re: How Many Here Carry a Handgun? - Car or Home or Refuse Owning

I do not have a concealed carry because we have open carry and can carry in our cars. I stress safety, train and reinforce safety with friends and family regularly. I don't shoot enough, but am competent. I read laws in any state where I have a weapon and if stopped by a police officer always make him aware of a weapon on my person and have hands in view. I have pulled my weapon once in 30 plus years of carrying, never fired.
So yes its a right we have as Americans and a great responsibility that I take very seriously. I thank my father for teaching me how to act around weapons and to handle them like they are supposed to be handled. Never one negative incident in all these years.