GambJoe
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I live in the great state of Texas and they make it relatively easy to get a ccw. I come from mostly NY and NJ areas where a ccw is hard to get. Let me give you a little back ground I grew up in NYC when it was really a high crime area. From a young age I always carried a knife as self protection. Guns were unheard of as a self defense weapon. For the most part guns were carried by cops and criminals. I was neither.
As time moved on so did I, I worked in Maine for about seven years. It was pretty much crime free where I lived; you could leave your doors and windows unlocked and street crime was non-existent. I felt safe, no need to carry a weapon for self defense. I felt free.
I moved back to NYC due to family illness. Being back in NYC I refused to get myself into the frame of mind, whether I need one or not, to carry a weapon. Maybe be I got older, but I didn't want to live with the fear of an eventual crime against my person.
Now that I'm in Texas I'm debating with myself ; should I get a ccw. There are allot of reasons to carry. From the yoboh's with their pit bulls, Dobermans and rotwilders to the wild animals like boars, deer's and snakes . Oh yeah then there's always the threat of crime.
Yet I'm torn. When I go hiking or when I'm somewhere I think there could be a problem, maybe I would want the option to defend myself and my wife. But as I told a young guy I was working, when he asked my opinion on ccw, I told him, I don't want to strap on a gun every morning thinking I might have to shoot someone.
Thing is, I have two weapons at home for self defense. After being beaten in a burglary, I went against my grain and I purchased my first firearm, a shotgun then latter a pistol for home defense. I'm wondering do I need another incident to finally get me motivated to get a ccw.
As time moved on so did I, I worked in Maine for about seven years. It was pretty much crime free where I lived; you could leave your doors and windows unlocked and street crime was non-existent. I felt safe, no need to carry a weapon for self defense. I felt free.
I moved back to NYC due to family illness. Being back in NYC I refused to get myself into the frame of mind, whether I need one or not, to carry a weapon. Maybe be I got older, but I didn't want to live with the fear of an eventual crime against my person.
Now that I'm in Texas I'm debating with myself ; should I get a ccw. There are allot of reasons to carry. From the yoboh's with their pit bulls, Dobermans and rotwilders to the wild animals like boars, deer's and snakes . Oh yeah then there's always the threat of crime.
Yet I'm torn. When I go hiking or when I'm somewhere I think there could be a problem, maybe I would want the option to defend myself and my wife. But as I told a young guy I was working, when he asked my opinion on ccw, I told him, I don't want to strap on a gun every morning thinking I might have to shoot someone.
Thing is, I have two weapons at home for self defense. After being beaten in a burglary, I went against my grain and I purchased my first firearm, a shotgun then latter a pistol for home defense. I'm wondering do I need another incident to finally get me motivated to get a ccw.