Hello from Ohio

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  1. August 1st, 2009 10:04 PM #1
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    Hello from Ohio

    I've been shooting for the past 24 years. I love long range shooting. My first felt recoil was a .308 rem 700 shooting at paper 300 yards away at age 5.

    I was proudly raised to know the rules of safe gun handling. I hunt, fish, camp and work hard for the things I have.

    I started my CCW at age 21 after I moved from Ohio to Washington state (as Ohio was still anti CCW at the time) My first CCW gun was a S&W .40 compact ( an older model). I moved back to Ohio a couple years ago and purchased my second CCW gun an XD .40 subcompact. I now have a Walther PPS and love it.

    While I was in Detroit, MI working a contract job I had my first and I hope last time to point my gun at a human. A man in a parking lot who had been drinking while waiting for his wife took a ball bat and began hitting my work van. I had been in the back of the van putting together some parts and my side doors were open blocking the path beside a cart corral. The man kicked one of my van doors closed and reached in with the bat to strike me.

    I can tell you the man with the bat had a change of heart seeing me hunkered to the back door of my van in contact ready. I yelled at him to get on the ground and he complied.

    Not a shot was fired and I thank god I didn't have to take it that far.

    That is my story and that is why I carry. Not every situation will be a robber or a carjacker. It might be a drunk and foolish man not thinking clearly.

    We all must live with our actions. We must never hesitate to defend our lives.
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