As a Concealed Carry Instructor I have had a lot of fun teaching people to shoot safely and learn how to defend themselves. Empowering people has been a blast, please excuse the pun. My family has made the decision that we will defend ourselves and not be victims. We will not go out an look for trouble and will take every opportunity to avoid trouble. However, there are many reasons that we have to defend ourselves and the number of reasons is growing.

As the economy gets tougher, and the housing bubble busting on the East and West Coasts, crime will be rising. With the failure of our Government to secure our boarder this will exacerbate the problem with the home grown thugs trying to keep up with the imported gangs and insurgents. I personally have had to stop several home invasions, help neighbors with their homes after being broken into, and save several different women from being raped from bad guys. All of this without being a Law Enforcement Officer. I just happen to be in the wrong place at the right time to help my neighbors and friends.

All of that being said, one of the biggest reasons that I choose to carry a side arm is because of the wild animals. We love to spend time out doors and enjoy nature. Some times nature chooses to be a little more aggressive than we would like. We have had Mountain Lyons and Bears around our place for years and we have to be careful to stay out of their way and not become breakfast. Our neighbors have not been as lucky, as their family pets had been carried off by the Mountain Lyon. Pictured on the right is one of them going across in front of our house on Saturday the 15th of Feb. 2008. We had setup cameras trying to catch bad guys stealing gas and caught Monty jogging through instead.

What ever your reason for wanting to carry a gun, please take a little bit of advice. Practice, seek advice from local experts, and lock them up when not in use. The life you save just may be your own.

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