* Played Roy Rogers as a kid
* Some .22 rifle shooting in teenage years
* Navy bootcamp training, mostly with wooden "rifles"
* Ship's skeet shooting champion
* Years later, acquired .357 revolver & had periodic range time with it
* Basically considered myself to be a low-priority target (situational awareness, body language, etc.). Plus always kept (ex-) wife and others in front of me.
* Kept above .357 at our retail computer store that was a victim of several robberies
* Thought about CHL when first available, but procrastination....
* Inherited great-uncle's (who was Sheriff in Ellis county for decades) SW .38 (manuf. 1903)
* In new town and new business ( in less-savory part of town), kept afore-mentioned .357.
* Thought about CHL, but procrastination.....
* Became a new member of a certain (age-related)demographic, which made me realize that, regardless of how I pictured myself (mean, ready, "take-it-on" attitude
), others may now now see me as a (weak, incapable, unresisting) potential victim. 
Plus no one will walk in front of me anymore. 
* Procrastination....... no more. Acquired CHL last year.
* Going full circle, have now returned to my Roy Rogers days, only now have 9mm. Goal is to acquire another 1-200 handguns before year is over.
