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There's another little rule to the "Always Carry" thumb which I try and remind people as much as I possibly can. ALWAYS carry, not only for yours and others safety but for your legal protection. I have held carry permits in multiple states who have some pretty varying degree's of law on the topic. One thing that is uniform to most states is the prosecution. I carry every day for all the same reasons noted in this post, but also for my own legal protection. IF, God forbid, I must draw on someone and actually fire on them as well (in any defensive situation), I don't want ANY question as to why I picked that day to carry over others.

Legal teams from the ACLU to Defense lawyers to even DA's will tell you that there is legal precedent from other states where a person lawfully defended themselves on paper but were charged because they picked one day to carry over others and ended up using their weapon. Now, we all know that most will not even use their weapon even when they should... however the prosecution doesn't care. They will do their best to try and charge and convict you no matter what the situation is. To look at it any other way is either 1) not taking the responsibility serious enough or 2) not being prepared to use your weapon when the time comes you have to.

For me - there are really no two ways about it. If I have a permit and a weapon. I'm carrying. Period.