[JustBeingMe]

Blaze, I don't know what city your living in where your afraid to answer your door bell or pump gas after 8 pm. Could it be you live in a bad side of your city?
If you live in Dallas or Houston, or some other large city, yeah, I would bet you might.I grew up in Houston, and I moved from there when I was around 21. When I was 25 one of my friends that Ets'd from the military went home to Houston, and while she was sitting at a red light she was car jacked. Had she had a gun, maybe she might have been able to protect herself, maybe not, it all depends on the circumstances involved.
I grew up here in Texas, lived here almost all my life of 46 years, going on 47, and honestly can't say the folks here in Texas would be gunslingers with a license to carry a concealed firearm. I am all for it. We already have the so called Make My Day law here where you have the right to shoot anyone stealing from you on your property or breaking into your home.
Granted there is a lot of crime sure, and it's not just in Texas, it's all over.
The gangs are taking over, drugs are taking over, bad economy always add to that, etc,....etc...etc.
The Fact is........just this...........you have to have a complete background check done on you before you can have the license to carry.
Yeah, folks will fall through the cracks, but that is a system fault they have with the way it's set up. It needs to be a nationwide search on the individual, not just local for one state.
I am for the right to bear arms, I wouldn't have our Constitution changed one I oda. I am for the right to protect your property and yourself and family or anyone in your home or even your dog in your yard for that matter.
As far as handguns being concealed, they make you take a training class too.
Why not carry concealed ? Hell the criminals do. I would also venture to say that there are just as many if not more firearms that are in the hands of criminals than just regular law abiding citizens.
Do I personally own a gun, No I don't. Have I ever used one, Yes, I have, hunting many moons ago.
Our forefathers wanted us as citizens to have the right to bear arms and I don't think of it any other way, and carrying a concealed weapon for your own protection is just one way in an individuals right to bear arms.
It's how this country was formed.

Just my 2 cents...you can take it with you or leave it in the change drop at the store by the register.


ETA: I also lived in Michigan, just outside of Detroit where the cops won't even bother coming out when your carjacked, cause the crime there is so rampant, they don't even do anything about stolen vehicles. A coworker's son was carjacked at the very same light I used to stop at and turn to get home. Interesting isn't it? He called the cops, they told him it would be worthless to even come out and get a description of the Perps that stole it. That it would be a waste of time. To just come in to your local precinct and file a report and file on his insurance cause the car would be LONG GONE and STRIPPED.And never mind the Perps hand a gun when they did it.