Does anyone carry a sidearm?

[creekrat]

hey tom ,them rattlers taste like walleye.if you ever kill one to eat cut his head off 3to 5 inches behind his head,roll it like you was fixing chicken to fry.i have a conseled weapon permit,dont usually carry any gun unless im hunting or riding 4 wheeler and shooting some to stay in practice .carry a gun when we backberry pick with bird shot for them ole copperheads hate them snakes!!!!later CR

[robzombie852]

hey CR what kind of quad you got? i have a suzuki king quad, a polaris xplorer, and my dad has a kawasaki prarie 650.

[creekrat]

i ride a honda forman gets me around these hills ok you guys have some nice 4 wheelers there rob,, be careful on them lots of wrecks around here...CR

[robzombie852]

my favorite is my polaris. it has four wheel drive but its 2 stroke so its fast. ive gotten it up to 70 on a frozen lake. my friend has a honda forman es. its yeller. i know about them accidents 2 weeks ago a kid from my town crashed his and is paralized from the waist down. and last year someone died on one near me.

[rip]

hello all. The only proublem iv encontered in 30 years,is a dog that thought my detector was a weed wacker(guess he had a bad wacker incedent as a puppy) I carry dog snacks as this usualy works.Other than that i carry a 12 inch bowi knive(my digging tool)And i guess you could use your detector as a weapon.

[RingDancer]

Marna I know how you feel! I was detecting out from the side of a building that was out in the middle of nowhere. I kept having uneasy feelings of someone grabbing me and that they could drag me behind the building and no one would ever know. All I had was a knife and my detector! But being female I don't know if the knife would be good enough protection. If you are detecting like me with headphones on you wouldn't be able to hear someone if they were approaching from behind. And now days there are crazy people everywhere. You hear of people getting abducted all the time. I have family members telling me to carry a small pistol for protection. I have been wondering if you have to have a permit to carry a pistol say in your back pocket. I think it is best to always have a partner with you when detecting. But in my case I go a lot by myself. I do like the idea of having the pepper spray.

Pat

[robzombie852]

i think it depends on your state pat. here in N.Y you deffinatly need a permit to carry a pistol.

[inkermortis]

i dont carry a gun not sure i need to but i got a nice rounded off screew driver that would proberly fit nicely into someone if they decieded to try to get me!!! also i'd hate to break my minelab on someones head but it is a nice heavy machine and if it came down to it i'd sovernize them with it!!!!!lol

[bill(de)]

I don't carry a gun but i found one in a county park and turned it in to the police about 6 weeks ago.I detect parks and other properties near inner city areas and you must be aware of your surroundings at all times.I don't think i would ever consider a concealed weapon but nothing wrong with a screwdriver , a metal probe,or even a set of keys for self defense,and theres always a loud scream. I'm more afraid of pitbulls than people .HH Bill

[Hyponizer]

Sometimes i carry a can of mace similar to this.. http://www.safetyrus.com/Bearpepperspray.html
It blasts a thick fog about 20 feet and will take care of just about any aggressive wild animal. I'm pretty sure its illegal to use on humans, but if one were in a life threatening situation that probably wouldnt matter.