Hey, Gambit.
If I were you, I'd look up your state laws on concealed carry, and keep a copy handy for when a question comes up.
A deputy once told me, "The prosecutor in this county is a no-nonsense guy. If you have to kill some criminal in self-defense, having a permit shows the DA that you respect the law and follow the rules, and he's not going to charge you with a crime." That same deputy also told me, "If I respond to a shootout, I only want to hear one story." So in some times and places, a carry permit indicates to the authorities that you're a good guy.
I was working in a big city once, and driving home to the country on weekends. Late one Friday night, I was behind an elderly couple in a small foreign car when a big blacktail doe jumped out in the road, and they hammered it. After making sure they were okay, I went looking for the deer, and she was in the ditch about 40 yards away, badly crippled but not dead.
I had guns at home, but none with me. I backed my work truck down there and dispatched her with a 28 oz. Estwing hammer, and it was not a pretty sight. If a state trooper had come along he'd have ticketed me for sure, but no way was I gonna leave that doe in the ditch to die with crows pecking on her, just that kinda guy.
No cell phones then, way out in the middle of nowhere. When I came back up to tow the people's car into the next town, I had blood all over my coveralls and the lady started crying, as far as I know she cried all the way to town 'cause she was still crying when I left them. Her husband kept saying, "You did the right thing, thank you for helping us." And offering money, which I refused.
If I had been carrying, even a .22, I could have done the deed much more quickly and efficiently. I know how the mods don't like us discussing illegal acts, sorry but in some cases the law just doesn't address what's needed in the situation, and a man does what he's gotta do.
Parker