joeybear

When I lived in Alaska, I did have my CCL and I did carry. I had to use it once, was justified and congratulated by the LEOs who showed up, and wish I could still carry. Now, living in Wisconsin, we're not allowed to carry legally.

ranwitscissorz

I have my ccw, but haven't chose to carry yet. I've mainly used it to get around the waiting periods and to have the option if/when I decide to.

Though on thinking about it, one of the first rules of the CCW class I took was don't tell people you have a CCW...

JasonTCFD

I do have mine and carry daily.....if you don't take advantage of the rights given to you they are taken away! It's everyones right to carry, everyone should carry!

horwitzs

I'd have to say Washington state is probably the easiest. They've been a shall issue state since '61, and don't require any training whatsoever. Just do your paperwork and it's in the mail a few days later.
I was surprised that when I worked in Texas for a while, despite it's reputation, it was quite the ordeal. Lengthy classroom and range training, then the processing backlog was so long that I finally got the permit a week before I moved away! But TX does allow you to have a gun in your vehicle without a permit.

Anyways,
I have mine for a couple of reasons. Guns are a hobby and I wanted to have my permit just to avoid problems in case I ever am carrying a gun to/from someplace or hiking/plinking/hunting, etc., and then you don't have to wait to buy a handgun either.
Also, in my line of work we are usually in rural areas that are often depressed economically. We come in and are outsiders making a lot more money than the locals... Most people welcome us because they know we spend a lot of money in their community for a year or more, but to a few we also become targets of theft and/or vandalism. So I don't always carry on my body, but always have one on the Jeep.
Hopefully it never has to come out.

EDIT:
Oh, one more comment... I'm curious what the results to this poll would be if it weren't in the "hunting & firearms" forum. Obviously most of us who visit this category are the gun-friendly ones.

rich1340

Living in Illinois, I obviously don't have a ccw. However I'm taking the NRA pistol class in May so I can apply for the Florida ccw. My wife and I travel out of state a lot and I ALWAYS take a gun. It would be nice to have available if needed. Not unloaded and in a case in the back.

rbrutzman

i feel your pain. and i work in nyc.


sigh.

Kastiron

I have a couple of the permits. My home state as well as another that allows non residents to apply. Covered for a bunch of states that way.

It makes transportating a gun either on me or with me a LOT easier than doing the unload-case-lock dance, plus it doubles as a purchase permit in my state.

SmurfJK

Nope, can't get one in Maryland...

HappyCurmudgeon

Full carry, 23 years and counting.

I have mine because I hunt, used to carry a lot of cash for work, I target shoot, and i carry whenever i am not at my current job.

I got it because i wanted it, and I like to shoot guns... especially handguns, it's my hobby and my right.

zwvirtual

Got mine about 25 yrs ago, and I now have permits for CO, NV, and UT.