Thanks, We-The-People, but I like to have the CHL for a few reasons:
1. Exercise the right. If more and more folks got a CHL then maybe the need for the license would disappear.
2. Additional legal insurance. Police and courts know you to be a stand up person a bit more with a CHL. It also helps if one accidently covers their firearm. In the winter, not so easy OCing with a coat.
3. I find that there are occasions where I prefer to conceal. I know this rubs the OC purists the wrong way but sometimes I feel it is better to conceal; weddings of the non-pro-gun, large crowds, when I don't want to be the center of attention...
4. Timing. Sometimes it is better to CC when entering an event and then OC after I'm in. This way you are past the main scrutinizers and once in very few of the event people see you. Usually the local LEOs at the event don't know the events rules but they do know that OC is OK in VA.
I do, in VA OC 99.999% of the time so I know what it is like.
I am now working with Kevin to some degree. Right now I'm just waiting for the Sheriff to respond to my emails. I sent him one to inform him what happened that day and he did respond to me basically indicating that I need an OR drivers license. I then responded indicating the the law requires that proof of property ownership can be one of the four, OR drivers license
OR registered to vote
OR proof of property ownership
OR OR taxes paid. He has not responded to that email and I have sent him another email indicating that they could use their own county database to look up property ownership quickly and efficiently without relying on possible forged documents showing proof of ownership. For those that care here is the Josephine County web site to look up property ownership:
http://www.co.josephine.or.us/page.asp?navid=921 You just enter in a piece of the address and it will list the owner(s). You think the sheriff would trust his own county's database. I also asked him what document is acceptable for proof property ownership. I'll be flying back to VA this Friday so I won't have an opportunity to reapply until Fall when we come out for another vacation. No, I'm not a snowbird, we just bought our retirement home before both of us retired and plan to move completely out in a few years or sooner.