John Joseph
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In some states, permits are low cost and easy. In others, CCWs are on the expensive side if available at all.
Not a problem if like MS Pelosi and Chuckles Schumer, you can afford bodyguards, but for the rest of us, yeah, it can be a problem. Not so much the paperwork for a permit and a class ($250 +/- plus ammo for the permit & class in my neck of the woods---but I still think it's worth it) but all the rest---a handgun, magazines or speeders, range time, range ammo, leather or Kydex gear, and additional training. Insurance is also good to have. Alternatively you could keep your Hi Point in a Uncle Mike's from Walmart and ignore it until the next time you have to renew your CCW.
Assuming you have other financial obligations----taxes, tuition, medical bills, a mortgage or car payment, realistic budgeting is simply a fact of family life.
While you'll get brow beaten by internet gun experts if you don't at least shoot 250 rounds weekly, attend Gunsite or some other academy every other year, and carry a Wilson Combat or Glock(pick a two digit number---any two digit number) or SIG Legion.
I'd really like to avoid that in this thread.
To be clear, I'm also not talking about a "hobby" like hunting but a commitment to protecting your family from crime, using your 2A Rights.
What matters to you? How much do you budget to do what you do with your CCW piece to keep competent in your shooting skills?
How's it working out for you?
Not a problem if like MS Pelosi and Chuckles Schumer, you can afford bodyguards, but for the rest of us, yeah, it can be a problem. Not so much the paperwork for a permit and a class ($250 +/- plus ammo for the permit & class in my neck of the woods---but I still think it's worth it) but all the rest---a handgun, magazines or speeders, range time, range ammo, leather or Kydex gear, and additional training. Insurance is also good to have. Alternatively you could keep your Hi Point in a Uncle Mike's from Walmart and ignore it until the next time you have to renew your CCW.
Assuming you have other financial obligations----taxes, tuition, medical bills, a mortgage or car payment, realistic budgeting is simply a fact of family life.
While you'll get brow beaten by internet gun experts if you don't at least shoot 250 rounds weekly, attend Gunsite or some other academy every other year, and carry a Wilson Combat or Glock(pick a two digit number---any two digit number) or SIG Legion.
I'd really like to avoid that in this thread.
To be clear, I'm also not talking about a "hobby" like hunting but a commitment to protecting your family from crime, using your 2A Rights.
What matters to you? How much do you budget to do what you do with your CCW piece to keep competent in your shooting skills?
How's it working out for you?