) to parents who are from Texas and Oklahoma. I don't remember ever having a conversation about guns with them as a child except for the discussion about "putting your eye out" with the new BB gun I got for Christmas one year. My father always had his 30.06 "deer rifle" in the house so there was not any aversion to them. I became a Marine shortly after high school, and even through my 8 years in the Corps my interest in them was purely professional (it was a LARGE part of my job).It wasn't until I came home and started working as an armed security supervisor that both my passion for firearms and personal protection took root and started to grow. I don't know how it is now, but at that time (mid 1990s), CCW permits were issued by municipalities and counties from Chiefs of Police or Sheriffs respectively. In other words, you had to "know" someone. I was already armed on the job, so I didn't really have good cause to get one in the eyes of the issuers.
Fast forward to 2004 when my wife (who is native Texan) my son and I moved to League City Texas. We were all fed up with CA life (the politics, school system, etc. ad nausem). We took the opportunity in 2009 to get our CHLs (all three of us).
If I had to point to a "conversion" or event that spurred me into making the decision, I would have to say there are two. One recently and one from the 90s while working security. I won't bore you with the details of the security event, but the recent one has to do with a certain national level election.......'nuff said.
Cheers!
