Originally Posted by Driveby
Originally Posted by BurningBright
No offense intended with this question, but have any of you "door watchers" ever experienced anything that made that type of vigilance necessary, or is it just peace of mind? I have never cared about that and can't think of one time when anything dangerous has happened in a restaurant I've been in.

I would wager the farm that, in cases we see on the news where bad things happened somewhere and people were killed, it was the first time it happened there and to them. Had those people not waited for it to happen the first time, the outcome may have been different. I've never had a serious wreck but I still put on my seatbelt when I get in the car.


I can certainly understand that and I'm not going to disparage folks that want to stay vigilant.

There have been times in my life where I was like that. Back when I used to travel for the company and inspect, troubleshoot and repair power plants all the time, you weren't allowed to carry on the plant site. So I didn't take my pistol on the road unless I was staying overnight and even then I didn't take it all the time.

I guess I figure now at 65 years old, as much stupid shit that I have done in my life getting in fights, pissing people off, being out late in questionable places, if God wanted to take me out he's had ample opportunities and if he wants to take me out now a 9mm pocket pistol ain't going to stop him.

Do I still carry sometimes? Yes.
Am I aware of my surroundings? Yes
Do I walk around like Jason Bourne all the time? No.

"When I say ever thing I mean ever thing." - Frankie