I have had my CPL for less than a month now but one thing I have learned from friends that carry and here on the TFL is that a CPL does you no good if your carry piece is at home in the safe and something bad happens. I carry everywhere I go of course other than "no carry" areas witch I try to avoid.
I live in a small town with I thought very little crime but as of latley there has been a lot more crime. A home invasion no more than 5 miles down the road. I heard of a "at knife point" mugging at a bank ATM machine in town two weeks ago.
THe economy going down hill seems to be bringing crime closer to every area I carry everywhere it has become part of getting dressed in the morning. Also as I get more comfortable the only thing that is changing for me is I have saved a lot of money by not stopping at the bar as often, can't carry there and not comfortable leaving my gun in the car.
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