I was going to applaud you for laying your feelings/experience out there, but its a little late for that I suppose. Doing that takes guts. Just like carrying a gun to protect your family when your friends/family ridicule you for it also takes guts.
I know the feeling of being an outsider...but what I don't understand is how you can clump everyone here into a "ccw culture." Like Crossfire, I don’t fit into the “ccw culture� myself as you described it in your original post.
I come here to learn, and that I do everyday through the experiences of other forum members. If I can help someone or pass on some knowledge to others, so much the better.
As far as I’m concerned there is no such CCW clique or culture to conform… If you want to become armed with the absolute minimum impact to your life, so be it. That is your level of comfort and your business.Mr.72 wrote:I think it would be better for us to assume that newcomers are not going to want to conform to the CCW clique, they just simply want to become armed with the absolute minimum impact to their lives.
In my humble opinion, you can’t carry a weapon and expect it to have a minimum impact on your life. Guns don’t have to become your new hobby (or life), but if you are going to carry one, self-defense should become your 24/7 pastime.
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