What I'd do
Well, I’ve probably got more training with firearms than most folks. I was an Air Force Combat Controller for seven years. During that time I had quite a bit of firearms training and experience. Then I went through a police academy and was a cop for two years.
I didn’t purchase a gun, though, until an incident in the panhandle of Florida 15 or 20 years ago. A couple from the United Kingdom were traveling and stopped in a rest area west of Tallahassee and were gunned down by some young punks.
We traveled a lot and I told my wife that if we’d been there I would have had to try to help but without a gun, and against numerous young thugs with guns, I don’t know what I could have done.
So, I purchased a S&W .357 revolver. It’ what I had as a cop and I knew the gun and wouldn’t have to worry about how to take the safety off. LOL!
Since I purchased it I’ve only fired it, maybe, 20 times. I keep five chambers loaded and nothing in the chamber aligned with the muzzle in case of a fire in the house or car. Why would you need more than two or three loaded chambers anyway unless you are a pathetic marksman?
My wife travels alone to visit her family in NC so we recently purchased a S&W Bodygurard .38 for her. We both have Conceal/Carry permits.
We don’t carry unless we’re traveling but if we we’re stopped by law enforcement for any reason we would hand our conceal/carry permit with our drivers license to the officer to let him know we are carrying and are legal. I’d never just tell them I have a firearm.
And, if someone is harassing you and you want to warn them you have a firearm you could simply show them your conceal/carry permit. That is legal…, showing them your gun is not!
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