Reply #54: The scenario you describe

[Treo]

Almost never happens. As a rule CHP holders are some of the most law abiding people on the planet. In order to get my permit I had to submit a copy of my fingerprints to the county sheriff along with a list of every place I'd lived for (I think) ten years. The FBI vetted me throughly and found nothing in my background that indicated that I was prone to violence and issued the permit. Every time this comes up those who oppose concealed carry say that there will be blood in the streets and permit holders will be shooting each other over parking spaces, but it never happens ( or if it does the instances are so few that they don't even register).

In the unlikely event that I ever do have to use my gun for self defense I almost certainly will be arrested( at least until the police sort things out). I may well have to pay several thousand dollars in legal fees defending my actions in court and I will have to live W/ the fact that I shot another human being for the rest of my life.

Because of this I tend to take carrying a gun very seriously, I am more circumspect when I'm carrying than when I'm not because I am aware that any altercation I have have the potential of escalating to a gunfight Knowing that tends to make me much more civil than I would otherwise be.

But tell me this why did you feel you needed to carry on campus?

I carry a gun everywhere I go. I'm carrying one now. My daughter had the misfortune of marrying a drug dealer when she was 17. He is serving a second drug related prison sentence at FCI Florence right now. He is there partially because of testimony that my wife gave. He has also lost custody of all his children as a partial result of my wife's testimony. Both he and his family have sworn revenge. That's why I carry a gun
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