Thank you for the article. I’m still in the contemplative process. Contemplating moving out of a state that is so afraid of its citizens that it has put all sorts of ridiculous restrictions on our right to bear arms.
For anyone carrrying or contemplating it, I strongly recommend LOTS of training–not just the CCW course. You will greatly increase your confidence in your ability to use your weapon if it is needed.
Sadly the Heller decision included exceptions for “reasonable restrictions”–we see by DC’s outrageous response what we can expect to be litigated over the next decade.
Meanwhile we have a perfect example of urban terrorism in Bombay which could have been stopped very early by an armed citizenry (or a properly armed and trained police force in this case). There will be more of those. But then anyone living in a large city in the US knows about urban terrorism, it’s practiced day in and day out.
BTW in my first handgun course–shortly after learning the “four basic rules”–we learned that one’s chance of surviving an armed conflict is greatly increased by running away. But sometimes you can’t do that.
