Thanks everyone for the responses. I am scheduling the first available basic handgun class through OFA tomorrow.
I think you'll be happy with your decision. Fewer legal questions and more options are definite advantages.
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Thanks everyone for the responses. I am scheduling the first available basic handgun class through OFA tomorrow.
Also walk a straight line, if you get a DUI or get yourself in some stupid situation you will get revoked so be very careful. Also when you carry you are more confident and level headed because you know you have the power to take a life if it comes to it.... also get yourself mentally prepared to pull the trigger on another human. Try to always be a few steps ahead.
Also when you carry you are more confident and level headed because you know you have the power to take a life if it comes to it
mjbskwim..... do you live in lala land buddy? I am not saying you get to walk around and execute people. It's a big responsibility to carry a weapon for self defense. If your life or your loved one's life is in danger and you have to use deadly force.... you think a gun is used to bake cookies with?
I am not saying just because you have a gun you get to use it but if it comes down to it and you have no other choice and your last option is to fire..... you are probably gonna end up taking a life.
I am not a violent person and I hope to never use my firearm to take a life but if it comes down to it and my life is in danger..... your darn right I am gonna take a life to defend my own. Also Beaverton Police was not after me because they thought I was a nut job.... they were after me because they are just as ignorant as you are and they just wanted to intimidate me. They like to go on a power trip and try to act like they are the law around here, when in reality their job is to enforce that laws. Just because there are people out there like you who don't have the balls to open carry, it doesn't mean that I should bend over and be intimidated by them and have my privileges taken away because sheeple get scared that I legally open carry.
Now please grow up a little and move on.
I am not not arguing with you on any point. I carry all ways and would never say I am not a little paranoid(keeps me on my toes) . But if anyone thinks the the gov does not already know who has guns and were you are, ccw, nra member or not is kidding themselves.By playing the CCW/CWP game you are saying 'here I am', come take it.
I am surprised that one negative has not come up. When times comes for the gov to go gun collecting (like Katrina) nothing makes that easier than a list of CCW holders. Whether it is your home or driving down the road. CCW is a 'liberty' that can be withdrawn at any time. Suspension of Constitution liberties (not rights; rights cannot be taken away in a heartbeat) is only a pen stroke away. You have a 2nd Amendment to protect against government run amok, not to defend yourself in an alley confrontation, although that fact was blurred long ago.
I don't carry simply because I see it as more of a potential liability then a benefit. If I lived in Detroit or somewhere inherently dangerous, that would probably be different. Than the threat to my living as a free man would be coming from criminal elements more than oppressive gov. As it is now I see the possibility that I'll need a gun to defend myself outside of my home as almost non-existent statistically. About the same odds as being hit by lightning.
Never want to see the inside of a jail cell, never want to be arrested. The easiest way to end up in that situation is to pull out a (legal) gun in public to defend myself; or god forbid fire it. In 99.9% of situations my wits or fists will get me out of bad situations and I would have to worry about going for a ride in most defense scenarios.
People not wanting to go to Fred Meyers or to get gas without a gun to me is just paranoid and nutty. This is coming from a guy that loves guns, thinks the 2nd should be defended 100%. Just the whole CCW thing is entirely an unnecessary risk for me personally.
All for OTHERS doing it though. I should say that I think any law abiding person should be able to carry if they want to, w/o any government special permission like CCW. Of course I would never do that because as I said I'd frown on jail time. By playing the CCW/CWP game you are saying 'here I am', come take it.
People not wanting to go to Fred Meyers or to get gas without a gun to me is just paranoid and nutty.
3break-in's at my house this year. Last week, my neghibor came home to his house broken into and his wife gagged and bound. Last year, I lived in Portland. The negihborhood was pretty quiet...... 7 freak'n shootings w/in the last two weeks before I moved. Cops carry everday and very rarely do they ever have to shoot someone. When and if you need a gun, I really hope youve got one. Meth is the #1 drug in america, Tweekers are all aound us.... Be safe!
snip.... I rarely go anywhere where I would need to carry