I carry a small folding pocket knife with a blade about 1" in length that I've had for years, it's handy for all sorts of things but it's an offence for me to carry it in public, I care because being charged could impact my lifestyle in a big way, recreationally and work opportunities as well.
Sure, the odds of being robbed are reasonably slim, and the Police do what they can but the only one that can protect yourself if SHTF is yourself. How many of us sleep with a weapon in the bedroom, or have one by the front door? An old axe handle, a baseball bat, a cricket bat if you're ocker.. same thing. It's preparing for a situation that may and hopefulyl will never happen. But it might.
As I said I'd CCW in a heartbeat, I've been deemed responsible by the Government in the past to carry a firearm at work for self defence, and I've jumped through dozens of hoops regarding training, licencing, background checks and psychological profiling to some extent. But by the same token, just because you've got a clean criminal record doesn't mean you should be able to own a gun, or guns, or CCW. You maybe just never got caught, who knows, and thats teh only thing that makes me nervous about CCW - but some criminals already do.
Once again typing this is hard at work
Stop calling me people!
