Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: BigJ
Honestly, if he is being extreme on one end of the spectrum, you're being extreme on the other end by equating it to keys or a wallet.
Again, when you CCW you have a morning routine that includes grabbing your weapon. In THAT SPECIFIC INSTANCE it is as easy to forget to grab as your keys, your cell phone and your wallet.
Sure, take my comments out of context, why don't you... as long as it helps the hysterical arguments from the anti-gun crowd.
I'm not taking it out of context at all.
You are arguing that it becomes part of your routine and are comparing it misplacing your keys or wallet. Others are saying that you should be overly cautious and treat it like a child. It's easy to see from my comments in this thread that I'm somewhere in the middle. By allowing it to become "part of the routine," you start to lose respect for the weapon. By going concealed carry, you take on a responsibility above and beyond that of carrying a set of keys or your wallet. Minimalizing the importance or the responsibility of carrying a handgun to that of a set of keys is the extreme opposite of those comparing it to the responsibility of a child's life. I'm not saying that you should be paranoid, but the OP made a bunch of bad judgement calls concerning his firearm.
People are not judging him solely based on the fact that he left his gun at home, at least I'm not. The OP first thought he left his gun in an unlocked car in the center console, loaded and ready to go. The first problem with that is that he knew that the courthouse did not allow weapons, and that there was no place to store it at the courthouse. He shouldn't have even brought it out in the first place. On top of that, he shouldn't be storing the weapon in his car in such a position. He should've separated the ammunition from the firearm and put them in two different parts of the car at the minimum. If he's going to be storing his firearm in his car, he should have a gun safe.
The second problem with that is that he wasn't completely sure that he locked his car. If you're willing to bear the responsibility of carrying a firearm, you better be willing to take the 10 extra seconds it takes to make sure your car is locked.
Then finally we come to this thread where now the gun was found deep in his top sock drawer, where it never is. If it never gets put there, how did it? Again, irresponsibility with his firearm.
I've grown up around guns, I own 2 rifles, and my father is a retired CO of Riker's Island after 22 years of service. He has his CCW permit and I know what it's like to have grown up around someone with a CCW. To this day he still carries a revolver in an ankle holster. He's taught me to enjoy but respect firearms, whether they be handguns, rifles, or shotguns.
I am anything but anti-gun, and calling me that just because I'm pointing out that you're guilty of the same extremist view-point as the gun grabbers is asinine at best. Based on everything that has happened with the OP, I'm not saying that he should be stripped of his right to carry, but he should seriously analyze what he is doing to be a cautious gun owner.
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