Among all that worry me, not much...

Reading other gun blogs about one thing or another, I found some good advice about holster and drawing and practicing. All good information, and since I haven't been for a long time happy with most of my concealed carry holsters I went looking and found the recommended type. Bought it and put it on, now I am over weight - so I will want to drop lots of extra padding, but the rig and the pistol fit close to my body, are very comfortable and the way I am going out dressed, and right where I want to reach for my pistol, so take the magazine and bullets out and start practicing.

My personal belief is that I will never have to hurry taking a shot, never have to fast draw, and never have to shoot anything in the eye. I also don't believe that I will meet a Ninja assassin any time soon, there are advantages in being less than the Fire Bringer, who ever that was. So, if one of my favorite anti-gun carrying folks (and I do know some) would ask why I would carry a pistol, my answer has to be that I do it for an exercise in maturity and of my responsibility as a citizen, not feeling like lugging a light machine gun and ammunition everywhere in defense of the Free State without Chinese or Mongol hordes coming over the ramparts. I don't really worry about the hordes of anyone, but have noticed as I have been seriously reading the news and History of the 20th Century, people do wander around and kill others that they don't like, with axes, machetes, pistols, machine guns, gas, bombs and booby traps. Just seem to be a lot of ways to get rid of those that disagree, are inconvenient or perceived to be a threat. So, being almost ancient, toothless and feebler than yesterday, I will carry a pistol to protect all that I think worth saving and risking my own life for, most of my life has been about being between bad or downright evil and what is good.

As I drove off to the range the other day I thought how people hold their privacy and independence in their automobile. So one sees them picking their nose, putting on makeup, texting or talking while driving - because they really think no one looks into their automobile. And if the anti-gun folks were seriously afraid they would get some legislation passed to keep any transport of firearms out of the automobile - but they do think the inside of the automobile is a private area, I guess. To me, the crime is never in having a weapon, but in using the weapon to assault another human being.

For those that are sure removing the weapons will provide safety, I would recommend that you look at a warehouse of firearms after they close the doors and lock it up. Not one accidental discharge, no murders, no suicide ever committed by the thousands of firearms when people are removed. And where you have two or more people in contact, without any weapons, you will find suicide, murder, assault and fear. It has never been the firearm, or any other weapon, but the willingness of one person to be more important than those others.