How NRA Firearms Instructor Rick Ector Was Robbed In His Own Driveway - Part 5

How NRA Firearms Instructor Rick Ector Was Robbed In His Own Driveway - Part 5

I Guess I Watch Too Much T.V.

Most crimes, if reported at all, are never solved. No one seems to care too much unless there is a dead body associated with the crime. Even then, it seems that unless the outrage from the community is great, nothing ever comes of it. 

Did the police ever solve the murder of that woman whose body was discovered downtown on the morning of the Super Bowl?

After I spilled my guts to the detective, I inquired about the process of receiving a CPL. His reaction was not pleasant. He didn’t do or say anything offensive, but he dismissed my desire to take more responsibility for more personal safety as “contributing to the problem.” Anyhow, he told me to go to police headquarters and that the info I sought could be found there.

First Step To Recovery Is Admitting That You Have A Problem

Many people, such as the person who I used to be, stand on the sidelines of the Second Amendment/gun ownership game until something adverse “happens” to them or to someone they know and value. Personally, I never had a “perceived” need for a handgun; I had previously viewed owning a gun as a novelty and perhaps a waste of hard earned cash. 

I had bought into all of the misleading anti-gun propaganda being spewed vociferously by various people and “special interests” with hidden agendas.

(To be continued)