Check out this website. "http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/4.1/GunFacts4-1-Print.pdf"

You would be suprised at how many LEO's are in favor of CCW.

STFUGBTW---Who exactly is the "average person"? If the "average person" does not need to carry concealed, then who else would? The "above average person"? It's the average citizen that prevents crimes BECAUSE they are carrying. If the "word is out" that more and more citizens are armed, then that alone is preventing some crimes from happening. Make it impossible for a criminal to tell if someone is armed or not. That puts fear into them that they might choose the wrong person to rob next time.

Check out Chamberlain Street and/or Ashe Ave.

Gooseye - I have no problem with competent, responsible people like 4doorvet who feel they need to carry a gun to protect themselves, it is their right.

My only problem is with the attitude of people like imsosteep who think everyone's first reaction should be to pull a gun on their attacker and anyone who wouldn't do so is a "coward".

And I am against spreading the message that guns are the best and only way to protect yourself. The message will be picked up by people who are NOT competent or responsible, who are people like me who *would* hesistate between drawing the gun and shooting, and who would end up getting killed themselves in a situation where they would have only lost a few dollars to a petty theif.

The #1 step to protecting yourself is to use common-sense behaviors to keep from being an "easy" target. That's the first thing you are taught in any self-defense course. You don't need a gun and shouldn't have one if you're not EXTREMELY capable.

Quote from STFUGBTW "Of course, if you are threatened by a gun-weilding criminal and declare to him that you also have a gun and intend to use it, he is much more likely to freak out and actually shoot you rather than just trying to scare you with it as was probably his original intention."

I would never in a million years announce to a criminal that I have a gun, and then expect myself to be able to successfully use it. Real life events aren't like the movies where the hero says, "that's not a knife, this is a knife!", and lives. Anyone who carries a firearm should know that when you pull it out you better be prepared to use it. No warnings or any Hollywood BS like that. If you don't feel comfortable carrying or possibly defending yourself with a gun, then I'm glad that you made the decision to never carry one. But respect the people who choose to, they just might end up saving the live of you or your loved one's some day.