roge wrote:A couple of years back I never thought I would someday carry a firearm. Didn't even know or heard of CHL, nor had ever seen a 3006 sign. However, with the increase of gun violence, I decided that if I needed to protect my love ones I needed to find a way. Being a responsible person and wanting to legally carry I wound up in a CHL class March of 2008. Since receiving my CHL I always carry. There's a NEED to legally carry and understand and uphold the responsibility that CHL carries.(I was so unaware of those responsibilities) My wife disagrees with me. She's one of those persons who thinks that for protection GUNS is not the answer.(She lets me carry, though)This negative way of thinking really scares me. I just can't understand the postings of 3006 signs and GUN FREE ZONES that ONLY affect the responsible CHL holder. It's very hard to have persons like my wife understand the urgent need to be able to defend ourselves.(Unknowingly, I was probably one of them) But no more, I opened my eyes and will always carry as the law permits. There's a need for responsible students and teachers to legally conceal carry. Otherwise, how many more campus killings will it take for Law Makers to open their eyes?
You should ask her if she thinks LEO's are there to protect people.. Then do a search for victims who called the cops, only to have them not show up, or show up 45 minutes later..
Happened to me about a month ago, a very dangerous situation involving some teens ( around 10-15 to be exact ), 1 of which sneaking up trying to assault me, and 1 of them using their car to attempt to run my dad over. Long long story.... We had called the police, they told us it would be 45 minutes, and we were on our own.. I knew we were anyways, I'm going to protect myself and loved ones no matter what, but only called them to make them aware of the situation. It was a dead serious situation that could have turned out with some lives lost, luckly that didnt happen... The sad part is, every one of these teens got off, not even a slap on the wrist. Wasn't the first time they've done this, and it doesn't make me feel good knowing they are still out there doing what they did to us, thinking nothing will happen to them ( because they have gotten off many times, so I've heard from some LEO's that have been trying to bust them )... Who was there to protect me and my loved ones? Nobody but me, myself and I..
Thats what drives me up the wall, people dont want to take responsibility for their own protection. They expect someone to do that for them, and it's not going to happen, or to put it better, it's unlikely thats going to happen.. So their thinking is take away the "tools" that people use to assault people, and it will all go away.. The ONLY thing that will make it go away, is to make those people go away. I dont like the fact that I need to carry a gun to protect myself, and I cant just use my fists, but thats not the way it is. If it's not guns, or knifes, it's going to be anything that can be thrown, or swung. I want to be on equal terms, or better.. Short of having a LEO hold my hand everywhere I go, a gun is the next best thing..
As for the news story, it's not at all surprising to me they found a anti-gun person to give their opinion. Of all these news stories about legalizing concealed carry on college ground's, I dont think I've read any opinion's from anyone who has common sense, or who isn't biased one way or another..