In Alaska you have to immediately notify an officer of your firearm if your pulled over or stopped on the street, etc. The officer has the right to remove the gun from your possession while interacting with you. Have heard a few stories of those carrying being treated rudely by Leo.
Fairbanks Alaska isn't a regularly criminal activity town. There are parts of town where crime is more prevalent and not too hard to avoid those places. Anchorage is a different story.
We carry in the truck when we go out in the country, bear protection, and when we travel any distance from home. I have never been in a situation where I needed a firearm except for out hunting.

I have used mine 3 or 4 times here. All have been for nuisance control work. I got mine primarily for that -so I can carry and not have to load / unload between stops as the law here says to do. Our police know you have CC as soon as they run your plate here.

I did have one time I had to pull a gun on someone. I was home sleeping. A vehicle pulled up to my house - right by the head of our bed. I got the 12 ga pump out and walked outside to see two dirt bags loading up my aluminum siding I was working on . I yelled at them. One guy looked like he crapped his pants. The other acted like my best friend. I just stood there with the 12 ga over my shoulder getting ready to smacked my new friend in the forehead if he got too close. I could smell beer 20 feet away form them. I got their license number and told them to wait there for me. So they took off as soon as I was in the house. They got fired the next morning aft I called the concrete finisher they worked for. I had him finish my driveway and they were his employees. i so wish i had given the friendly one a Winchester tattoo on his forehead though. I live on a farm. Things are getting rough here too- Lots of shooting at signs out on the road now. I mean a lot!

Pulled once, just had to lift my shirt for the only other time.

Wife on the other hand pulled and held a guy at gunpoint until security and police arrived. He picked the wrong lady to stalk at a Mall and wouldn’t listen when advised to leave after following her to her car. Apparently he didn’t even notice her calling police and Mall security as she was trying to leave. She gave detailed descriptions of herself and the man and even where she was parked and what kind of vehicle she had. Don’t know if the fact she told them she had a weapon and wasn’t afraid to use it prompted their response or not, but she said it was less than a minute from the time she pulled her gun until they rolled up. Ole boy had warrants and had already been called about stalking other women that night.

That right there.

Sure have, pulled and pointed. Exchanged words with two young would be truck jackers in local Walmart parking lot a few years back in the spring. Dark skinned, hooded early 20's.

They said they needed a ride, I said no, I don't give rides to strangers. I said you will have to ask someone else here maybe you can find someone.

I am not going that way anyway. They said we need a ride now, I said sorry, I am not going to do that.

One said we are just going to take your truck then. I said, that wouldn't be a good idea.

At that point they were standing about at my tailgate/tail light area of my truck. I was at my drivers door with it open. About 10 ft. distance I would estimate. The first step they made towards me I drew, chambered a round very quickly and pointed at the closer target, The second perp was slightly behind and to the right side of the first.

It appeared they were about to rush me together is what my instincts told me.

They heard the racking noise obviously and saw the movement that I made. It was dark except for one lot light that I noticed behind them. It helped to illuminate them better.

I could see behind them to the next parked vehicle row enough to determine if there was anyone behind them going to their parked vehicle. This all happened quickly it seemed much longer then it really was.

I was a split second from firing on the first perp, and getting a mental sight picture and position of the second perp. There was a parked vehicle on the side of us so there was only about 3 -4 feet between the two vehicles.

They stopped immediately when they heard and saw what I did. Then the one perp said , Aw man we were just fooling you bro, the other said yeah man we weren't going to do nothing . I said some bad words that I don't normally use to them and they backed up and took off running.

I said you are a couple of darn lucky #### to be able to go home tonight.

you had shotguns and pulled pistols?

Sorry missed it, thought you said turkey hunting....

Wow! In MN to renew your permit they do a background check every time and charge around $75 and you have to take a certified class which costs another $75.
Somebody once said, "The state bird in MN is the loon. They ought to name the state insect the wood tick. Then they could call MN the Loon-a-Tick state."

Trapper 7 we no longer need a permit to carry concealed. Our lifetime permit is $125 and I think out 4 year permit is free. No classes required.

Way to go Bob

I think of that incident every time I go to Walmart. What a life changing event that could have been that night for me and those young men.

I am surprised they didn't complain to LEO that I brandished a firearm towards them. Didn't know if they were carrying guns / knives or just bluffing.

Anyone else waiting for our favorite Canadian to ask what your afraid of?

No

I was with my buddy in NW Ontario one fall. A former disgruntled employee of his came into the restaurant we were in, flipped my buddy off, mouthed off, fu, etc. He did not respond, we got up to leave and pay the bill, my buddy is not very big. The other guy came up to the cash register and started mouthing off, swearing, and threatening him and his wife, as he came around the corner of the cash register I reached for my hip but empty no carry no defense. Now I've been in plenty of fights and stepped in between, thought oops going to jail and getting deported. LOL he backed down but never felt so naked.

The threats to my wife and children were and are real. I hope to never but will defend them at all costs and want the ability to do so.

Have had to pull mine 3 times involving people and 2 with dogs of those I had to shoot one time where it involved people, thankfully no one died that I know of, pretty sure I hit at least one but no one ever turned up at any local hospitals for treatment

The last time I was just off work and decided to stop at Burger King because it was late and I was tired and not wanting to have to go home and cook something, I placed my order and ate it there and left just as they were locking the lobby door, as soon as I stepped out onto the sidewalk two Somolie guys came around the corner of the building, I stepped down off the curb and between two cars that were parked there figuring if they came at me it would have to be one at a time, one of the men walked on past and stopped about 20 feet or so down the sidewalk and the other at the opening between the cars, the one between the cars asked me what time it was and I told him 10 o’clock, he asked me if I could check my phone and i replied I didn’t have a phone, wereupon he look at the guy further down the walkway then back at me and asked me again if I could check my phone for the time and I told him again I didn’t have one but since they had just closed it had to be 10 or a little later

I could see the guy was getting agitated and he kept looking down the sidewalk at the other guy then said something in Somoli as he suddenly reached for his wasteband, at which my gun came out and pointed at where he had been standing just seconds before but he wasn’t there, I swear I have never seen someone run so fast, by the time my gun came out both of them were down the sidewalk and hitting the parking lot, police showed up about 10/15 minutes later, seems one of the patrons in the restaurant seen what was happening and called it in

Nothing ever came of it that I know you of