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As someone with many years of training in the martial arts & having made my living as a pro boxer, I've always prided myself on my ability to handle myself in physical confrontations. And, as a result, I've never felt it necessary to carry a weapon. That is until I went to a Mike Kanarek seminar in his Haganah combatives system & I discovered the logic behind carrying a knife. So, I began carrying a Kershaw & I figured that it would be as far as I'd ever go.
I'd have never dreamed of going through the costly process of getting a permit to carry here in New York. Hell, I don't even so much as own a shotgun for home defense here. Which, in retrospect, to my way of thinking now was probably foolish of me.
But, now that I'll be living in Arizona in two short weeks where I've promised my father in law that I'd keep my own handgun in the house ( on top of my wife's .38 ) I'm beginning to wonder if ( after the proper amount of training, of course ) I should carry as well. My wife plans on carrying like she always has when legally allowed to. Is that enough though? Would it be overkill for both of us to be armed?
I mean, we're going to be living in Sedona which is a very safe city. But, we do plan on traveling around quite a bit to other areas of the state.
I suppose it couldn't help to be prepared even though my younger self would be shocked & appalled at myself. But, then, maybe I'm just being older & wiser by considering carrying.
What do you gentlemen think?
I'd have never dreamed of going through the costly process of getting a permit to carry here in New York. Hell, I don't even so much as own a shotgun for home defense here. Which, in retrospect, to my way of thinking now was probably foolish of me.
But, now that I'll be living in Arizona in two short weeks where I've promised my father in law that I'd keep my own handgun in the house ( on top of my wife's .38 ) I'm beginning to wonder if ( after the proper amount of training, of course ) I should carry as well. My wife plans on carrying like she always has when legally allowed to. Is that enough though? Would it be overkill for both of us to be armed?
I mean, we're going to be living in Sedona which is a very safe city. But, we do plan on traveling around quite a bit to other areas of the state.
I suppose it couldn't help to be prepared even though my younger self would be shocked & appalled at myself. But, then, maybe I'm just being older & wiser by considering carrying.
What do you gentlemen think?