You have a decision to make...

And its a doosie!

By no means is it an easy decision to carry, it isn't. Well, at least it shouldn't be. You need to wrestle with it, you need to worry about it, you need to think long and hard about it. Because at the end of the day, you change as a person when you start strapping on a firearm and walk out in to the world.

You mindset has to change, your attitude has to change, even the places you go has to change. And the places you go is what I want to talk about in this post.

Where I live there are certain places you just plain can't carry on you. Now, admittedly, if you do it right, no one would ever know that you have a weapon on you, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it is illegal in certain places.
For instance: Places where alcohol is purchased and consumed, places where there is an admission charge (movies, etc), places where there is a sign posted saying "No weapons".

I can see both sides of the arguement; on one side, if you are in a place with a sign that says "no concealed weapons" then you should respect the wishes of the owner of that establishment. I wouldn't want someone carrying a wet pregnant badger in to my house (not that I feel the need to post a sign up about it, but you get the picture), but when I'm in someone's place of business I am a guest and need to show them the proper respect. The flip side of that is...if there's a sign, then the bad guys know no one carrys there either.

However, let's say you carry, and you take your gun off and leave it in the car. You are then abiding by the law of the land. The down side is, you are no longer armed and able to assist or defend in the case of an emergency, but you are following the law, the law which you have taken full use of by being a CCW carrier.

You see the conundrum? This is the LEAST of the things you have to worry about when you carry.

More to follow...