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koine2002 wrote:

Welcome aboard. I understand your concern about your colleagues. I'm in academia as an adjunct and also work in the medical world as a hospice chaplain/spiritual counselor. Although, everyone at our hospice company carries since we do in-home hospice care & many of our patients live in very rough neighborhoods.

Thank you much! It sucks having to be cautious about who knows but at the same time I don't want to alarm anyone with a decision that I've made for myself. I'm glad to hear that your hospice work allows you to protect yourself. I wish you luck in both your endeavors. Both are tough jobs. Safe travels!

I've been lurking around since mid February and finally signed up in March

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Profession: I work in sales currently (I'm trying to get back into working at a bank list I used to)
Marital status: married since Jan 12th of this year.
Years CHL: 05/07/2016
Carry guns/equipment:
-FNS-9mm
-Safariland GLS 578 Pro-Fit holster with Paddle
-folding buck knife (not sure of the model)

big welcome to you new folks...
Dave

22 (almost 23 in July) male here from the Austin area.
I am going to college for criminal justice and delivering pizza for Domino's.
I got my CHL about a year ago so not only am I new to the website, I'm relatively new to the carry world as well.
I bought my first handgun on my 21st birthday. A full-size M&P9 that I love. I got a White Hat MaxTuck holster for it, but being a smaller framed guy, it wasn't comfortable enough for me to carry everyday and harder to conceal in my truck while working. So I joined the Shield squad and carry it all day every day in a Bianchi 100 Professional, but I have a Miller Tactical Group kydex IWB holster on the way.

Oh and I'm single so all you ladies that carry

Welcome!

Welcome from DFW.

Jamelyn
Age 56
Kingwood, Texas
Work in the ER at a local hospital
EDC Sig P232 .380, but also have a Browning .22 LR, S&W MP 9C and when I can, I steal my husband's 1911
LTC - about four months
Never picked up a gun until about a year ago, was always scared of them. Got over that really quickly! Now I carry everyday that I'm not working (hospital forbids guns)
Glad to have found you folks

Welcome to the Forum Jamelyn. This is a fantastic place.

Carl

Welcome to the forum Jamelyn! Glad to have you with us. There's a wealth of information on this board and a great bunch of gals & guys to get to know.

I have been involved with firearms since I was a young kid. I got my first gun, a Winchester .22 LR single shot bolt action, when I was about ten years old. I was in the USMC for about 8 years too. I also worked as a Reserve Police Officer for the City of Fort Worth for a number of years too. I lived in Arizona the state I was born in and immigrated to Texas in 1983. I used to love to hunt and fish a lot when I was in AZ but after moving to TX I didn't get to do it as much then.
65
Male
Soon to be retired but I am a computer programmer, software analyst.
Married
HCL going back many years.
I guess I am in the 24th representative House District.
I do not like to say what I carry, the government may use it against me one day.

Welcome to the Forum earlwb.

Age: 31
Gender: Male
Profession/school status: Construction Project Manager
Marital status: Single
Years CHL: 2008
Texas State Representative House District: 62
Carry guns/equipment: Primary - Glock 19 with 2 spare mags, ProTech 2AA flashlight, benchmade griptillan, and a leatherman wave

TexasRedMonkey welcome to the greatest place for a LTC holder to be.

Tonia Bond wrote:Hello all,
I'm Tonia Bond. I'm a newbie here :)

Good morning Tonia Bond. Welcome to the Forum, take some time to look around, ask questions, comment on any threads you want.
This is a great group of folks here.

New here. 'Started shooting at age 5 with my father. 'Started hunting at age 7 with my father. At age 9 I was sitting on a deer stand by myself. At age 12, Dad would drop me off at the deer lease and I hunted on my own. (Yes I know. This is child abuse by today's standards.)

In 1992 at the age of 28, I got serious about handguns. I bought my first serious armory grade handgun, a Glock 22 from Ron's Guns in Bossier City, LA. I have been a fan of the 180 Grain Winchester and later Hornady JHP loads since that time. At my age it's all about being content in life. I am content with my .40 caliber Glocks. They may not be the rage these days but I am accoustomed to them and am reasonably accurate as well.

After it became clear keeping terrorists out of America is not a priority for our national politicians, my wife and I decided to get our LTC's. I followed through and she did not. Now that I have done it, my whole idea about concealed carry has changed. I will do everything I can to avoid using my handgun in a self defense scenario. It is a last ditch measure to stop the threat and nothing more.

My Dad's side was in TX before it was a part of the U. S. They were Free Masons who heeded the calls of Bowie, Houston and others to come west. I love football, Barbecue and duck hunting. That's it for now. Thanks for having me.