".
You will never know until the time come.


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Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228533
03/27/21 08:23 PM
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I had a CC permit years ago when you needed one to CC. It was issued through the local PD station and the chief wasn't in any hurry to issue it. At that time, we were required to take a CC course before they would grant the permit. My certificate and application loitered on his desk or a good long until he ran out of excuses to give me the permit. Maybe he got tired of me calling his office. He held out until he couldn't hold out any longer.

I always carry when I leave the house. If it isn't on my person, it's in the console of my truck. I also have guns and ammo within arms reach around my home. Even up here, enough crazy stuff happens from time to time to warrant having a firearm handy.

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Getting There] #7228569
03/27/21 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Getting There
I was riding my motorcycle in TN. Stopped at a rest area for a brake. A guy a little younger than myself pulled up and we shot the breeze for a few minutes. When he got ready to leave he said," are you packing, I do not want to know but if not you should be".
You will never know until the time come.

Got that Right

Thats Why I carry


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Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228583
03/27/21 08:52 PM
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I carry for defense & mountain activities. I've been in the situation where you really wished you had a gun, it's not a fun feeling. Thankfully I wasn't hit any of the times.

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228590
03/27/21 08:58 PM
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As a teacher, coach, and athletic director, I have had my wife's, children's, and my life threatened. When you wake up in the morning and believe your loved ones life is in peril, you carry, when ever possible. Local law enforcement have told me to.
Gun free schools scare me, a lot!

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Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228591
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I parked at a grocery store Friday. Didnt see the pit bull in the pickup beside me. Guy inside with it and the window down. Dog jumped up in the window. Guy grabbed its collar. What if he had missed that grab or the collar broke? Gun is a good tool. Like a pocket knife if you need it you need it.

Before anyone asks, no I did not draw my weapon. I was glad I had it. You just never know


Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: danny clifton] #7228618
03/27/21 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
I parked at a grocery store Friday. Didnt see the pit bull in the pickup beside me. Guy inside with it and the window down. Dog jumped up in the window. Guy grabbed its collar. What if he had missed that grab or the collar broke? Gun is a good tool. Like a pocket knife if you need it you need it.

Before anyone asks, no I did not draw my weapon. I was glad I had it. You just never know


Dang that sounds almost like what happened to me here except it was an old conversion van and the dog came halfway out a bubble window with some lady holding onto its back leg keeping it hanging half out the window snarling at me while I backed into the gas station where I stayed

I did pull my pistol and if that dog had hit the ground I would have fired, the police arrived and had a good long talk with the van driver, apparently they were well known as the dog had a history having attached a person before

Cop just asked me if I was alright

By the way I was only about 4 feet or so away from that window when the dog came through it, would have been a bad thing even with a gun on me if the lady hadn’t been holding it back leg



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Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228620
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Because a cop, however useful or not, is too hvy to carry.

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228648
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I never had a CC permit until abt a year ago
I’m to old to run, and with all the black unrest around I decided to get a permit

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228651
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I will not be a defenseless victim. Only time I don’t have a piece on my side is in the shower or in bed.


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Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228655
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There won't be a "shooting", if it involves me it will be a gun fight! There is no justice you are the one responsible for your safety.

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228670
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Sent mine in on my 18th birthday. Had one ever since. Well I did carry a few years on it expired before I realized it. Got a lifetime permit when they became available so that wont happen again.

I got it for hunting, shooting, and personal protection.

Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228681
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I carried one every day to work for 20 years as part of my job, continue to carry everyday now. I have a CPL that is valid in all 50 states and DC.


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Re: Why do you carry? CPL? [Re: Thumbian] #7228686
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it took us many years in WI to get CC , we were almost to defeating the prohibition on it when the legislature passed a decent CC bill in 2011. first day you could apply Nov 1 2011 my application and check was in the mail that day. 15 days later my CCL arrived.


wallet with cash card machines can be down or people may not take cards
credit card for emergencies
spare tire
jack
tools
tow straps
fire extinguisher
health insurance
auto insurance
medical kit
medical training
mechanical training
food , medicine, water , backup heat , alternate cooking methods

Living the motto BE-Prepared from tiger to eagle and beyond

so when I walk out the door , My door check is

Wallet , keys , knife , phone , flashlight , gun

I have not needed my gun yet , I have used it a few times they weren't needs but it was handy.

2 neighbors have had their dogs attacked by pit bull and Rottweiler within a couple blocks one in their own yard. one the neighbor was injured as well in that event the dog was killed and she had bites about her hands and wrists the other only the dog was inured.

I live in a small rural town but that doesn't mean a cop hasn't chases a truck thief through my back yard in the middle of the day.

just because where you live is small and rural doesn't mean there isn't major drug trafficking routes right down the state highway through town.

it doesn't mean that the guy down the street isn't dealing , it has happened.

I would rather carry around a few guns over the majority of my live and wear them out than to find once that I needed a gun and didn't have one.

my primary carry gun shows the wear if being carried for the last 9 years

before CCL in WI well there wasn't ever a gun too far away


America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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