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KBCraig wrote:In my family, it was just a matter of confirmation, not conversion.

I first got to squeeze the trigger on a .22 rifle when I was three. I'd been to the range often before then, well before my first memories.

I was 6 when I got my first 22 rifle. A single shot that I still have and still shoot from time to time.

Started to carry about 25 years ago after getting robbed at gunpoint while working on a chiller inside a fenced in area. Have carried ever since. SHH, no CHL at that time but don't tell anybody.

Good post Kevin,

I have always been around guns. Dad, Granddad and uncles were all hunters. I got my 1st rifle at Christmas when I was 6. Single shot 22 (still have it and will pass it down to oldest grandson).

I was always intrigued by pistols, but it took me gettig robbed at gunpoint in 1972 to get my first.

Although I was late in getting my CHL, I always at least had a shotgun in my vehicle.

After the 1st grandchild was born I started to pay more attention to what was happening in our world. It was then I realized she would need to be protected. I decided to get the CHL and carry every day. Eventually even talked my wife into it although she only carries when shopping.

Now, my last child will take here class on Sept. 9th. That makes all 5 kids, 3 spouses, Nonnie and Pawpaw that are there to protect all 6 grandkids.