living in canada the idea of a concealed weapon is not popular in my opinion. a buddy has his restricted licence which allows him to own and transport his 9mm to and from the range, BUT only as the permit allows. he has to take the most direct route to his destination, if caught off that route he could face fines. i dont know the particulars of the laws concerning handguns here as i dont have that licence. but i do know buddy had to go through ALOT OF TROUBLE to get it.
its funny how governed it is here, but after all of the trouble buddy went through, he ordered his gun new from out east, it showed up delevered to his front door in a plain brown box. no signature needed, they left it on his doorstep as he wasnt home. WTF!!! the firing pin or bolt and clip came in another box a few days later. all for around 300 bucks Canadian. his logic is, there is gonna be trouble one day and the ppl that own guns are going to survive. a little extreme but, what if??? make a guy think.
the idea of protection at home is very important. i have an old 12 ga under the bed for that reason. but the only use for it is trap shooting. i have a very old .22 mossberg that is fun for gophers and annoyances... all in all. the city we live in there is never a need for that type of protection on the street. you never hear about it through the news or rumor mill as one would need in a much larger centre. we are only 220,000, and most of the riff raff is cooked out, drugged up trouble that would be a push over anyway.
as far as personal protection goes for me, i can scrap. i know how to handle myself, but yes theres a thought that someone could be carrying, never happened tho. for my wife, she carrys and knows how to use bear spray,(as pepper spray is illegal to carry). its better than nothing but she just knows not to walk down those alleys and get into those situations before they arise, myself included.
maybe one day ill shoot buddy's 9 mm, ive never shot one. i might get the point of it, but as the law is here, there just isnt a point to having a concealed gun for the average person. you guys in the US are lucky that way i guess. my 2 cents.
keep up the great thread, im getting a better understanding of how and why people do these things and its been a great read anyway. cheers.
evan....