The Expert
Regular Member
I'm very much pro-open carry, but due to two elements of my life, I find that it is not very often that I do so.
1) U of M Student - I graduated with an associates degree in CAD in 2000, didn't like it and went into the Marine Corps till 2004, liked it but not enough to stay in now that I had a wife and kids I was responsible for, moved into real estate and decided, last year to return to school at U-of-M Dearborn. No carrying and I can't even leave the gun in the car. I go full time, so Mon-Thurs is pretty much out of the question for me.
2) Church - I love my church and am very active in it. We meet at Woodhaven High School, so even if I got the Leadership team to sign off on me carrying concealed, I couldn't do it. While I'm all about being responsible and taking responsibilty for my protection and that of my wife, I am not willing to OC at church because it would do nothing but be a distraction and cause visitors (who are notoriously scared when they first walk into a religious place) additional reasons to be uncomfortable. Kinda goes completely against what we are trying to achieve in being welcoming and friendly and showing the love of Jesus there and all that.
That being the case, I'm really limited in the times and ways I can OC.
1) U of M Student - I graduated with an associates degree in CAD in 2000, didn't like it and went into the Marine Corps till 2004, liked it but not enough to stay in now that I had a wife and kids I was responsible for, moved into real estate and decided, last year to return to school at U-of-M Dearborn. No carrying and I can't even leave the gun in the car. I go full time, so Mon-Thurs is pretty much out of the question for me.
2) Church - I love my church and am very active in it. We meet at Woodhaven High School, so even if I got the Leadership team to sign off on me carrying concealed, I couldn't do it. While I'm all about being responsible and taking responsibilty for my protection and that of my wife, I am not willing to OC at church because it would do nothing but be a distraction and cause visitors (who are notoriously scared when they first walk into a religious place) additional reasons to be uncomfortable. Kinda goes completely against what we are trying to achieve in being welcoming and friendly and showing the love of Jesus there and all that.
That being the case, I'm really limited in the times and ways I can OC.