I know and have known many people who had CCW

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. You know

Seating is not an innocent choice if somebody is really out to get you.

I had that situation. I could very well have qualified. It was another time. And I must say, at least my Home state still remains among the toughest to get them. As it should be. A small group of people honestly qualify for them. Think retired Leo's, judges, and a few bakers dozen who have gotten honest to goodness threats.

Between the training and federal officials being as stark as you can get as to what it means, I chose not to.

That said, for many years...until the Boy Scouts were either dead or in jail for the rest of their natural lives, I still thought about those not so innocent seating arrangements.

I wish states did not relax ccw requirements and were as blunt as those gentlemen were, to be honest.

Oh and due to current developments I still have a tactical awareness of my surroundings. I have had to use that twice outside of my work as a medic. Once outside a movie theater when the cops did a hot stop...involving shotguns oh, over twenty years ago. The other recently when we had weapon discharges outside my window. As a medic it was an every call awareness.

I have, I admit, I over reacted once...I avoid fireworks for that reason. The over reaction involved going flat on the ground. Opps, training and way too many shoot outs took over.