TAM said
Get the license. Having one doesn't mean having to carry, but it does mean being able to carry when circumstances permit it. Overall, you'll be happier having a CHL than not having one — although I grant you that it may not seem like it from where you sit today. You would be far from being the first member of this board who has gone through the same circumlocutions as you are now going through. I have yet to read any posts from anyone regretting their decision to go ahead and get their CHL once they finally went ahead and did it.
Other good reasons:
because you can
because a right not exercised can become a right lost
because it gives you additional options
because you can't fit a cop in your holster
because it comes with a secret CHL decoder ring (just kidding!)
because taking the time and making the effort will leave you more knowledgeable about your rights and responsibilities under the law, making you a better citizen
because almost anything which is not either illegal or immoral and which expands the limits of your personal comfort envelope is liberating, and we need more freedom, not less of it.
I hope that helps.
