My advice for new concealed carry permit holders

[Trebor]

Here's my latest Michigan Firearms Examiner article on some tips for new concealed carry permit holders.

Advice to new concealed carry permit holders

"As a firearms instructor I get a lot of questions from new Michigan Concealed Pistol License holders about carrying a gun. There is so much to cover that today I’m going to stick to advice on the mental and moral aspects of concealed carry. This applies to anyone, from any state, who has a shiny new CPL/CCW permit and wants to start carrying a gun for self-protection."

 

[xXxplosive]

IMO................good sound advice.

 

[Shawn Dodson]

Sage advice. Good job!

 

[Strykervet]

Hey, that is good advice for new guys and not bad for folks that have been carrying for awhile to read too. Sometimes it helps to hear stuff like that repeated, you know?

 

[Kleanbore]

Excellent!

Thanks, Rob.

 

[Trebor]

Thanks for the kind words. It's nothing that hasn't been said before, but I wanted to put all the good advice I knew in one place.

 

[wbwanzer]

Thanks. Very good.

 

[MuleRyder]

Good advice

 

[KZinOKC]

Thank you, I subscribed.

 

[bergmen]

" Be careful before taking advice from web forums..."

Except for this one of course. Good read.

Dan

 

[Trebor]

Part 2, "Carry like a pro," is delayed until Monday now. I wasn't able to finish it yet and now have to do some other things before 5 p.m.

Sorry for the delay, but it will be better for the extra time spent and not rushing to finish it now.

 

[Fred Fuller]

Hey, you can't fire free labor - but it can quit!

Sometimes life gets in the way - gotta take care of what needs taking care of.

 

[ACP]

awesome link, great job!

 

[mljdeckard]

This is absolutely a good example of the bare minimum things someone should understand if they are carrying.

 

[skoro]

Very good advice. New permit carriers should read and heed.

 

[Loosedhorse]

Great article...

...but what's "Get Trained" doing way down there? Needs to be much higher!

We in MA are in an odd position: You have to get a LTC just to own pistols.

Even though I had the legal ablility to carry after getting my LTC, I did not until after I took Mas Ayoob's LFI-1 (I understand that MAG-40 is similar). THAT was the single smartest thing I did regarding carry.

I guess you can't recommend a specific course or instructor in such an article, but I can here, and I do. There are many great instructors, but Mas's material was just what I needed to begin carrying.

I would also advise anyone to start slow. Carry where you feel comfortable. Heck, carry around the house to try out that new belt and holster before heading out in public--and it's a good idea to carry while your in your house anyway, IMHO. I think I started carrying one day a week. Just me, but it would have been too stressful to start full-time; just too many new things to get used to.

I disagree about not drinking at all while carrying (except where it is actually illegal). I don't hang out in bars (that's not a judgment against those who do), and if I'm going to enjoy a glass of wine at dinner, I don't think I should go unarmed. YMMV, but consider: if you drink at home, do you lock all the guns away and give sommeone else the key, or are your guns easily accessible to you?

The points you make against drinking are of course valid; and for a "beginner" it is perhaps a good rule. (I don't advise anyone getting drunk ever, armed or not.)

 

[Fred Fuller]

Part 2 - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=640719