CCW backlash ... another aspect?

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Well El Tejon Sir,

You are a good example (in more than than way around here btw) - but I know folks in your line of work. Your "clients" are innocent . They do have associates and business partners. There could be folks upset if a situation did not turn out as well as "they" expected. Explained to me as akin to - how to say- honesty among "friends", until the big business meeting. If this meeting does not go well , or as "clients" wanted...El T might not be in such good graces...little bit of resentment.

Oh...at 10:30 am yes you would eat this pie, hot and fresh...this lady knew how to do apple pie and how to"put a scald on fried chicken".

El T is determined to get me to try sushi...I wonder if we have that in AR...I don't see it next to pork chops at the market...BBQ joints sure don't have it...

 

[jwmoore]

In the event of threats, it would be time to disappear if you hadn't already - http://www.howtobeinvisible.com

Great book, highly recommended.

~W

 

[P95Carry]

Much excellent input here and thx to all ..... I think ultimately the aspect that would irk me most is the ''uncertainty factor'' ..... maybe one would see a risk/threat as a mere 5% ... if that. But those things can pray on the mind ... and that sure does not appeal to me at this end of life ... when I want to be laid back and relaxed ... hopefully enjoying what choose.

If it were to occur tho ... I would simply have to deal with it .... that's for sure.

 

[El Tejon]

P95, oh, yeah, the not knowing is an incredible strain. I've seen guys go up 30 pounds, down 30 pounds, ulcers, hair (gray or out), all kinds of problems. It does not help when after dealing with Problem #1, you get to talk to the tilecrawler, that you just paid a lot of denek to, as he looks you in the face and says "well, I don't know what's going to happen--it depends. In the hands of the grand jury, Prosecuting Attorney, etc."

Closest that I've seen is guys going through custody hearings or restricted visitation hearings. Those are plenty bad, but at least prison is usually not a possibility.

This effect is the reason I recommend physical exercise to deal with the stresses. Some guys laugh at me (green tea-drinking, sushi-eating, twigs and nuts squirrel that I am), but I've been on this woods before. Heck, it's where I live.

The guys who deal with it the best are the types that have prepared for it, like coppers, especially those with religious convictions. They seem totally at ease and certain that they did all they could do. (Sometimes a bad image to project, but it depends).

 

[Daniel T]

Yea, an unverifiable story, with vauge references to possibly Memphis. Good story, but without being able to verify it I won't take it as fact.

Act1man, I'm with you on that one. The cliche "anit-gun minority city council-woman" shot it down for me.

 

[artherd]

This time put 4 in the chest and 2 in the head?

Drop him with a scoped rifle. (oops, I thought he had a rifle too. Guess that was just a stick. Easy mistake.)


No security is 100%, but if some BG wants me, I hope he brought guided f---ing missiles.

This would be a good time to invest in an armoured Surburban, with a .50 Ma Duce in back (semi-auto and perfectly CA legal of course.)

I don't think neighborhood thugs have Night Vision gear either.

 

[Brian D.]

Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but being a competition shooter for 20+ years, in several disciplines, has put me around many fine, stalward folks. Kinda thinking that one or more of them could be of some help in "covering my back" if there was such a threat of retribution against me. I'd do it for them, am betting at least some of 'em would help me in such a time of need..

 

[P95Carry]

Indeed Brian ... that could well be a ''saving grace'' ... like you, I certainly would step in with support in someone's case of need ... both with psychological support as well as physical. We owe that to one another I think.

 

[Langenator]

Another tool to possibly use is restraining orders against said perp and any of his family and friends who have been making threats.

Mr Perp, if he's not dead, most likley now has a felony conviction, and as such can't legally have guns (not that it's likely to stop him from getting them.) His family and/or friends might be another story. If you can subject them to a restraining order, it gives the cops another thing they can arrest them for.

And, if nothing else, as stated previously, it creates a paper trail.

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On a personal note, I'm in the Army, and my wife has relatives who live in a small town in Montana. Wife and kid would immediately go there for a little vacation, taking her guns with her (SKS and Kimber), and I would move on post-and I would risk the scuffing from my commander for not fully complying with post regs on storage of personal weapons.