Why do you carry a gun? - Reality Check

A decision to carry a firearm in the public forum requires a commitment of enormous proportions. After making this decision, a person is often buried under an onslaught of information. Carry this ammo. Don't modify the gun or you'll get sued. Buy this holster. Buy this gun. Get this training and do this and do that and don't do anything but do everything.

When you decide to carry a handgun, you had better consider it's now a tool of your trade. And, just like a plumber, you must be qualified with the tools of your trade. But, unlike a plumber, you must be willing to use those tools to defend yourself and your family.

If you're not willing to work to be qualified and not willing to use this tool -- you should consider leaving the gun at home. And you need to consider whether you should own one at all. It's not halfway. It's all the way or nothing. You can't shoot them "a little bit" to scare them away.

And let's just say it out loud. If you shoot you'll get sued. I'm not saying this is bad or this is good, it just is. If you shot Attila the Hun caught in the act of doing what he did best, you would still probably get sued. For many of the students here at the school, their biggest problem is between their ears. They're so worried about getting sued they forget why they carry a firearm in the first place.

Avoid the fight if you can, but if there is a fight then be in it to win. No rules, no quarter, and cheating is the order of the day. Yes, you'll be sued. So what. You'll be alive to be sued. Oh, and so you know, if you're dead you won't be sued. Or you won't care.

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