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The Annoyed Man wrote:

chrish20202 wrote:

ojdelarosa wrote:My name is Omar J. De La Rosa. Stay safe and God bless.

Just a few questions, How can u carry in Texas and work on an ambulance when you have no idea where your next call will be (might be at a location that has 30.06 signage or another prohibited place)? What are you going to do with your gun? I've gone to the County jail and school Nurse Office many times to pickup patients, not to mention most hospitals have appropriate 30.06 signage.

That's a good point, but I want to address something else here.....

This thread started with a fairly new member with (now) 7 posts, beating up on another CHLer with some assumptions about his personality, etc.

THAT person had the courage to come here and both A) calmly, and B) rationally explain himself, without any bitterness or anger directed against the members here who skewered him—including against the other n00b whose unprovoked OP skewered him. Yeah, he carries a lot of knives and a taser. So what? Even though he rationally explained why he carries each one of the knives, and why he carries the taser, and even though that is a lot more knives than most of us carry—EMT/Paramedic or not—are we going to now start assessing another person's needs and then passing judgement on that need........as in: "why do you need more than 7 rounds in your magazine?" "You carry a BUG and 4 extra magazines? Why do you need all those nasty guns and ammo?" How many of you guys carry mace or pepper spray in addition to a tactical knife, a primary gun with more than one reload, and a BUG? Please. I though we were all beyond that.

There is the issue of possibly illegally carrying his firearm past known and compliant 30.06 signs, but none of us are there now, on the ground, with the guy whenever entering a building. For the record, the Baylor Surgery Center in Trophy club where my wife had her rotator cuff repair done is NOT POSTED.......and it's a [i]BAYLOR[/i] facility. Believe me, I checked it thoroughly. I even left my gun in the car at first just to be safe. So while it is nearly axiomatic that hospitals will be posted, they are not required by law to be posted.....only by their management and insurance companies.

He has experienced persecution at work from the "friend of the boss" who talked the boss out of keeping him as a manager and promoting the friend instead. Now that promoted FOTB is making his work life miserable and dragging his reputation into Facebook discussions. And no, he doesn't have "takedowns and wigwags on his POV."

He may or may not be a perfect employee, but we don't know him, and we aren't qualified to judge him for that. Go back and READ Omar's post. There are a few things in there that one of us might do differently, but it is mostly right on:

ojdelarosa wrote:I never said that I carry this stuff because "you never know". I "do know" and I have used almost all this equipment at one time or another for work or to defend myself or others.

I was a boy scout and I like being prepared.

I take responsibility for my own personal safety and protection and do not expect to be rescued by anybody.

I am an American and a Texan. I like being armed. I it is part of my heritage, culture, and religion. I believe it is a God given right to bear arms. And it is a right that good, honest, hard working men and women have paid the ultimate price in order for us to enjoy.

Any of you yardbirds see anything wrong with that? I didn't think so.

Sometimes it doesn't even pay to let other CHLs know that you are a CHL.

n5wd wrote:My only question, Omar, is based up my 24-year career as a medic in Texas, winding up as a Licensed Paramedic working at MedStar in Fort Worth before starting a new job as a teacher for the Fort Worth ISD teaching health science technology (not bragging, just letting you know that I know a bit about EMS and how it works in Texas).

Why are you still working for that company?

If you've got a red patch and you don't like where you're working, there are always other private companies doing transfers and the occasional emergency runs, and there are a whole bunch of public agency EMS systems out there looking for medics. Finding a job in EMS is not a problem - finding the right job that suits you in a company/organization that you WANT to work for may be a bit more difficult. But unless you're with a DPS like DFW Airport or Highland Park, etc., I doubt that any of the agencies are going to let you carry on-duty in their trucks.