What CCW Do You Carry Most Days?

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Please do not think this falls under the category of runnng down anyone's choice, it is just one of those illustrative incidents which I call "reality checks". A good friend who's name is a pretty much widely known in the gun world (but who will remain annonymous here) told me of his early days as a Police Officer in a very violent town (I will try to keep this short, he made it a very entertaining story).

He went to the market and decided to just stick his backup J-frame in his pocket...it was but a short walk. In the checkout line with a gallon of milk (and maybe some bread but I forget - it was 30 years ago in June he told me this) suddenly two guys stick up the cashier in the next isle over. He says to himself, no problem. If they do not look like they are going to shoot, let them take the money. They did but then started taking customers wallets. My friend had his police ID in his wallet (bad idea by the way) and he knew that if they found it he would be shot on the spot (given the time, the politics and the city I think he was right).

So he secreted his J-frame out behind the milk jug and waited for the right moment. He shot the shotgun wielder first (he was close and they were good hits) with 2 - 110gr Super vel JHPs and he immediately swithced to the other bad guy and got two shots into him. As he was shooting the last round, the little rack beside his head exploded and he saw the shotgunner was not only still up but shooting at him! He immediately ducked down and ran to the back of the store where he set up behind the end of a row and, according to him, debated wheter to try to shoot one of the bad guys with his last bullet, try to reload or just shoot himself (this last was a joke of course and funny only because he lived through this adventure).

Turns out, he did not have to decide. The uniformed police showed up and shot it out with both bad guys who were still doing just fine up to that point.

This is hardly a rare thing. Some folks just dont pay attention to being shot during the lifetime of the shooter.

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