Get Off The Fence About Concealed Carry

By G. Halek

There are people who were born and raised around guns. They know how to use, care, and carry them because they’ve spent their lives around them.

That’s just one segment of the estimated 12-14 million concealed carriers in the United States. Each one of those individuals with a concealed carry permit had to make a conscious decision to get the training, fill out the application, take the test, pick up a gun and carry it everyday.

So what does it take for an individual citizen to decide he is going to be responsible for his own safety?

Just once…

• An unwanted stalker
• A home invasion
• Victim of assault
• Know or seen someone become the victim of a violent act
• Domestic abuse
• Mugging or robbery
• Close encounter in a parking lot

That’s all it takes. Even if a person has never experienced a violent act but merely seen the effects of it, he knows that all it takes is once before life changes in a very permanent way.

Arguments Against Concealed Carry Hold No Water

The biggest thing I hear in casual conversation with people who don’t believe ordinary citizens should carry is, “why does a regular person need a gun?”

It’s a right.

A regular person has a right to own a gun. He or …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation