VaughnT
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Welcome aboard, Scribbler. Guns are great fun and shooting can become quite an addictive pastime.
Good to have you in the fold.
Good to have you in the fold.
I also own a .38 pistol which my brother gave me years ago, which really just stays in a box under the bed.
You only need to carry it on the day you're going to get attacked, in the place you're going to get attacked.So I'd have to decide when to carry it, and where.
I can't, that's the point I'm trying to help you answer your question about when and where you should carry your gun. Since you need to have it when you are attacked, and nobody can predict when and where that will be...you need to have it all the time. Or the maximum amount of time allowed by law.If you can tell me when and where I might get attacked, you are psychic. You could be making a fortune on your own TV show...
I don't think I'd place too much trust in Atlanta area 911.
If I am in a situation where I feel I am in imminent danger and I need to pull my gun out of my purse, won't I be putting myself in line for being arrested for brandishing a firearm? I was told recently that would be a possibility.
Then be prepared to have to defend your actions, if necessary, in both criminal and civil proceedings.
Georgia is very reasonable in this. I know of only one case where a wrongful death civil suit was brought to trial. And it was NOT ruled self defense. My buddy was charged with murder instead...and acquitted. He was found guilty of wrongful death in the civil trial and filed bankruptcy. The family suing him never got a dime from him.