LPguy

I'm glad to see so many ppl are utilizing cell phones as part of their "daily carry" equipment!

Personally I put an "AA" in front of my most important "scroll numbers" that way they are always at the top. I limit this feature to a select few. When you are under adrenaline stress. Fine motor skills( including memory ) go right out the window. Best to limit it to 3. This way in every day use your mind sees those 3 and will lock onto them in an emergency. It's worked for me.

Mike

P95Carry

Mike - good notion re ''AA'' prefix - I think I will implement that too!

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NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.

"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."

If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

Bud White

I always carry a cell phone and most of the time 2 mine and the companys so im almost never with out one

san antone rr

I'm in the same boat as Bud. Personal phone and the company one always on my belt. Would never be the only line of defense, but it's good to have one.

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December 9, 2005 (CNN)
While interviewing an anonymous US Special Forces soldier on his sniper skills, a Reuters News agent asked the soldier what he felt when shooting members of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The soldier shrugged and replied, "Recoil."

glock21guy

I have read more than one source that the first person calling 911 or the local police is considered the victim. Take for example you are walking out to your car, and are accosted by a BG. Just seeing your firearm is enough to drive off the person. You think nothing of it, and go about your business. The BG dumps his weapon, and call the police stating you threatened him with you firearm. Give them your description, and the police find you. Now your are the BG because you did not report the incident. Is this wrong, you bet ya! In the long run you may be vindicated but it could be a bumpy road.

So any time you must draw your firearm, or show it. The first thing you do after it is safe, is call 911. It is a waste of police recourses, in my example, to call 911 but you must CYA in todays world.

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Aaron

If you don't protect your self, who will?

Zach S

I hate mine. The last one I had, I was about 17, I got mad at it, and it found itself at the bottom of Cane River...

Didnt have another one until earlier this month. If I got my messages or didnt have to fight a 12 year old girl, 15 year old guy, or a 17 year old guy to use the phone at home, I probably wouldn't have.

madmike

I've carried a cell phone for quite a few years. I HATE them, but I carry them.

I do love being able to get help for someone who really needs it and I've done so many times. I also confess to have enjoyed being able to alert the FHP about a drunk driver swerving from lane-to-lane in front of me. I stayed behind him and in contact with the dispatcher until the trooper showed up to make the stop.

My CC app was mailed off just a few days ago. While I'm waiting, I've started getting used to carrying the cell phone @ 11 o'clock, instead of @ 3:30 where the G23 will be riding.

I don't want to accidently "flash" when I pull the phone. Nor do I wish to inadvertantly try to "stop the GB" with my phone, instead of my GLOCK.

One thing I'd forgotten to do (and will correct after posting this,) is to program the Voice Dial feature to automatically dial 911 when I tell it to.

mm

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gregarat

I wish I could aford to "loose" mine . I see it as an invisable leash that my bosses can bother me when Im buisy.
I do like the fact that I can get ahold of someone when I need to, pluse the G.P.S. locator in modern digital cells are a great if trouble does happen.
I was given a new one with a raidio attached, I do like that.

grnzbra

Cell phones. AAArgh!

Had a nice one. Say "Send Help" and a 911 call goes out. If I say my local department, a call goes there (the 911 calls are taken at a center two towns away, so I call the locals direct)

At the end of our 2 year agreement (a warm and fuzzy word for contract) we could get new phones. So my wife opted for a pair of the ones that Verizon is advertising heavily these days. Well, I found that some fool "improved" things by setting the whole menu up for voice dialing. So, to make a call, the first thing you must do is wait for the phone to ask, "what would you like to do?". Then you must say, "Call someone". Then you must wait for the phone to say "Name please". Then you can say, "Send help"

AAArgh!

Ah, but it does have a built in camera. We must prioritize.

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cmidkiff

Bought my first cell 8 years back, for my wife. A young woman with a POS minivan full of kids, seemed like a good idea.

I now have 4, mine, wife's, and oldest two daughters. If they're going to leave home without me, I want them to have a cell phone.

As Euc said, it's not my only defensive tool, and if I were limited to only one defensive tool, the phone wouldn't be it. Glad I don't have to make that choice.

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