I think there is a popular misconception about law abiding armed citizens with ccp. I have one and a lot of people I know have one. We don't pull our guns out to stop fist fights or unarmed robberies. Even with armed robberies if we aren't being robbed we observe until the situation escalates to a physical one. Just about all of us remove ourselves from situations sooner, because we don't want to end up in a petty fight. We don't flash the gun around. We can not drink with the gun on us. A lot of us carry a .380 it is a small sized pistol that makes noise and can kill someone. I personally am more interested in the fact that it makes a noise that makes people run away. A few guys make a bad name for us, these guys typically get their permits pulled because they forget that hiding the weapon from view at all times is the most important thing about the permit.

I have been shoved before while trying to protect my family from a mentally unstable man. I believe that had I been unarmed I would have kicked his ******** ass up and down the street for scaring the kids and shoving me while charging my property. Knowing I had a lot to lose, I let the one shove slide and continued to forcefully talk to the man back until he left slightly pist. Had I not had a gun I would have beat him down for sure. I am not the kind of guy who gets scared by confrontation. In fact when he shoved me it felt better than sex knowing I had the green light to fight an out of shape man. I knew that I couldn't fight though for so many reasons, all having to do with the gun. Had he punched me I still wouldn't of have shot him. It would take the immediate threat of great bodily injury to a family member for me to even draw.

The point being we are not cowboys. We do not wake up hoping to shoot a colored. In fact we all understand that we will probably be in civil and criminal court if we ever actually pull the trigger in the most justified setting. We don't want to kill anyone, especially in front of our families. We made the decision to carry. As fas as the comment about the bystander being hit. We aim. We didn't buy our gun from our drug dealer 2 days ago. We can actually keep our eyes open while we pull the trigger. Not to say that we won't miss, just saying that a lot of morons don't aim they just point and shoot.