Dogfish, That was a great post. Although I have never had to draw my weapon on anyone, I had to make it be known that I had one.

In the late 80's I was driving home from the Kalama and when I was by Olympia, 4 guys in a car pulled up next to me and started pointing at my left front tire. I didn't feel any vibration coming from the front of my truck so I kept driving. They pulled up again and pointed again, I was starting to get a little nervous , it was about 1A.M. ,well, when I didn't pull over they started becoming aggresive and started flipping me off then they tried running me off the road. The only thing I could think of at the time was to show them my hand gun. I pointed it straight up in the air next to the window. You would'nt believe how fast they backed off.

Whether my action was right I don't know. I think it might have saved me.

2weeks after that , I read where the same situation happened to a couple. He pulled over by Montesano She was shot and killed ,He survived.

sometimes you can't get to a weapon, but I sure like the option of being able to.

PETA will do anything to stop our fishing and hunting. The NRA ,I believe, is a tool for us to keep our weapons.