Do you carry every time you go out?

armedandsafe · December 24, 2007, 09:31 PM

We hear, every once in awhile, someone say they don't carry unless they think they will be someplace where it is "likely" they will need it. Well, this guy didn't need it until he got back home.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/u...ry/237410.html

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TheNewsTribune.com
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Police say homeowner shot, killed intruder

Ian Demsky; The News Tribune
A Kent homeowner shot and killed a suspected intruder Saturday evening, Kent police reported Sunday.
Police released few details of the incident beyond saying the residents arrived at a home in the 26000 block of 106 Avenue SE at 6 p.m. and found an intruder.

Multiple gunshots were fired and only the intruder was injured. The intruder died at the scene. Police said the identity of the intruder was unknown. No one has been arrested.

Pops

Playboypenguin · December 24, 2007, 10:04 PM

I do always carry.

wolfdog45 · December 24, 2007, 10:06 PM

I carry everytime I'm out. And when I'm home I alway's have a gun close by.

hoytinak · December 24, 2007, 10:14 PM

Yep, I always carry.

Mags · December 24, 2007, 10:22 PM

carry about 80% of the time. Not practical to carry at work. Usually carry out to public places.

IdahoG36 · December 24, 2007, 10:36 PM

I carry everywhere unless it's prohibited.

kgpcr · December 25, 2007, 12:48 AM

I carry alot but not all the time. Depends on where i am going

Jay1958 · December 25, 2007, 12:51 AM

I carry everywhere that I legally can. I rarely enter or leave home unarmed.

Edward Nigma · December 25, 2007, 01:00 AM

I carry every time I'm out and about.

Texasdoc · December 25, 2007, 01:15 AM

I carry everyday, the only time I don't is when I go to courthouse to get paperwork done for the lawyer.But its in the truck close by if needed.

Doc

joab · December 25, 2007, 01:19 AM

Truthfully I almost never carry
My uniform and the work I do makes it very difficult
But there has been a gun in my glovebox for over thirty years

Thunderhawk88 · December 25, 2007, 01:53 AM

About 95% of the time.

AdamSean · December 25, 2007, 02:35 AM

I carry at all times. I have even had friend jest me for carrying to church. But look what happened at that church recently. You never know when something bad may happen where you will have to defend yourself or those around you. I would rather be safe than sorry.

rampage841512 · December 25, 2007, 10:09 AM

Yes.

orionengnr · December 25, 2007, 10:27 AM

Yep...

EJJR · December 25, 2007, 10:30 AM

Maybe I do, maybe I don't.

trader vic · December 25, 2007, 11:01 AM

I carry all the time, to work, to church, everywhere. The 1st rule of gunfighting is, have a gun. I was also a Boy Scout & our motto was, Be Prepared. You cannot make an appointment for an emergency. NRA PATRON LIFE MEMBER

matthew temkin · December 25, 2007, 12:59 PM

About 50% of the time.
The older I get the more cumbersome it gets.

Dwight55 · December 25, 2007, 01:22 PM

I have to say "Most of the time" because there are days when I don't.

But one of the big reasons I do carry is simply the return trip into the house. I have always been very much afraid of interrupting a burglary in progress at my house, . . . and would really hate to have that happen and be unarmed also.

Most of the days I "don't" also coincide with days someone is at home all day.

May God bless,
Dwight

Tanzer · December 25, 2007, 02:39 PM

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Maybe I do, maybe I don't.

+1, and I might wear it around the house, too, so I don't have to "lunge for it". My wife might think it's silly to wear it with sweats, but she might sometimes be in condition white.

tshadow6 · December 25, 2007, 02:42 PM

I carry all the time.

gordo_gun_guy · December 25, 2007, 03:17 PM

I try to carry as much as possible; unfortunately I can't carry to work on a military reservation. Ironic really. But I don't go out for dinner/errands without packing. Likewise with jogging and yardwork.

I used to hate pushing the jogging stroller, until I realized I could ditch the .380 in the belly band for a real gun.

FM12 · December 25, 2007, 05:25 PM

About 2/3 of the time I do, and 2/3 of the time I don't.

Been carrying more since the mall shooting, and the VT massacree.

Mostly when with my family.

YounGun24 · December 25, 2007, 06:23 PM

I carry when I can, usually out in public. Around the house, I keep a gun close, and when I can't carry, it's in my glovebox.

10-96 · December 25, 2007, 07:03 PM

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unfortunately I can't carry to work on a military reservation. Ironic really.

I always thought that was odd also. The years I spent in the barracks- I swear they even questioned fellers about what their intentions were with tool kits or tool boxes. Granted, I saw a great number of soldiers who had absolutely no business with a firearm- but we all weren't cut of that cloth. It has always been my firm belief that firearms should not be made to seem so (foreign, odd, strange, mysterious, dangerous whatever word fits). That's why there are so many ND's (me thinks)- because some folks are too scared of the thing to use their full faculties of common and safe sense.

As to the thread- I can't think of any place I've gone that I haven't carried.

December 24, 2007, 10:06 PM	#3
wolfdog45 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 324	I carry everytime I'm out. And when I'm home I alway's have a gun close by. __________________ Veritas vincit. (Truth conquers) " Do what is right-help others." Leo K. Thorsness, Medal of Honor recipient.

December 25, 2007, 12:48 AM	#7
kgpcr Senior Member Join Date: May 23, 2005 Posts: 955	I carry alot but not all the time. Depends on where i am going __________________ Colt King Cobra .357 Colt Anaconda .44mag Springfield Armory .45 Double stack Loaded XD40 service XD45 Taurus 617 .357mag Smith M&P 40

December 25, 2007, 01:19 AM	#11
joab Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2002 Location: Orl Fla Posts: 3,254	Truthfully I almost never carry My uniform and the work I do makes it very difficult But there has been a gun in my glovebox for over thirty years __________________ Joab the Bugman Founding member- Lords of Pomposity It's a Yankee Doodle thing

December 25, 2007, 10:09 AM	#14
rampage841512 Senior Member Join Date: July 16, 2007 Location: Gardendale, Alabama Posts: 665	Yes. __________________ "What is play to the fool and the idiot is deadly serious to the man with the gun." Walt Rauch,Combat Handguns, May '08

December 25, 2007, 10:30 AM	#16
EJJR Senior Member Join Date: March 3, 2007 Posts: 153	Maybe I do, maybe I don't. __________________ Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. Thomas Jefferson Want to learn how to shoot well? http://appleseedinfo.org/

December 24, 2007, 10:04 PM	#2
Playboypenguin Junior member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Great Pacific Northwest Posts: 11,515	I do always carry.

December 24, 2007, 10:14 PM	#4
hoytinak Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 5,721	Yep, I always carry.

December 24, 2007, 10:22 PM	#5
Mags Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2007 Location: NH Posts: 149	carry about 80% of the time. Not practical to carry at work. Usually carry out to public places.

December 24, 2007, 10:36 PM	#6
IdahoG36 Senior Member Join Date: June 24, 2006 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 2,993	I carry everywhere unless it's prohibited.

December 25, 2007, 12:51 AM	#8
Jay1958 Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 274	I carry everywhere that I legally can. I rarely enter or leave home unarmed.

December 25, 2007, 01:00 AM	#9
Edward Nigma Member Join Date: November 19, 2007 Posts: 52	I carry every time I'm out and about.

December 25, 2007, 01:15 AM	#10
Texasdoc Junior Member Join Date: December 29, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 11	I carry everyday, the only time I don't is when I go to courthouse to get paperwork done for the lawyer.But its in the truck close by if needed. Doc

December 25, 2007, 01:53 AM	#12
Thunderhawk88 Junior member Join Date: January 14, 2007 Location: So. California, Desert style. Posts: 745	About 95% of the time.

December 25, 2007, 02:35 AM	#13
AdamSean Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2007 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 479	I carry at all times. I have even had friend jest me for carrying to church. But look what happened at that church recently. You never know when something bad may happen where you will have to defend yourself or those around you. I would rather be safe than sorry.

December 25, 2007, 10:27 AM	#15
orionengnr Senior Member Join Date: July 9, 2004 Posts: 5,173	Yep...

December 25, 2007, 11:01 AM	#17
trader vic Member Join Date: May 16, 2007 Posts: 23	Packing I carry all the time, to work, to church, everywhere. The 1st rule of gunfighting is, have a gun. I was also a Boy Scout & our motto was, Be Prepared. You cannot make an appointment for an emergency. NRA PATRON LIFE MEMBER

December 25, 2007, 12:59 PM	#18
matthew temkin Junior member Join Date: June 7, 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 363	About 50% of the time. The older I get the more cumbersome it gets.

December 25, 2007, 01:22 PM	#19
Dwight55 Senior Member Join Date: June 18, 2004 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 2,568	I have to say "Most of the time" because there are days when I don't. But one of the big reasons I do carry is simply the return trip into the house. I have always been very much afraid of interrupting a burglary in progress at my house, . . . and would really hate to have that happen and be unarmed also. Most of the days I "don't" also coincide with days someone is at home all day. May God bless, Dwight __________________ www.dwightsgunleather.com If you can breathe, . . . thank God! If you can read, . . . thank a teacher! If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a Veteran!

December 25, 2007, 02:42 PM	#21
tshadow6 Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2005 Posts: 619	carry I carry all the time.

December 25, 2007, 03:17 PM	#22
gordo_gun_guy Senior Member Join Date: July 31, 2007 Posts: 250	as much as I can I try to carry as much as possible; unfortunately I can't carry to work on a military reservation. Ironic really. But I don't go out for dinner/errands without packing. Likewise with jogging and yardwork. I used to hate pushing the jogging stroller, until I realized I could ditch the .380 in the belly band for a real gun. __________________ Gordo In need of a new pithy quote....

December 25, 2007, 05:25 PM	#23
FM12 Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2007 Location: Monroeville, Alabama Posts: 1,683	About 2/3 of the time I do, and 2/3 of the time I don't. Been carrying more since the mall shooting, and the VT massacree. Mostly when with my family.

December 25, 2007, 06:23 PM	#24
YounGun24 Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 131	I carry when I can, usually out in public. Around the house, I keep a gun close, and when I can't carry, it's in my glovebox. __________________ Walther P99 AS (9mm), Bersa Thunder 380cc (.380acp), H&R Sportsman Model 999 (.22LR), Remington 1100 LT-20