Excerps from Magazine Article by Massad Ayoob - Ten Commandments for Concealed Carry
- If you choose to carry, always carry, as much as possible. It’s not about convenience, it’s literally about life & death.
- Don’t carry a gun if you aren’t prepared to use it. It’s an emergency rescue tool. No more, no less. Criminals are expert judges of human prey & will know if they are dangerous to them.
- Don’t let the gun make you be reckless. The law holds a CFP permit holder to a “higher standard".
- Carry legally, or you could sacrifice your freedom, and loose your ability to protect yourself and family.
- Know what you’re doing. Gunfights are won by those who shoot fastest and straightest. Practice, practice, practice…
- Concealed means concealed. Avoid the many adverse effects if not.
- Maximize your firearms familiarity. If you ever need a gun, it will happen so quickly & terribly that you’ll have to be swift & sure.
- Understand the laws finer points... Ignorance is no excuse.
- Carry an adequate firearm. Use a caliber that cops & soldiers use.
- Use common sense… Ethics, logic, law, not idealism; not rhetoric. Carrying the power of life & death belongs only in the hands of a responsible person who cares about consequences, and is respectful of life and human safety.
