Every time I look at the news I want to get my Conceal carry more!!!

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Originally Posted by Bartruff1

Get something that is absolutely dependable....learn how to use it... I have a revolver....wouldn't have a auto...

Yeah, that's why the Army, Navy, Marines, and most police departments carry autos. They're just a whole lot less likely to run up against trouble than someone riding around in their pickup.

Geez, don't be so lazy. Spend a little money and accurize your auto. Clean your weapon regularly. I'd rather have 12 chances than 6.

On the subject of CCW I had a funny thing happen last month. I had been at our regular monthly poker fest and on the way home ran into a DUI check just south of Lees Summit. I saw it quite a ways ahead so before I got there I had fished out my wallet and had it sitting on the dash of the Corvette. Now I've carried for a long long time because my cousin is the county sheriff and I had a deputy card long before our great CCW law came along. As I pulled up in line a very cute female cop and a male cop came up. The female asked me if I had been drinking and I told her yes that I had one beer at 7:00 and one at 9:00 (it was 2:30 in the morning). She asked to see my license, registration and proof of insurance. I fished my license and CCW card out of the wallet and handed them to her. She asked if I had a weapon on me and I told her that I did, it was in a holster inside the waistband of my pants. She asked me to relinquish it to her so keeping one hand on the steering wheel I opened the door and carefully stepped out, unsnapped the holster and released the magazine while still in the holster, handed her the magazine, took the weapon out and ejected the shell from the chamber and handed it to her. Just about then the male cop started to unload on me telling me he couldn't understand why people carried weapons, that only the cops should have weapons as they were trained to use them and blah blah blah. He kind of stopped to get his breath so I politely asked him how many gunfights he had ever been in. He kind of blustered and told me that he was proud that he had never had to draw his weapon in the line of duty. That's great I told him because it's something you really don't ever want to have happen to you. Sneeringly he asked me how many I had been in. He was somewhat taken aback when I told him more than the fingers on both hands and that with that experience behind me it was pretty well documented that my situational awareness was such that at least I could be depended on to not shoot any friendlies unlike guys that just sat around talking about it at the donut shop. With that he almost went ballistic and turned around and walked off ranting the entire way. The cute female cop had been standing there chuckling and handed me my weapon back thanking me for the warning and told me that I could go on my way. As I got back in the car she leaned over to the window and apologized for her partner. Her last words were........"He's such a dick." I was still laughing when I got home.