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Keith B wrote:I will NEVER turn down a person for an actual meal. If they are hungry, then I will happily pay for the meal and even help them find shelter if needed.

I'd worry too much about having my feeding hand bitten.

There are many fine organizations who perform this role.

kjolly wrote:I figure to always carry when legal and hope to carry twenty years with never a need, but if you don't carry all of the time the odds may be against you.

Deciding whether a place or situation is worthy of carry forces us to be judgemental and possibly make a dangerous assumption.

For example, assuming that Bob's neighborhood warrants carry and Tom's doesn't is a judgemental decision. It's better just to carry in both without question.

Katygunnut wrote:The funny thing is that I usually do give $5 or $10 to the people I see at intersections who are asking for money.

As I see it, freely giving money to unknown people at intersections is never a good idea, as all it will do is embolden them and make them more likely to be agressive when others don't do the same. Also, the feeding hand could easily be bitten.

Not unlike that dangers of feeding wildlife.

There is nothing that makes me more angry than seeing a motorist meekly allow a "window washer" to do their thing and then pay them. We should all make their efforts as futile as possible withn the bounds of common sense and the law. Typically a loud "No thanks!" when they approach should do the trick.