armoredman
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Here's my take - I carry what I like to shoot due to the fact that it refreshes skills to practice regularly. At work I qualify with the Glock 19 or Glock 17 every year, Expert or Distinguished Expert. I don't like the Glock sidearm, the trigger, the fit or feel of the grip, nada. I fully recognize it is a fine functional firearm, but I don't enjoy shooting it, when I have found other pistols that I do enjoy shooting. You see, when I enjoy shooting a certain firearm, I tend to become more proficient with said firearm, especially if I can use it with some sort of official training. If I do not like my carry sidearm, and do not care to practice with it, I will tend to become less proficient, and skills with firearms IS a degradable skill. Otherwise PDs wouldn't have qualifications at all.
So, having said all that, I routinely qualify with said Glock pistol to a higher standard than many of my co-workers. Because, for strictly personal reasons, I do not care for the sidearm, I chose to carry my CZ SP-01 Phantom, a reliable and dependable sidearm which I do enjoy shooting at the range. This encourages practice.
Therefore, I can say, with legal qualifications in place, I carry a sidearm that I enjoy shooting, which tends to encourage proficiency. This in turn can lead to a safer environment if in the statistically rare possibility that I have to employ deadly physical force to defend my life or the life of a third person according to Arizona Revised Statutes, in that my shots may be more accurate than a lesser trained person. I do not enjoy carrying the firearm - less weight on my belt would always be better, but in that SCOTUS has ruled that the heavy burden of defense of self IS on my shoulders, it behooves me as a responsible citizen to carry the best firearm that I can, and one that I will practice with regularly.
As for this quote,
And though this seems like such a pat answer to this question...
It is true. It's not the odds, it's the stakes.
in only one way does this sentence make sense,
So, having said all that, I routinely qualify with said Glock pistol to a higher standard than many of my co-workers. Because, for strictly personal reasons, I do not care for the sidearm, I chose to carry my CZ SP-01 Phantom, a reliable and dependable sidearm which I do enjoy shooting at the range. This encourages practice.
Therefore, I can say, with legal qualifications in place, I carry a sidearm that I enjoy shooting, which tends to encourage proficiency. This in turn can lead to a safer environment if in the statistically rare possibility that I have to employ deadly physical force to defend my life or the life of a third person according to Arizona Revised Statutes, in that my shots may be more accurate than a lesser trained person. I do not enjoy carrying the firearm - less weight on my belt would always be better, but in that SCOTUS has ruled that the heavy burden of defense of self IS on my shoulders, it behooves me as a responsible citizen to carry the best firearm that I can, and one that I will practice with regularly.
As for this quote,
Glad you don't work here, and very glad that even if you did, you couldn't affect anyone carrying a concealed firearm.Honestly, if I were working in a permit office or licensing agency & someone told me they enjoy having a concealed carry gun, Id deny the application.
And though this seems like such a pat answer to this question...
...the chance that you will need a defensive weapon on a particular day are indeed infinitesimal, but the chances that you will need one, whether for deterrence or for something more serious, at least once during your lifetime are much, much, higher...
It is true. It's not the odds, it's the stakes.
in only one way does this sentence make sense,
Inmates practice in concealing weapons in unusual and bizarre locations, so one who is an expert in concealing contraband might indeed gain some status in the cell block, or will simply be the guy who gets tasked to hide all the cell phones and shanks on his run. Most likely the latter.status goes a long way for those of us that qualify for a ccw..... for those who have spent far to much time in the jail house .... their symbol of status does just the opposite..... so yes in a way it is a status symbol......