The Annoyed Man wrote:I have had this idea rumbling around in my gourd for a while, and I'm very conscious of the DPS limitations. Here's my thoughts based only on my own experience.
A number of us have our CHLs. I know who some are. Some of the folks I know are aware of who some of the others are, etc., etc. What I would like is for an informal gathering perhaps as a planned range day or something where we could all gather and get to know one another a little bit, separately from any church management, so that we will be previously identified to one another in the event of a situation.
That's it. No patrolling. No formal security team. None of that.
There's at least 20 guys in my church of about 300 attendance that hunt, fish, range shoot, or talk guns together... a lot. At least half of those are CHL's, and none of us have a problem with discussing that fact amongst our group. We have no "organized security team", but we are all aware of each other in the buildings and either expect, or know for a fact, that the other(s) are carrying. Heck, most of us know which of their handguns the others are carrying on a given Sunday. The idea of the top secret identity of a CHL status amongst friends just totally confuses me. If it weren't for open discussion in our circle there would be a whole lot fewer CHLs in the bunch. And, there are several more (including ladies) that now plan to get their CHL in the near future. That's just the way life is in a small, tight knit community.
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