carry permits

[HoofsandWings]

This may not be the place to ask, but I read about many who regularly carry every day.
Do those that carry live in dangerous places? Have dangerous jobs?
I don't think I have locked my car or house for 50 years.
I have a carry permit for hiking to protect the dog.
Just wondering.

[coyotewallace]

Do those that carry live in dangerous places? Have dangerous jobs?

Nope(I don't) and Nope

reason??
Like the old saying goes...

I would rather have it and not need it, then to not have it and need it

[Hunterman]

I live in Spanaway, and you never know when I'm carrying..I started carrying again after 4 Lakewood Police Officers were murdered,  and an armored car employee was murdered..5 deaths from worthless piles of crap. I don't live in a "BAD" area, but as I have told more than one cop,,,I will always have your backs..

Hunterman(Tony)

[FC]

A great place to ask
No
Not anymore
You are begging to get robbed, locks keep the mostly honest: honest
If you are out hiking or engaging in some other lawful outdoor activity etc you don't need a permit to carry concealed or otherwise
It's like a seatbelt, I haven't needed one of those for quite a long time either but I wear it every time I get in a car.

[kenzmad]

No, I do not live in a bad area. But there are bad people everywhere. I own a septic tank cleaning business and I carry everywhere I go. I carry at your house because I don't know you or your lifestyle. I don't know if you are a drug dealer or if your spouse is angry at you for some domestic violence issue and they are coming back. I don't know everyone in the grocery store. I carry because of the old saying, " when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away"

kenzmad

[goosegetter79]

Also remember Washington is an open carry state just be prepared for people to be watching you. Most people that don't own gun's probably don't know this.

[cwuwildcat]

You don't have to live in a bad area to need a gun.  Remember, bad people can drive!  Nothing to keep them from coming into a nice area.  I live in Edgewood, where one of my neighbors, a real nice guy, was murdered by a POS that drove to his house from outside our city.

[CAMPMEAT]

Guns get sh!t gone.

[Jamieb]

No, I live in a pretty good area. I dont carry all the time, never to work. Most of the time I'm out and about, I'm carrying. A in the waistband holster, in the small of the back. Kind of like the credit card I carry in my walet, I hope to never have to use it but it's there just in case.

[jackelope]

I've never carried a pistol in my life unless I was in the woods. Shot them plenty, own a couple but have never carried concealed or open unless I was in the woods.
 
I plan to get my permit one of these days pretty soon but I probably will still mostly not carry.
 

[carpsniperg2]

No prob to ask I carry every day, like someone else said "it's always better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it" I have been in a few situation that it has turned things in my favor. Without it, things could have turned out a lot diffrent.

[True Sportsman]

I live in Spanaway, and you never know when I'm carrying..I started carrying again after 4 Lakewood Police Officers were murdered,  and an armored car employee was murdered..5 deaths from worthless piles of crap. I don't live in a "BAD" area, but as I have told more than one cop,,,I will always have your backs..

Hunterman(Tony)

I like that logic...

[huntingfool7]

As a group, Supervisors/proprietors are more likely to be murdered on the job than police officers.
There is something about being prepared for violence, awareness, having backup, being armed and well trained.  Most civilians don't have access to radio backup or training.  We don't expect that problem employee (or spouse) to walk through your door with criminal intent.

http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfar0020.pdf

[HoofsandWings]

A great place to ask
No
Not anymore
You are begging to get robbed, locks keep the mostly honest: honest
If you are out hiking or engaging in some other lawful outdoor activity etc you don't need a permit to carry concealed or otherwise
It's like a seatbelt, I haven't needed one of those for quite a long time either but I wear it every time I get in a car.

When I went to the police station to get a permit, I asked about carrying while hiking. I specifically asked about carrying in a backpack and was told by the officer that if I did that, I would need a permit.

[BPturkeys]

It has nothing to do with if you live in a dangerous area or anything like that. There are only two side to this issue, either you have the RIGHT to self defense or you don't. Gun control or no gun control. what'll it be. You can't go and say "well, he lives in a dangerous area so it's ok for him to have self defense", but you live in...well, you know what I am saying.