Then they (as in the hypothetical or unspecified “they”) win.
Of course not. You can’t carry the rifle concealed.
I’m supposed to wear a flotation device whenever I’m in a boat in my state.
I don’t think it’s very liekly I’ll need it, though. 
When you clientele, by definition, believes in the irrational and the illogical and the impossible, it’s no surprise.
My country’s laws make it all but impossible for me to carry a concealed handgun.
But if I could, I would. For the same reason that:
-I wear seatbelts.
-I have fire extinguishers & first aid kits in my car and my house.
-I have smoke and C02 detectors in my house.
-I have a fire evacuation ladder in our bedroom near the window.
-I have a mini seat-belt cutter and car window punch hanging on my turn signal arm.
-I have jumper cables, flares and a tow sling in my trunk.
-I buy car and home owner’s insurance.
-I have a generator in my garage.
-I have taken a first-aid / CPR course.
I don’t live in fear of fire, car accidents, accidental injuries or hailstorms. I harbour no fantasies of rescuing people out of burning buildings. For me, a gun would be just another piece of property & life saving emergency equipment I hope I never have to use.
And yes, life saving. Just like law enforcement officers, a gun is carried to SAVE the life of the wearer or his loved ones. Police are not state appointed executioners. I am not a crazed killer.
What about the police, you might say? Well, what about the Ambulance and fire dept? If I cut myself and have spurting arterial bleeding, should I wait for the EMT’s to arrive and not do anything myself? If a pot of oil catches fire on my stove, should I just wait for the fire fighters?
Anyway, that’s why I would carry, if I could…
I like how Trupa puts it.
I carry because I’m in a line of work where its almost as necessary as it is for cops. Scripture says to give half of what you have to the poor but when you deal with silver and gold there is always someone out there who wants it all. And too often they aren’t all that poor. The bank in our community gets hit more than we do but that is partly because we have a rep for being a little more prepared.
And the risk doesn’t end when I leave work. One incident I had to contend with was when someone recognized me coming our of a diner and figured to force me to open doors for him. Like I could have had I even wanted to. Didn’t matter – he lost the argument.
Some places you live, some jobs out there that need doing, have risk attached. CCW is how some of us deal with it.
I’ve started thinking about CC because of similar events. I’ve been on bike trails where teenagers have massed in a threatening manner and had a 6’2 friend actually knocked off his bike. This was out in the country and not in the middle of cracktown. I’ve also had Charles Manson’s look-alike follow me in a truck (even doing a u-turn in the middle of a busy street to pursue me). It’s unerving to pick up a paper and see an attack at a place I’ve visited before.
Unless it is illegal for me to carry in certain location, I am never unarmed.
Far better to have a gun and not need it, than not have a gun… and need it.
I rarely conceal it, BTW. 95% of the time I practice “open carry.”
I don’t carry at all and don’t have a CCW but I have thought of getting a CCW in Michigan just to make life easier.
In Michigan it is less complicated to buy a handgun with a CCW. Also it would allow me to borrow other peoples guns. According to my understanding of the law in my state the only person that can transport a handgun is the person whose name is on the registration. That means it is technically illegal for me to borrow my fathers gun and go to the range. It also means that if my fiance wants to go shooting sometime without me it is technically illegal for her to transport my firearm. According to the guys at my local gun store I cannot register the gun to the both of us. A CCW would allow me to register the gun in her name and borrow it if I wanted to go shooting.
Need seems like an incredibly loaded word in this discussion. To be able to answer you coherently, could you list some rights you need, and why you need them? I just want to know what standard of need my answer will have to meet.
Like **carnivorousplant **, I live in AR.
Of course I need a CCW. 
I didn’t intend for it to be. How about “Why would you like to have a concealed carry license?” There have been good answers so far.
Instead of being needlessly obtuse, why don’t you answer based on your own standard of need? It’s not your problem if someone else has a different standard, because you have no obligation to meet their standard.
I “need” a new netbook. I have my reasons for needing it, and so i ordered it. I don’t care if my “need” for it doesn’t conform with your idea of “need.” Once we move past basic essentials like food, water, shelter, etc., most of the “needs” we have are subjective and context-specific, and many of them could be just as accurately described as “wants” rather than “needs.” If you’re looking for some universal or objective measure of need, you’re pissing into the wind.
Also, as the OP has noted, plenty of people have managed to provide perfectly reasonable responses without getting all hung up on the semantics.
No that’s why I had to get my Concealed Harpooning License.
I award two points to Ro0sh, however you pronounce his/her name.
I live in AZ too, and it is surprising the number of people one sees carrying openly.
I do so not only for protection in potentially dangerous situations, but also because I hike all the time in wilderness areas. These are frequented by mountain lions, and although I have never seen one (although I bet they have seen me), should one get too frisky, a shot or two over its head might well save my hide. Or if one pounces and starts gnawing on me, well… And in such a situation, I want quick access.
And, unlike concealed, a weapon on my hip may well deter the bad guys from even approaching me.
To each his/her own.
Are there generally places were open carry is not allowed, but concealed carry is?
But if they do attack you, they’ll know they have to shoot you from behind or do something similar such as a brick to the head, instead of trying to hold you up or beat you up. It also could make you a target of someone who wants to steal a gun.
So you peddle falsehoods and are surprised that some of the people you manage to dupe are less than brilliant?
The hamsters ate my previous post.
I initially got my CCW as part of going to work for an Armored company.
I’ve never privately carried except when driving cross country, and even then I only very seldomly carry on my person, but simply have a loaded weapon accessible in the car. Since I don’t (generally) speed, do or carry drugs, drink and drive or drive wildly* I’ve never given cause for my car to be searched. Hell, I think I’ve only been pulled over once on one of those trips, and that was that I was legitimately speeding (60 in a 55) about 50 miles from home on a Sunday morning after driving nearly 2000 miles. In 1988.
Given that I’ve needed a loaded weapon on more than one occasion for personal defense (never fired it, never even pointed, merely displayed), I’m glad I now have the CCW.
- Some former acquaintences may argue this point, but they had tickets and I did not and do not.