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Member Section => Defense and Tactics => Topic started by: dilvish on September 30, 2018, 01:19:17 AM
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OK, just got home to Southern California from a week's RV trip to the Grand Canyon. And at the ripe old age of 65, carried a concealed (firearm) weapon for the first time. Finally.
I've had a Utah non-resident's permit for a number of years - getting it was as much a political statement about my home as anything else, but I've always felt the need to carry some type weapon, even as a young adult. In California, that's pretty much restricted to folding knives and a monkey fist on my keychain.
Prior to this trip, I hadn't traveled out of state since I obtained my permit.
Gosh, cross a border and things change, don't they? I was able to carry my Ruger LCR in .327 - legally! It felt very natural. The first day, I used a Sneaky Pete holster. The following days, I pocket carried using a DeSantis holster. I'll have to experiment with other modes of carry during future trips.
I'm back home now and I'm missing that little additional weight at my side.
I look forward to a Supreme Court that will set my state politicians and jurists straight about enumerated rights.
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Good deal. It's a shame you can't carry at home all the time. Once you wear a sidearm for a while it get's just like your wallet...can't leave home without it and you don't notice wearing it (unless you carry a full size "brick bat" like I do...).
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Moving isn't always an option, so I'm sure you are not alone in anxiously waiting for the laws to be set right.
I carry every day and I doubt there would ever be any reason strong enough to get me to move to a restrictive state.
Good luck ..and take as many trips out of state as you can manage.
Take care.
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Good deal. It's a shame you can't carry at home all the time. Once you wear a sidearm for a while it get's just like your wallet...can't leave home without it and you don't notice wearing it (unless you carry a full size "brick bat" like I do...).
I second that.
Congrats for being able to finally experience the freedom of exercising your rights.
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So...Dilvish,...any new adventures is carrying concealed?
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I wish I could wear it legally but I support it
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It's a great feeling to the security of carrying a gun and defending yourself legally.
Some do not understand that a person has every right to defend himself, and I can now say that not only from people. We still live in a world with the risk of wild animals attacking a person, and a citizen should be able to cope with this.