What I Learned From My First Year of Carrying

By Freedom Concealed

About a year ago, I started the process of obtaining a provisional concealed carry permit. Now, I realize how much that decision has changed my life, and how much I have learned over this past year.

One of the biggest things I have learned since I started carrying is responsibility. When I initially got my permit, I was 18 years old and a freshman in college. I was already dealing with a lot of changes in my day-to-day life. The night before I carried my gun for the first time, I was thinking a lot about it. I had to become okay with the fact that carrying a gun means being ready to use it against a potential threat. I also had to fully grasp that I am the only one responsible for my actions. It seems like an easy enough realization, but as an 18 year old, fresh out of high school, it wasn’t. Carrying a gun is a matter of life or death, and the decision to arm myself every day was the first “adult” decision I had to make. I was afraid of the responsibility, but my desire to be self-reliant is what made me accept the responsibility. …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation