 Hey there friends. Thanks for checking in. At one point or another most of us decided it would be wise to carry a gun It's a dangerous world out there very violent crime happens everywhere I don't care how safe you feel what your neighborhood crime statistics tell you or any of that Crime could happen anywhere. Why do you suppose every time you turn on the news or somebody saying I can't believe what happened? Things like that don't happen around here. Well, yes, they do. Let's just face the truth So I want to share with you when I began carrying it now back in 2000 I became a landlord spent a side business for a number of years I've rented many houses throughout the years and I still do but I remember I had a vacant house And I received the phone call from a lady. She was the sweetest thing. Oh that the house is perfect I saw the pictures. It's so cute. It'd just be me my husband and my my young child Can I plant flowers? You know, I want to I want to see the house and she fooled me And I made an appointment to show her that house as I'm waiting for them to show up a Van pulls up and four dudes jump out They jumped out in an intimidating manner real tough guy, you know tough guys walking around. Is this the house and And then she walked out too Did not look like I thought she would look after speaking with her on the phone, but that's separate. So I'm thinking This is not a good situation here. I am with five people in the house It's completely vacant and I'm very vulnerable and to top it off one guy bumps into me Just kind of nudges up against me. I say, okay there now. I began to feel Anxious I began to feel nervous. I began to feel like I am very vulnerable right now But I was sure not to show it. Okay. I've always learned don't show it act confidence walk firmly Be confident and and I was able to do that. Meanwhile. I'm thinking what a disparity of four sisters Okay, you've got four guys and to top it off. They they get in the house when they spread out now These are common tactics. They start picking things apart, you know demanding things You're gonna change out this carpet. Are you gonna add a washing machine? Are you what about this chip in the door? You know, I started hearing this stuff It's a common tactic people pick apart the house then they try to negotiate down the rent I've seen it a thousand times and they were doing that But I said, hey, how about if we all stick together we'll go around the house And then we could discuss any of the issues that you want to discuss and they completely ignored me So I walking around right around after five minutes another guy bumps into me now now I'm thinking this is a plan. Where exactly is this going and how's it going to end? I am vulnerable and The lady was no treat either. She was complaining and saying what do you think about this bill? This is no good and and I couldn't wait to get rid of them, but I couldn't get rid of them Okay, when I finally did I said, okay, we're about ready to wrap it up here Why don't you guys go ahead and talk about it and you know, we'll get back in touch. They wouldn't leave now these guys had Were following me with my back turned on several occasions. I tried to avoid it But I couldn't because they spread out. I did not do a good job of organizing the people saying hey Look, if we're gonna do this, we have to do it this way or say hey You know what how about two of you come in and everybody else can wait in the van and I'll be happy to show Maybe two at a time or whatever. I would never do that or handle that the way I did today but I had to learn I was a young landlord at the time and I thought to myself the disparity of force here is Pretty intense and this could go bad at any given time. There was a point I thought it would go bad like they were invading my space one guy got real close to me And I was just standing there like this, but I was nervous I it was you know, I was trembling inside, but I tried not to show it. Maybe I did show it I'm not sure but I said to myself at that time I will never put myself in this situation again now in 2001 Michigan became a shell issue state That means that they shall issue you a permit a carry permit if you take the training and you're legally qualified And all the liberals heads were spinning. They say oh, it's gonna be like the Wild West. This is so terrible Well, it's been fine, but at that point I took the training I received my permit and I've been carrying ever since every day Not when I feel like I'm going into a rough area or when I feel like something bad may happen every day For all those years and you say well, why are you making this video? Nothing bad happened to you? Well, it certainly could have and I know there are a lot of people out there who They did experience some type of violence. They did experience crime And so I'm making this to encourage people, you know, you should consider this if you're not doing it already You should consider this so that you don't end up in a similar situation Or so that you have a means of defense in case there isn't a disparity of force or somebody wants to attack you Or kill you or rape your wife or any any of all the above, you know, so why? I'll never feel that way again and Yes, it is true Carrying a gun can be uncomfortable, but it certainly is comforting. I've been carrying ever since I carry all the time There have been times when I was glad I had a gun Never had to use it never had to point my gun at anybody, but I was glad I had it because Some every now and again something just tells you I don't like the way this this whole situation feels and when you get that feeling You put your guard up a little bit and you say I don't like this I need to be aware and thankfully I have the gun because it is an equalizer You know four guys in one gun now. I'm not saying I would have pulled the gun on these guys I'm not saying that at all But it would have leveled the playing field given that the disparity of force was so strong in that situation Not always comfortable, but it's definitely Comforting and if you don't carry I highly encourage you to think about it If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe