The guys cooking meth on logging roads might have guns, I might as well have one too.

I have never found it necessary to pack a gun with me while fishing.
However I do have a concealed rod permit and I pack this little baby with me whenever I go hunting.

Never packed a weapon on the OP. No need in my oppinion and jsut asking for trouble. Now when I am river fishing in AK that is a different thing. The thought there is never leave home without it. I guess cats are a worry here but I know an old lady(70 years) that beat one off with a walking stick. If she can manage that I should be able to defend myself with a knife or stick.........unless he jumps on my back and the gun would make no matter anyway.
Besides, if you had a gun you would have that desire to shoot many of those idiots on the river that so desperately deserve it.

You bet I do .



I don't want to get cold toes.

No,but have thought about it alot in the past two/three years.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

I was fishing a hole in Gold Bar that has a trail that leads out to it that is sponsered by Trout Unlimited well marked and fenced on both sides. Myself and a buddy had walked out there to fish and had been there about a half hour when a crazy older man came out of a house brandishly waving around
a two shot Daringer. He was yeliing that we had walked through his yard and were trespassing.

I did not have my pistol with me, but have a concealed weapons permit.

Adrenalin is an amazing thing! You know the fight or flight syndrome.
Well my buddy was flying and I was fighting. I yelled in my most fearful voice. "If you miss I'm going to shove the gun up you A$%!" Ok before you reply I was scared and wasn't thinking clearly. It worked and he went inside.
I went to the Gold Bar Police station and sat there for over an hour waiting for a King County officer to show because it was on the South side of Hwy 2.

I don't know if anything ever got done about it but they new the guy and had issues with him before.

Ok, so what I'm trying to get at is, if I had my pistol with me what would have happened? I honestly think it would have ended bad!

I only pack heat if I eat those burritos from the Mexican restaurant or too many green peppers and anchovies at Chicago Roo's.

You and Vhawk.

Actually, I think Vhawk get's his ammo from a Kwiki-Mart.

Ugh.

Dang, green peppers and anchovies?? Hope you were fishing alone that day!

Yes and no. I do have a CWP. I usually have something hidden in the car and have it handy if spending the night somewhere with boat and gear out. I don't leave anything in the car when in tweaker country. You can guess if I have it ready, or left it home.

My looks usually scares the $pit out of anyone willing to cause a problem. if not my looks, the way I swing my fishing rod should.

Steve

Camping, all the time. Fishing, twice. Unfortunately we have tweaker prob's down here as well - the game refuge on the Feather river is a spot where stolen cars get stripped and dumped, among other things. I would never let anyone know I had a gun - the only reason to pull it out is to kill. I make sure to have a buddy with me and that's good enough for piece of mind while fishing.

Happy trails, Mike

I may have done the same thing, HOWEVER: What your friend did is illegal. It's called assault with a deadly weapon. If you have a CWP, then you are licensed to carry a CONCEALED weapon. The second it is not concealed, you had better be firing it in defense of your life, or you could go to jail. I have heard more than one story of a person being arrested under these conditions. Telling someone that you are "packing" is the same thing as a threat.

...Certainly not worth going to jail for "threatening" a tweaker!

That's why I don't carry. I am licensed too, but I seldom, if ever, do.

If I ever have to pull a gun on someone, they are dead. Or, at least shot at.

Really bad things happen to those who kill people.

Even if it was "justified", the odds of you getting a civil suit slapped against you is, well, damn near 100%. Last thing I want is my financial "fate" determined by a "jury of my peers."

Never mind the trouble you will be in if there is even the HINT that the killing was not 100% justified.

I would not do well in prison. I'd have to have "BITCH" tatooed to my forehead, and that would NOT be cool!

Way too many bad things can happen. I don't like bad things happening to me.

Personally, I just try to avoid those situations. Run away. Hand over my wallet, etc.

I like the odds of me NOT dying by violent criminals.

Sorry Hohbomb but reread the orig post, the guy continued coming on even after he had been ___warned___that the guy was armed. I give the guy credit for not killing the dumbarse, really lucky guy. I just pack a 12 gauge when I am out and about. Gives me peace of mind.

"Nobody move, or the snigger gets it!"---Blazzing Saddles

I carry at times. There was an incident a couple of years ago where a young cat jumped in the back of a pickup where a guy had put his fish the day before.

And beware putting a heater in under the bow area of a drifter. Today found a yellow jacket that was not happy with being disutrbed from its winter nap.

Yes, being from Los Angeles and growing up around cops the first thing I did after getting my WA driver's license was get my CPL. Seen too much stuff go down and to assume it won't happen to me is being stupid and unprepared.

If you are uncomfortable around guns or feel you would act irresponsible, then you probably shouldn't carry or own one.

If you are uncomfortable around guns or feel you would act irresponsible, then you probably shouldn't carry or own one.


I get that way around tequila

I have no issue with those who carry and act are responsibly. I choose not to. I have never been in any situation where cowardice and a willingness retreat wasn’t ample defense. But, I do think those who say they are "packing heat" are likely the ones who shouldn't be. Those who are "carrying a weapon” very likely are good to go in my book.

You got a CPL because...?????

a) You are from LA?
b) You like cops?
c) You dislike cops?
d) You are holding a chum in your avatar and posting on PP?



Paging Emmit Watson. Paging Emmit Watson. We got a live one for you.



Speaking of CA and CPL permits....

Set the WayBack dial to 1991 when the Huskies were going to the Rose Bowl. We were staying at a friends Dad's condo in Huntington Beach. Nice place. Any ways, one of the bars we visited was the Goat Hill Tavern. Their claim to fame was having over 100 beers on tap, and the floor was covered in 2-3" of peanut shells.

Anyways, a bunch of us Warshingtonians's all invade the place at the same time. First guy gets past the security guard and in the door with no problem.

I get to the guard and hand over my WA drivers license. Dude stares at it, and promptly tells me it is fake. His reasoning was that since the guy before me had one, and since I had one, it MUST be fake. (it wasn't fake and I was 21 at the time). He wasn't going to have anything to do with my reasonings and denied me access.

Quick on my toes, and knowing that CPL's are all but non-existent in CA, I whip out my WA CPL license, hand it over to him (had my finger prints on it, etc) and loudly proclaim:

"Do you know what this is? This is a license to carry a concealed weapon. Goddammit, if the Federal Government can trust me, SO CAN YOU!"

The dude at the door's jaw just dropped. He looked at that license. Looked at the finger prints on the license, flipped over and back a few times and as loud as he could humanly yell to everyone in the bar, said:

"HEY BOB! CHECK THIS SHIAT OUT. THIS GUY HAS A PERMIT TO CARRY A GUN!!!!"

Every head in that bar turned and a looked at me and my buddies. No one said a word, but the dude at the door smiled and PROUDLY let me in the door!

No free beers, but I don't think anyone flipped us any crap that night either.