Sitting Duck Policy

A Virginia gas station employee had closed up shop for the night and made his way out to his car to warm it up before heading home. While sitting in the driver’s seat, the man made a phone call.

Just then, two men opened his door and grabbed him, zapping him on the arm with a stun gun.

A concealed carry permit holder, the man pulled out his handgun and fired two shots at his would-be attackers who fled on foot.

Source: PW Pulse,Woodbridge, VA, 12/23/2010

According to the Utah BCI, http://publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/documents/2011Q4.pdf as of the end of December 2011 there were:

• Total Valid Permits: 347,262
• Permits Issued 4th Quarter: 16,149
• Permits Renewed 4th Quarter: 3,874
• Permits Revoked 4th Quarter: 187

• Permits Suspended 4th Quarter: 310
• Applications Denied 4th Quarter: 160

Radio talk show host Bob Lonsberry, who has been very popular on two local stations, but is currently not on the air in Utah wrote an excellent column on why people should carry legal self defense weapons. Check it out at: http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=3293

A sample:

“I believe every man and woman should work toward being in a situation that they can always, at a moment’s notice, put their hand on a gun. That is not fear, that is strength. That is not paranoia, that is preparation. That is a reasonable reaction to the daily parade of crime stories from across the country.

If crime can reach out and touch you at any moment, isn’t it prudent to be able to reach out and touch it back?

If home invasion, carjacking and other types of crime are common occurences — and they are — shouldn’t we be ever ready to successfully repel a violent attack against us?

If you come home at night and somebody’s waiting in your garage, if somebody creeps into your house in the night, if somebody grabs you as you’re out for a run, if somebody tries to strong arm you out of your car or your purse, what’s your play? What is your play to make sure you survive?”