[rebelpacket]

FYI, 99.9% of responsible gun owners that carry, never ever draw and fire on someone. 99.9% of responsible gun owners, avoid situations that would require them to draw their guns.

Of the people with CCW permits, only a small number regularly carry. Many people with CCW's dont' even have handguns anymore. Some of us are paranoid, and stockpile weapons, munitions, MRE's for the day we all hope will never come. Many of us don't. Doesn't make anyone better or worse.

The problem, I believe, is that its become such a hassle to get a CCW, and use it now adays, that people simply don't want to deal with it. For example:

I can walk into a grocery store in CT with my glock 30 neatly holtered and my shirt tucked into my pants. If, by some freak accident, I happen to let just a little of my firearm show while picking up something from the bottom shelf, and someone calls the police, *bamf* I'm out of my permit, and I can no longer carry a weapon. (I think in VT you can carry in the open, right?)

Thats a huge responsibility to be thinking about. I just want to get my damn deli meat and some canned peaches, but all I can think about is making sure that my shirt is long enough to cover my gun. So more than half the time, I leave the gun at home, and enjoy a care-free trip to the store. Well, thats one less armed citizen in the 7-11 next time someone tries to knock it over.

I know thats off topic. But if I could carry my weapon concealed (without fear of reprisal should it be viewed by the public), I'd never be without it. I bet you a number of other CCW's in CT (and states with similar laws) would be as well.