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Originally Posted by cabmandone

Part of my concealed carry class was related to legal ramifications. A good friend of mine taught the class. He focused mostly on when it's appropriate. His key point was "don't let the fact that you are carrying a gun change you" His one big point was the one I made to Look 171 above. If the situation is so serious that you feel you need to draw the weapon, you need to use the weapon.

Right, you don't draw a weapon thinking/hoping/with the intention that just drawing it will defuse a situation. That will get you in trouble.

A situation in our class, if you drive up to a gas station or convenience store at 2am and see someone holding a gun on someone behind the counter, don't shoot the person with the gun. Maybe that person is an off-duty cop that already has the situation under control.

And actually, if anything, let it change you, but to the point that you're more conscious about your environment and NOT getting yourself into bad situations. For instance, if you occasionally get irritated at other drivers when you're behind the wheel and maybe cut people off, tail-gate, whatever, if you're packin' you need to stop that behavior. Don't exacerbate a situation that could turn bad. Don't be the reason that you end up using your gun. Do everything you can do to avoid using your gun, so that if you ever do you have no blame/responsibility.