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Posted: 6/14/2009 6:56:12 PM EDT

[#1]

A young man tried to mug me in Centennial Park in Nashville.
It was while waiting for my wife to show up for a date.

Afterward I just kept thinking to myself "what if..."

That was when I decided to take responsibility for my safety and the safety of my loved ones.

Posted: 6/14/2009 6:57:45 PM EDT

[#2]

Because I could.

AB

Posted: 6/14/2009 6:58:22 PM EDT

[#3]

When Ohio changed the law so that you could conceal in your vehicle.

Posted: 6/14/2009 6:58:37 PM EDT

[#4]

I had always planned on getting mine . I became highly motivated when an unarmed friend of mine had his head damn near caved in by some dirtbags armed with pipes. I have had my permit ever since.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:00:13 PM EDT

[#5]

I've been carrying since I was 16 and started delivering pizza in HS.

A few years ago, I decided to make it legal.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:00:23 PM EDT

[#6]

don't have one yet but it will get mailed off on my 21st birthday, which is less than a month away.

besides arfcom told me to

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:01:07 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
A young man tried to mug me in Centennial Park in Nashville.
It was while waiting for my wife to show up for a date.

Afterward I just kept thinking to myself "what if..."

That was when I decided to take responsibility for my safety and the safety of my loved ones.

That place is downright scary at night.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:02:51 PM EDT

[#8]

You guys convinced me that part of being a man was preparing for the common defense.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:04:06 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:
A young man tried to mug me in Centennial Park in Nashville.
It was while waiting for my wife to show up for a date.

Afterward I just kept thinking to myself "what if..."

That was when I decided to take responsibility for my safety and the safety of my loved ones.

That place is downright scary at night.

Yeah, that's what I get for wanting to see the Parthenon at night.

Here's the funny part, the would-be mugger was a Vandy medical student.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:05:14 PM EDT

[#10]

As soon as I got enough money from my first job after college, I bought a PPK/S and gave some BS to the probate judge (in GA) who signed off on my first CCW, that was 1986. My first run was to the ATM machine at my bank. Good times

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:10:38 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
I never considered NOT getting one.

This. I still have two years to wait, though.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:12:29 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

My wife had her CCW when we started dating and I wasn't going out like that!

We've since gained our Lifetime CCW's!

Lifetime CCW?

Do they have a non-resident lifetime permit?

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:14:45 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
My birthday

What he said.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:15:10 PM EDT

[#14]

When I got into guns I lived in MD. I had already resolved to get my CCW when we moved to a shall-issue state.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:25:45 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:
A young man tried to mug me in Centennial Park in Nashville.
It was while waiting for my wife to show up for a date.

Afterward I just kept thinking to myself "what if..."

That was when I decided to take responsibility for my safety and the safety of my loved ones.

That place is downright scary at night.

Yeah, that's what I get for wanting to see the Parthenon at night.

Here's the funny part, the would-be mugger was a Vandy medical student.

LOL!

No wonder he needed money... that school aint cheep.

Did they catch him?

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:28:33 PM EDT

[#16]

turning of age.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:28:57 PM EDT

[#17]

turned 21

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:30:27 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
turned 21

Same here. Most people are excited about going to bars at 21. I was excited about buying a handgun and getting a permit.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:30:36 PM EDT

[#19]

For me, I came to the conclusion that no one but me is responsible for the safety of me and my family. The police can't be there to protect me in a quick violent encounter, so I have to take care of it.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:30:40 PM EDT

[#20]

The realization that protecting myself and my family was my responsibility

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:32:14 PM EDT

[#21]

Once MO amended the state Constitution to 'allow' us to have CCW, I got one.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:33:26 PM EDT

[#22]

after I got stabbed in high school I said It would never happen again!
I lived 2 blocks from a publix and winn dixie shopping center in Palm Bay Fla. back in the 80's where a headcase dude went off the deep end and shot up both shopping centers/ shot a few pedestrians and killed 2 Palm Bay Police Officers while they were reloading...their service revolvers

now that I live in "not so free" Illinois I cant am not legally allowed to legally carry but I do spend a LOT of time going back and forth to the "range" so I can keep one near me in the truck.

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:34:30 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
I never considered NOT getting one.

This

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:35:30 PM EDT

[#24]

Having a brother who use to be in drugs and then rolled on the higher ups when the high school got busted for drugs, damn near shooting several people from said incident, having continued problems with said people. Problems with said brothers wife's babies daddy. Being on ride alongs when people get busted. And knowing the cops can't be around all the time. and not being a fucking sheep!!

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:39:14 PM EDT

[#25]

On my 18th birthday (Indiana allowed people to get CCW's at 18) I went and did the paperwork. I have had one every since no matter the state I have lived in. On a side note, I will not live in a state that does not allow me to carry a pistol. So I have always carried a gun.

I have drawn my weapon a few times sicne I have received my permit but thankfully never had to fire.

So no real reason, I just always have carried a gun. It's just who I am. I carry a knife, pepper spray, and a pistol (or revolver).

Posted: 6/14/2009 7:46:23 PM EDT

[#26]

My reason?

Alaska started a ccw program.

Posted: 6/14/2009 10:33:55 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

Quoted:
A young man tried to mug me in Centennial Park in Nashville.
It was while waiting for my wife to show up for a date.

Afterward I just kept thinking to myself "what if..."

That was when I decided to take responsibility for my safety and the safety of my loved ones.

That place is downright scary at night.

Yeah, that's what I get for wanting to see the Parthenon at night.

Here's the funny part, the would-be mugger was a Vandy medical student.

LOL!

No wonder he needed money... that school aint cheep.

Did they catch him?

Yes, the police caught him. He was drug addicted, I don't think he needed the money for tuition... his parents paid for that.

Posted: 6/14/2009 10:35:58 PM EDT

[#28]

I only have one to spite my Governor.

ETA: I shouldn't say only, because I do carry whenever I'm out of state.

Posted: 6/14/2009 10:48:12 PM EDT

[#29]

Turning 21

Posted: 6/14/2009 10:58:35 PM EDT

[#30]

filed the day I turned 21, awaiting it in the mail.

Posted: 6/14/2009 11:09:51 PM EDT

[#31]

Because in my state, if I wanted to take a handgun out of the home (even for range time) you had to have a license...

That, and back in the day, a license made you exempt from the call-in procedure. Show them your license to carry, and out the door you went.

Posted: 6/14/2009 11:20:43 PM EDT

[#32]

I turned 21.

Posted: 6/14/2009 11:22:15 PM EDT

[#33]

Stranded with a flat tire in my shiny red Vette in a gas station in a shittly area after the owners closed, waiting for the AAA guy to show. There were thugs circling the place like sharks and there I was, like a sitting duck.

Now I carry and have run-flats on the Vette.

Posted: 6/14/2009 11:25:21 PM EDT

[#34]

Because I grew up with guns and loved them my whole life, but had to wait till i was 21 before i could carry one legally.

Posted: 6/14/2009 11:57:25 PM EDT

[#35]

Hurricane Katrina was one big factor in me getting a CCW.

We all saw how lawless things got.

Plus, I had to do a lot of traveling around getting my wife's green card/citizenship back then. They sent us all over getting it done (New Orleans, Birmingham, Jacksonville). I decided it might not be a bad idea having the ability to protect myself and my loved ones while out and about.

Posted: 6/14/2009 11:57:39 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
I never considered NOT getting one.

Yup.

ETA - Now that I think about it, my Dad had a LOT to do with it. His BHP went everywhere with him. If not on his person, at least in the truck. I knew where he kept it in the house, where it was in the truck, how it operated, etc... I suppose it was just something that seemed normal for a person who cares about himself, friends, and family. To this day that BHP is still his companion. Not really a gun guy, though...

Posted: 6/15/2009 12:19:22 AM EDT

[#37]

When me and my buddy were assaulted by a machete-wielding psychotic lunatic one day in CO Springs.....unfortunately I was sub-21 at the time and KS didnt have their CCW laws so I wouldn't have been able to carry anyway but that just helped concrete the deal.

Posted: 6/15/2009 12:54:47 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:
My 21 Birthday.

My 18th Birthday

My 19th birthday, I was a little slow.

Posted: 6/15/2009 12:57:14 AM EDT

[#39]

What was my final decision maker?

I had a decent pistol and the money to pay for the course and fees.

Posted: 6/15/2009 1:06:46 AM EDT

[#40]

when i turned 18 i went and got minen never looked back since, now have a lifetime ccp. size/comfort/suitable caliber were my decision making points with what i carry.

Posted: 6/15/2009 1:10:42 AM EDT

[#41]

I always wanted to get it but, in Ohio it just recently became availible. As soon as it was law I was in the process to get it. I have had it now for over 5 years.

Posted: 6/15/2009 1:18:05 AM EDT

[#42]

Started working at 911 dispatch center.

Posted: 6/15/2009 1:21:58 AM EDT

[#43]

turned 21, filed for it the same day. waiting for it in the mail as i type this

Posted: 6/15/2009 2:58:05 AM EDT

[#44]

Turning 21.

My mother and I were attacked in the car when I was 3 or 4 years old, but I decided then that I needed to be able to protect my family. A bit premature but...

Posted: 6/15/2009 3:17:11 AM EDT

[#45]

The day I turned 21.

Posted: 6/15/2009 4:59:36 AM EDT

[#46]

I turned 21 and it was now legal..
I had all the paperwork filled out test taken before I was 21.
Day after I turned 21 went to the police station got printed and dropped it all off at the town hall..

Posted: 6/15/2009 5:03:21 AM EDT

[#47]

They passed the law in '94 here in TN. I was in the 2nd class in Robertson county. Just out of the military. There was no defining moment, just the desire to live as free as possible.