PistolPackingMama
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I am the wife of a regular on this forum, and I read the posts on here a lot. (Even if he doesn't think I do.) There are a lot of descriptions of experiences, and questions of why carry all the time. I have been conceal carrying for close to a year now and have become quite comfortable with it. I carry all the time. I strap on my gun almost as soon as I get out of bed. It has become part of my wardrobe. Initially I started carrying all the time so that my children grew accustomed to it and always assume I am carrying(I don't' need them blurting it out in public).
There have been a few times that I was suspicious of individuals walking through parking lots, but nothing came of that. Tonight was a different experience. I was standing in my drive talking to a friend who was leaving our home at 12:30am when my dog, a boxer/staffordshire, started going nuts. I realized why he was barking. A man appeared from nowhere across from our property and continued around the corner in front of the house. I had to restrain my dog, he wanted to go after him. As I was doing this, the man came back from around the corner and started talking to me. He came toward me and stopped in the center of the road, keeping his distance because of the dog. He was asking me if I could give him a ride to the highway since he was walking barefoot. I flat out told him no(my goodness it was the middle of the night). Then he asked if my friend could give him a ride. No,again. He said, but I'm barefoot and he needed to get to the highway. I told him, the highway is two blocks that way(north). He threw up his hands turned and started walking. He wasn't walking straight, it could have been because he was barefoot, but my inkling was he was drunk due to the fact of his loud boisterous speech and inability to walk straight. My friend asked me what was going on, when I told her she started to panic and said to hurry up and get into the house. I told her, It's ok I have my gun. Just at that moment, the guy started walking faster and in a straight line(I think he heard me).
I am much calmer when i carry. I also pay better attention to what is around me, and to details. It's not that I'm looking for trouble. I have six kids and a quadriplegic to protect. My husband can't be there at all times.
I am the wife of a regular on this forum, and I read the posts on here a lot. (Even if he doesn't think I do.) There are a lot of descriptions of experiences, and questions of why carry all the time. I have been conceal carrying for close to a year now and have become quite comfortable with it. I carry all the time. I strap on my gun almost as soon as I get out of bed. It has become part of my wardrobe. Initially I started carrying all the time so that my children grew accustomed to it and always assume I am carrying(I don't' need them blurting it out in public).
There have been a few times that I was suspicious of individuals walking through parking lots, but nothing came of that. Tonight was a different experience. I was standing in my drive talking to a friend who was leaving our home at 12:30am when my dog, a boxer/staffordshire, started going nuts. I realized why he was barking. A man appeared from nowhere across from our property and continued around the corner in front of the house. I had to restrain my dog, he wanted to go after him. As I was doing this, the man came back from around the corner and started talking to me. He came toward me and stopped in the center of the road, keeping his distance because of the dog. He was asking me if I could give him a ride to the highway since he was walking barefoot. I flat out told him no(my goodness it was the middle of the night). Then he asked if my friend could give him a ride. No,again. He said, but I'm barefoot and he needed to get to the highway. I told him, the highway is two blocks that way(north). He threw up his hands turned and started walking. He wasn't walking straight, it could have been because he was barefoot, but my inkling was he was drunk due to the fact of his loud boisterous speech and inability to walk straight. My friend asked me what was going on, when I told her she started to panic and said to hurry up and get into the house. I told her, It's ok I have my gun. Just at that moment, the guy started walking faster and in a straight line(I think he heard me).
I am much calmer when i carry. I also pay better attention to what is around me, and to details. It's not that I'm looking for trouble. I have six kids and a quadriplegic to protect. My husband can't be there at all times.