I don't ALWAYS carry. There are places where having a firearm is inappropriate and illegal. I do practice at the range, and I maintain situational awareness, whether armed or not. Not afraid to flight or fight.
Me too !! in 2007 I was walking down the street and I turned around and this young 6'2 dude was trying to throw this 16 year old gal to the ground in West New York, New Jersey.I am 5'8 189 solid and a fast sprinter, I merely whirled around ,spread My arms out and the miscreant bolted. A few other rescues,including one in New York Port Authority back in 1995 where a bunch of ghetto meat-heads outside of the mens room were threatening a homo-dude,trying to get Him to go outside. (knives are evil -a a teelvised electric chair would be suitable for anyone who uses them) I was 21 not even 22 at the time, super-handsome ,looked like a cop, wearing My 80 dollar Joesph Abboud tie that I bought at Nordstrom, (I was selling copier machines at the time ) I walked up and grabbed the homo by the arm and said You're coming with Me ! I rescued Him from the evil bully who was threatening Him !! to impress the crowd of bums. But the strangest thing that My Mom said I was insane to do was around April of 2008. I was walking towards Bryant Park and I heard a rookie Irish cop with clunky footwear that You cannot sprint with ! (You sprint on the tips of Your toes which is astronomically difficult with any foot wear that has a significant heel,even jogging sneakers ,You simply need something flat and hard-thin across the "board" So I didn't see Who the cop was chasing but He (the cop) was saying "Don't make Me chase You,I'll catch You") I don't think that He ever would have. The dude was a young 6'5 ?? eastern european dude in a black suit. Who wears balck suits, I wear all varieties of navy !!
so I sprinted up and rocketed-up on this dude as if You would believe, I was afraid that maybe this dude used a weapon on someone ?? tall dude was bracketed and whirled around by the Bryant Park hotel. I had to massively deacclerate as I was afraid to tackle him, afraid for two reasons,I didn't want to hurt My self (I never played foot ball much) and I also dint want the cp to arrest Me if I hurt the dude,I mean Who the fuck am I anyway here ?? The cop is saying get down,get down,I parodied that, said cop cuffs the dude, Says' I only wanted to talk to You,Now You're going to jail. Curious as a mother-fucker I was both afraid to demand a Thank_You from said ungrateful cop, and didn't want to press My luck in asking what the whole mess was about. I guess that was a foolish and immataure thing to do,but so long ago. Sorry for the long story. I did buy Jo pepper spray though.I am real anti-crime a super safety nut. I mean to digress,they say lawn sprinkers save Your grass, fire sprinklers save Your ass. I just hate car accidents,crime,fire, etc, Be well,Mark last safety tip, while it is generally inadvisable to talk and chew at the same time, keep the food in the front of Your if (when) You do. I am so fucking weird Today,or just a helpful comedian,Be well,Mark the famous author said I wanted to write You a shorter letter but I didn't have enough time,I will emulate that advice in the Future !!
(I maintain situational awareness, whether armed or not. Not afraid to flight or fight. )