Posted by NCWayne on January 14, 2013 at 22:25:54 from (69.40.232.132):
A good friend of mine called me this morning, waking me up, to let me know he was on his way back to our house. He works out of town alot and had stayed with us over the weekend due to a breakup with his girlfriend (ie no apartment any more). So, he leaves around 3 AM, headed to the office/shop to meet his ride to the jobsite, which is out of state. He got there about 3:45 and was in the process of making sure he had everything he needed in his bag, before the rest of the crew got there, when a man (I won't specify race....) pulled up in his car with the window down. That led to a pistol being aimed through the open window at my buddy, followed by the words, 'Gimme what you got'. Thankfully all he really had was his laptop and his wallet, so after cancelling credit cards, etc he didn't actually lose much monetarily. Even then his employeer has agreed to cover all of his loses and get him a new laptop, etc. Most importantly he escaped the incident with his life.
That all said, he just turned 21 toward the end of last year and had applied for a pistol purchase permit because his new job often puts him in situations, and bad areas, like this. By the time the sherriffs dept got his application processed, etc he didn't have but a few days to actually pick up the permits -vs- the 30 days that the signup paperwork leads you to believe. Seems it's 30 days from the time of application and not from the time they let you know they are ready for pickup. With the holidays slowing down the application process, and with him out of town so much, by the time he got off and home on a Friday to pick them up was told they had expired (although he was well within the 30 days from notification, but not from application) and they had to redo everything....a process they have still not completed for the second time. Funny how a few days basically cancels out the permitting process, when the permits issued are actually good for a full 5 years.....Sounds like a load of BS to me but that's the rules.....
My point here is that because my buddy tried to follow the rules to buy a pistol, he really got screwed. Had he actually been armed with a visible weapon (NC is a open carry state and he planned to do so)I believe the thief would have had second thoughts before brandshing his own pistol. If not the would be thief would have probably been on his way to the hospital, or morgue, for his stupidity as my buddy, even though he's young, isn't easily shaken and is a pretty good shot.
I've been debating the whole concealed carry deal and still haven't really made up my mind which way to go on it. Thing is after today I've pretty much decided I'm going to go ahead and get the permit. Wether Uncle Sam knows I have firearm or not is of no concern to me as I have several others they know about anyway. The nice thing is that with the permit I can legally carry concealed where prudent to do so, and legally carry as openly as possible when ever I possibly can. I just wish more others would get off the proverbial couch and do the same.
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