[Vinny]

Originally Posted by Yoda

The same people with the same arguments.

I have carried a concealed firearm for 50 years, here is my advice to all.

If you don't want people to carry concealed guns close your eyes and imagine a world with no guns. That will make you feel better but don't interfere with the rights of other people. It's settled.

If you feel the need to carry then do so. Stick the damn thing in your pocket and go about your business. Yes you may violate the law from time to time by carrying in the wrong place. Unless you are a fool you will never get caught. If you try to keep track of all of the places that you shouldn't carry, you will soon go crazy and they will take your permit away for being crazy.

I once drew my gun while intoxicated. I didn't say because I was intoxicated but while I was intoxicated. When the police arrived they looked at the situation, checked my permit and hauled the guy away. Yes, they could have arrested me. I was technically illegal but cops tend to be people too.

To those who think one has to watch TV with a gun in hand to thwart home invasion.... OK. We who worry about things like that take appropriate steps.

People who have been given a permit to carry tend to be responsible. There are exceptions.

Concealed carry Vs Open carry? Open carry in urban areas is an invitation to trouble. Keep the gun hidden. Never threaten. If the situation arises, evaluate, then if warranted, pull the gun and shoot the *******.

That sounds terrible. How do you just killing some dude in cold blood like that? A good point. I wouldn't be able to live with it. I have had occasion 2 times in 50 years to fire at another civilian. (I separate military action for obvious reasons) Neither case resulted in death. Either could have. When I shot, in both cases, I aimed for the largest mass. The trunk of the body. How could I live with myself if I killed them? Motivation. It was never my intent to kill anyone. It was my intent to stop them at once from doing what they were doing. That happened to be, doing great bodily harm to me. If they were to die, that's up to God, not me. It was not my intent.

Carry in The Villages. I have not as yet done so though I have a permit. If I decide that I need to carry outside TV I must carry in TV to get out.

I could go on and on but the point is, people who carry legally are very serious people. There is no reason to fear them. They have studied the situation quite a bit. The incident at Wal-Mart is rare but things like that happen. Let me say though that things like that make the news much more often than the cases of armed citizens defending themselves.

To those of you who are anti-gun, get over it.

To those of you who worry about legal gun owners, your car is more dangerous.

To those who carry concealed, keep it hidden. It's nobody's business but yours.

OK I rambled. You get the point, I hope.

Yoda

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