41 years ago today ...

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Nice!

I don't remember when I started carrying, and I moved towns so I can't go off the renewal every four years. Certainly not 41 years though haha! Probably around 7 years.
 
I don't know you and don't want to hurt your feelings by saying you're old, but DARN that carry permit sure has some age on it!!!;) Hey don't feel alone it's happening to all of us. Faster and faster it seems.
 
I remember back when I first started to conceal carry (around 11 or 12 years ago when I moved from NJ to PA). I was constantly annoyed with my stupid gun. I bumped it into everything, I constantly rested my hand on it and I always adjusted my belt. I became a LEO around the same time that I started conceal carrying, so carrying became 2nd nature very quickly. Now? The only reason I know I have a pistol on me is because I always have a pistol on me!
 
Got my first one in 1979

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... I became a LEO around the same time that I started conceal carrying, so carrying became 2nd nature very quickly. Now? The only reason I know I have a pistol on me is because I always have a pistol on me!
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The weight on my belt at ~4o'clock became my norm surprisingly fast.

5 years later I worked at a different place and I was reduced to carrying my Kel-lite at work (which came in very handy late one night, but that is a different story).

We got a call at 2-3am that there was some problem on the 4th floor (unoccupied & rarely used ... meeting rooms and such), so I grabbed my Motorola (The Brick), slipped it on the right-rear of my belt and headed upstairs to check it out.

After I stepped out of the elevator into the dimly-lit expanse and the the door shut behind me, a fellow suddenly appeared in the hallway to the left and suddenly reached under his coat on his right rear.

Old habit had me quickly sidestep into the only available, if minimal, cover that my brain had cataloged upon entering the area. I bent at the knees and my hand automatically reached under my coat ... and found that the comfortable weight on my belt was a Motorola Brick and not my pistol. :what:

Thank goodness the guy was just a very drunk soul who was confused and reaching in a strange, jerky fashion for his wallet to prove who he was.

WHEW! After that I always carried the Motorola on my LEFT side if it was not in my hand. ;)
 
Old habit had me quickly sidestep into the only available, if minimal, cover that my brain had cataloged upon entering the area. I bent at the knees and my hand automatically reached under my coat ... and found that the comfortable weight on my belt was a Motorola Brick and not my pistol.
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Hahaha! I'll tell you what, those old brick phones can do almost as much damage as some of the mouse guns I have seen over the years! Plus I am convinced that those things could stop a bullet!
 
Ranger Roberts said:
Hahaha! I'll tell you what, those old brick phones can do almost as much damage as some of the mouse guns I have seen over the years! Plus I am convinced that those things could stop a bullet!
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The Motorola "Brick" Radios (which predated the old Brick telephones ... my story occurred in 1980;)) like I was carrying that night were even better for that, I think. As I recall, they were heavier, denser ... and were easier to grip so that you could probably throw them pretty hard & accurately, although I never tried it.
 
It was twenty years ago today
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
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Well it will be 20 years ago this year, in late August, that I received my Texas CHL and first started carrying. ( Legally that is :) ).
 
That's funny.

The simplicity of the card reminds me of the ones we got in Massachusetts in the 80's

THAT'S RIGHT, MASSACHUSETTS!

When I was at Ft Devens, a bunch of us went down to get "permits" to transport handguns to and from sport-shooting events and what they issued were concealed carry permits in the form of kinda cheesy little bits of paper - we had to laminate them ourselves to keep them from falling apart.

Wish I still had one - it'd be a museum piece!


Todd.
 
GBExpat said:
The Motorola "Brick" Radios (which predated the old Brick telephones ... my story occurred in 1980;)) like I was carrying that night were even better for that, I think. As I recall, they were heavier, denser ... and were easier to grip so that you could probably throw them pretty hard & accurately, although I never tried it.
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I used to haul one of those types on my belt at work in 1984-85. I wonder if the twist off external battery lower half would come snapping off when it hit pavement at full speed. :evil:
 
Started on the job in 1969, so been carrying since then. After 40 years of carrying for the state, I rarely carry now.

Going back up to NYC this weekend, debating whether to bring one with me.
 
Looking at your permit, I'm kind of curious about the concealed carry laws of Virginia in 1975. So in order to get the permit then you had to be a cop, guard or prove some valid reason to get a carry permit? You had to renew it every year (from what I gather?).
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Midwest said:
Looking at your permit, I'm kind of curious about the concealed carry laws of Virginia in 1975. So in order to get the permit then you had to be a cop, guard or prove some valid reason to get a carry permit? You had to renew it every year (from what I gather?).
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Yes, for civilians you needed to provide a valid reason. I applied for this after being robbed by 2 fellows at worked during graveyard shift that winter at my oceanfront hotel.

Some of my buddies at 2nd Precinct expressed surprise that I got it because they were, apparently, hard to get.

I have always suspected that one or more of those guys quietly called the Clerk's office on my behalf. :)

They were an annual permit and cost $25, IIRC.

Each year I had to return to 1st Precinct at the Princess Anne complex and provide my fingerprints along with my application and cash.

Unlike now, back then the permit was for a concealed weapon, not specifically a handgun.
 
Tommygunn said:
In other news, 104 years ago this day:
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WAIT A MINUTE ... <thinking, thinking, thinking> ... so, what you're suggesting is that TWO human tragedies occurred on this date, the Sinking of the Titanic resulting in the loss of 1517 lives ... and GBExpat was issued his first concealed weapons permit? Hmmmm? :scrutiny:

Well, if so ... that's fair ... :D
 
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