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Thanks to all who manage and contribute to this board. When I joined a couple weeks ago, I thought of myself as an experienced and savvy person in regards to situational awareness and weapons. However, I've picked up more valuable insight, technique and thought-threads since joining this group, than I have in the last two decades.
'Two things that I do different today, thanks to this board:
* Carry all the time. I used to only use my CWP when I thought I 'needed it' for portions of my job that put me in harms way. Even a local senior LEO recently told me (when I happened to mention that I was not carrying at the time) that he thought I should be carrying at all times.
* I now also have 'one in the pipe' at all times while carrying. The Coast Guard had drilled into my head that this was a poor safety practice and not allowed for that reason. The fact that the Coast Guard has to deal with 'general liability' probably has a lot to do with that policy. Even so, this has been a difficult habit for me to break, but I'm starting to get used to it.
The courtesy and professionalism of contributors here is impressive. Bravo Zulu.
'Two things that I do different today, thanks to this board:
* Carry all the time. I used to only use my CWP when I thought I 'needed it' for portions of my job that put me in harms way. Even a local senior LEO recently told me (when I happened to mention that I was not carrying at the time) that he thought I should be carrying at all times.
* I now also have 'one in the pipe' at all times while carrying. The Coast Guard had drilled into my head that this was a poor safety practice and not allowed for that reason. The fact that the Coast Guard has to deal with 'general liability' probably has a lot to do with that policy. Even so, this has been a difficult habit for me to break, but I'm starting to get used to it.
The courtesy and professionalism of contributors here is impressive. Bravo Zulu.