@spendius,
spendius wrote:Don't you think Dave that not letting people know your packing
is a safer strategy than shouting from the rooftops that you are
and also well practiced?
I prefer concealed carry,
for several reasons (including protection from sand n the weather),
but I acknowledge alternative schools of thought in that matter.
If I were out fishing, it 'd be different. Some guys believe
that when a criminal sees a gun on your hip, he is more
likely to find a softer target, appearing to be
more helpless.
That has not always proven to be true,
but
perhaps it decreases the odds
of becoming a robbery victim. Maybe; I dunno.
If I were gonna rob someone, I 'd rather select a helpless victim,
not one who was fully armed. I 'm not gonna rob anyone.
spendius wrote:You would have all the advantages of packing plus the one that
anybody attacking you might be taken by surprise to find you are.
That has already
HAPPENED in an attempted highway robbery.
One night thay put a bullethole in my driver's door window, 3 inches
in front of my face, while driving exactly abreast of me,
UNTIL my own gun
(a .44 revover in reflective Stainless Steel Mirror) made its appearance,
whereupon I heard a scream, and thay departed apace.
Since thay 'd already opened up on me, thay KNEW
that thay were about to get a one gun salute peremptorily.