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KBCraig wrote:"What, are you carrying a gun or sumthin'?"

Something.

Works in either case.

ThunderDownUnder wrote: One other anecdote from a former student. He( 58 YO white male) , the wife , kid and grandkids went to a high school football playoff game.

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" I know you can kick my ass but I not going to let it get that far. You'll have a bullet hole in you before that happens." The other driver asked if he had a gun. The CHL nodded affirmative. And then the problems began. Several bystanders and fans of the losing team, all called the police. The police arrived and ended up arrestting the CHL for failure to conceal. They said that his acknowledgement that he had a gun constituted an intentional failure to conceal violation. He was arrested.

Wouldn't he be in more trouble for carrying at a sporting event, and on school grounds?

I see what you folks are saying now.
I'm not going to pull my pistol when I could have used OC, or a less than lethal alternative if I could safely use it. I do take that portion of the law seriously, and would not use it as an excuse to pull a gun out when I shouldn't. Just because I have Asthma doesn't mean I can't dash away.

My fiancee thinks I should invest in one of those handheld zapper things. After seeing news reports about people being killed by tasers, it makes me think seriously about this before getting one.

It's situations like these that I wish Asp clubs were legal. Not that i'd love to club someone, but having a 3 foot extendable stick with OC on the end of it might make me able to acutally use OC with less fear.

If that's what you're getting; I apologise, as that's not what I'm saying.

I'm basically saying, as much as I'd want to use OC, I'm scared to death of it, and I won't. At times i'll carry one of those deafining airhorns instead.

flintknapper wrote: You've already answered your own question. Get some OC so you can stop looking to your pistol as the answer to every threat (perceived).

Remember not everyone can use OC. IF you have Asthma, OC or other chemical agents can be counter-indicated. It can cause respratory arrest.
If you've ever had a severe asthma attack, and had to go to the hospital to be intubated; you'd be more scared of using a chemical agent than about anything else. That's why i'd be looking to my pistol, but that's just me.