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Originally Posted by MJJ56
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I agree with so much of Judy's post. I grew up fishing, hunting & learning "gun safety". I've carried since the late 70's when so many young ladies in our area were being taken, later to be found dead, my stepsister being one of them. My thought was that you might get me but I'm going down fighting. As crazy as our world has become a lot of people will be thinking about getting a CHL. If you are one of those thinking about it, please look into taking a gun/shooting course. It's not just about taking one class to obtain a license, it's practice, practice, practice and situational awareness! (There is a group called A Girl and A Gun that has chapters in so many states, it's a great place to start and learn.) I don't think everyone should carry a weapon just because they took one class, that can be just as dangerous.
Our local area has changed our porch lights to blue to show our support of the officers that put their life on the line everyday.
And now I'm off to clean my arsenal..... ;)
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So very sorry about your loss, your stepsister. How tragic for you and your family, her loved ones....."just another statistic", another innocent, productive human snatched from a loving family, by a ner-do-well, a misfit from society, an angry, self absorbed individual that has a sense of entitlement, believing his own self importance and existence is more important than anyone else around him.....I am sorry your family had this encounter, and I pray this person received his just rewards.
Like you, I was in nursing school, a little before your young life adventures, back in 1969. My father was traveling in his position in the oil industry, so my mother was raising my brother and I here in Houston. Nursing school kept me on the roads from 5am until after midnight....first with our hospital duty, then we had class at college after an 8 hour shift, for 4 hours, then there was study/homework time with classmates.....I have never worked so hard and hated it so much, as I did those years!!! One night coming home at 2am, at the tender age of 21, I was chased by a car load of boys....thank God, as I flew through Pasadena, a police officer saw me driving at 80 mph in a 35 mph zone, with a carload of men in hot pursuit......this event turned out well, at least for me. When it was all resolved and over, that officer as well as others (and I do remember you clearly Officer Womack, even after all those years!!!), encouraged me to get a gun if I was going to be on the streets at that hour. Back then, there was no license to carry, and thank God, my father had already taught me how to use a gun very effectively, since I was 8 years old.....so I bought me a S&W 38 that I carry to this day! I have carried that weapon for so many years, it is like wearing clothes....I have it on me at all times....it is like a very old, dear, trusted friend! I have over the years bought many more weapons....I consider them dear, trusted friends that I can depend on with my life. When it became law we needed to have a license to carry, I was in one of the first classes in this area, where they were amazed "that a girl could shoot and hit a target", actually, out shooting my entire class! But this is no amazing feat, I have been shooting for 58 years now, and I carry with all the comfort and ease that a person has wearing underware! As you have said, I strongly encourage everyone to learn how to effectively carry a gun. Take classes, get lethal with your accuracy.....the police are woefully outnumbered and chances are, ESPECIALLY with the deterioration of our civilized social situation, you are going to be faced with a situation where you will be wishing you had a comfortable, loving, effective relationship with a gun. Not so you can run around like "Two Gun Toucan Pete", but so you will escape alive, a situation you have been put in, by someone that means you nothing but harm. You MUST stay vigilant and completely aware of your surroundings at every second....know where you are, who is around you, always formulate in your brain, an escape path from any position/situation you are in. Paranoid??? You bet, and if that wonderful officer had been just a little less comfortable in his surroundings, he would have had a situational awareness and seen that thug walking up on him....not that it would have made any difference in HIS case.....that thug was out to kill a white cop, and unfortunately, police can not draw their weapon just because someone is walking up on them.
People MUST be aware and understand that police are sitting ducks now, with an entire portion of society "gunning" for them, openly encouraging and chanting it in the streets, painting it on any flat surface they can find, enthusiastically encouraging violence against police officers.....and then people wonder why police officers are getting super vigilant and overly cautious, even "jiggy" and jumpy???? They are walking around with a badge on their chest and cross hairs on their backs. They never know if this next sassy mouthed, arrogant, defiant, overly animated, loud, argumentative person they have just stopped for whatever reason, is the one that is a cop hater and going to try to end their life. People need to understand that.....may not like it, may resent the officer taking up their time for a traffic violation, but keep your mouth SHUT, do what they tell you to do, and take it up afterwards where the threat of a life or death challenge to that officer, is non existent. It will end up a lot better for both you and the officer.
