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A little different for me. I think basically it comes down to: "because I can."

Initially, it wasn't about safety or security at all. I think what prompted me to get my CHL and start carrying was the current political climate. It just seemed that I kept hearing more and more about governmental restrictions and conditions and requirements for purchasing, owning, and/or carrying a handgun. I decided that many good men and women fought very hard (literally and figuratively) to protect and preserve my right to keep and bear arms. I felt like it was the least I could do to honor their efforts and actually take advantage of the right that they helped preserve, so I got my CHL and now carry daily.

Of course, now I really appreciate the fact that being armed in public is probably the best personal protection that I can have for myself and my family. But initially, it was simply to exercise my right to do so.