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My earliest memories of defensive firearms include the old "Owl Head" .32 S&W my Mom carried daily and the 1911 in .38 Super my Dad carried daily. So, I imagine that I never really had a conversion experience for self defense with a firearm ... they've just been part of my life (in one way or another) for all of my 61 years.

If anything, I've had some "confirmation experiences" of having been on the receiving end of aggressive firepower directed at me by different individuals at different times in my life - thanks to my Mom's and Dad's examples and teachings, I'm still around. It does, however, sadden me that we need to live this way, but for as long as we do - I'll be ready.