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People are always going to make judgements about people without having understanding of why we do what we do. I can't be worried about what may or maybe said about me in court because someone put my family or my life in life-threating dangerous situation and having no other way to prevent me from shooting that person. On the average day I carry as follows: Sig P220R w/ .45acp 230gr Gold Dots, 2 10rd mags, Blackhawk CQD II folder, 550 Paracord bracelet (5 ft of rope), HellFighter X-15 flashlight, Zippo lighter and my Blackberry. Yeah, I know a lot of it is expensive stuff but I'm not going to go cheap on something that I feel could save my life or another person. We are already going to be demonized because we have our CHL's. People do not like it when other people rock the boat and appently being prepared and not wanting to rely on other people has a tendency to do that. For the most part, the mass like being sheep and depending on their shepard's (LEO's, EMS and Gov) for eveything. I would rather be a Lion for a day, then a sheep for a hundred years! The average response time from my local police in Brazo Valley is from 6 to 14 minutes. That is and eternity for someone going through a life threating situation. Even with the minimum tools, six minutes still very dangerous. If being over prepared demonize me, then so be it but I will not be the one laying in a pool of my own blood becasue some dirtbag broke into my house and I was not prepared and waited for the Police to come save me. I'm not talk bad about my local law enforcement but the response times were take from a recent city report. I respect them and the hard tasks they are charged with keeping. They cannot be everywhere and no one should we expect them to. In the end, you have to be able to rely on yourself because there is not always going to be a Shepard to keep the wolves away.