mental alertness

[ScottDLS]

You have never tried to carry in Japan, have you?

No, but Secretary Clinton would have to issue me a diplomatic passport if I was pursuing a skip. 19th century SCOTUS decision. Bounty Hunting powers are plenipotentiary.

One time I had a skip on a JP warrant for a hot check (under $50) writer. I needed to go to Mexico to apprehend the mope. I was going to have Harold Koh argue for giving me UN jurisdiction, but I got Dog Chapman to go after him instead. Dog worked with the (Quintana Roo) State Judicial Police and the Federales and they delivered him to my custody at DFW.

The only place I am truly at ease is in a Post Office. No guns can be in there due to Postal regulation. Even when President Obama goes to mail a letter, his Secret Service bodyguards have to disarm.

[Abraham]

A few years ago while enjoying a cigar at a local smoke shop, a "bounty hunter" type walked in and announced he was looking for someone.

He looked at a friend sitting next to me and demanded his I.D. My friend looked at a moment and said no.

The man stared at my friend a moment, looked at the crowd and moped off...

[karl]

I've grown up in the 'relative' comfort and bubble of The Woodlands and have never really been on alert (save for bullies in high school ). I'm mainly getting my CHL because I feel it is the next step "in case I need it", but I figure I'll end up carrying all the time when I'm not heading back and forth to the community college or at work. Just because something hasn't happened YET doesn't mean something won't ever happen. More cautious now than ever.

[Purplehood]

You have never tried to carry in Japan, have you?

No, but Secretary Clinton would have to issue me a diplomatic passport if I was pursuing a skip. 19th century SCOTUS decision. Bounty Hunting powers are plenipotentiary.

One time I had a skip on a JP warrant for a hot check (under $50) writer. I needed to go to Mexico to apprehend the mope. I was going to have Harold Koh argue for giving me UN jurisdiction, but I got Dog Chapman to go after him instead. Dog worked with the (Quintana Roo) State Judicial Police and the Federales and they delivered him to my custody at DFW.

The only place I am truly at ease is in a Post Office. No guns can be in there due to Postal regulation. Even when President Obama goes to mail a letter, his Secret Service bodyguards have to disarm.

Right. You feel safe in a Post Office because all the good guys are disarmed.

[Crapshoot]

A few years ago while enjoying a cigar at a local smoke shop, a "bounty hunter" type walked in and announced he was looking for someone.

He looked at a friend sitting next to me and demanded his I.D. My friend looked at a moment and said no.

The man stared at my friend a moment, looked at the crowd and moped off...

and.....

[lonewolf]

A complete, unknown, unidentified stranger in a public place asking for a specific person's ID.......if I were the one being asked, my possible list of answers is endless........none of them involve producing my ID........

If I were at a railroad station in Communist Russia, maybe. Here in Texas, no.

[Crapshoot]

You have never tried to carry in Japan, have you?

The only place I am truly at ease is in a Post Office. No guns can be in there due to Postal regulation. Even when President Obama goes to mail a letter, his Secret Service bodyguards have to disarm.

Right. You feel safe in a Post Office because all the good guys are disarmed.

See there are some things we can agree on.

[C-dub]

At home ... I'd say 2-3 on a scale of 1-10. 2 just because I carry at home and maybe 3 because I'm always paying attention to all the different sounds. Probably closer to just 2, though. It goes up quickly when there's a knock on the door.

[ScottDLS]

Right. You feel safe in a Post Office because all the good guys are disarmed.

Well now that I think of it, I might be able to carry in a Post Office if I was after a skip. I mentioned I'm a Bounty Hunter (BEA), right...? But I know that even Secret Service have to disarm before entering Postal property.

It's in the CFR.

I usually wear a BEA windbreaker over my sport coat when in the Post Office, but I go to lower mental awareness and move my CHL badge to my belt.

[Abraham]

My point, regarding the "BH", is that while some of them seem to regard themselves as almost omnipotent, they aren't...

Their ranks seem to be swollen with a large percentage of low life's and wannabe's akin to mall ninja's.

They like to think of themselves as somehow glamorous, while the public at large view them as something similar to repo guys - about as glamorous as garbage collectors...

[bayouhazard]

"Dog" makes Greedo look like a GQ model.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=e1YbFnkZwZk[/youtube]

[03Lightningrocks]

You have never tried to carry in Japan, have you?

One time I had a skip on a JP warrant for a hot check (under $50) writer. I needed to go to Mexico to apprehend the mope. I was going to have Harold Koh argue for giving me UN jurisdiction, but I got Dog Chapman to go after him instead. Dog worked with the (Quintana Roo) State Judicial Police and the Federales and they delivered him to my custody at DFW.

Your joking, right?

[dac1842]

Always on high. I watch the alarm monitor constantly looking for motion detectors activating or doors opening. I have high res cameras outside, low light around the garage and in the garage watching my two motorcycles and about 25k in tools. IF you breach my property from any direction be smilin pretty, cause you are on camera. The tapes are off site so destroying any tape player you see if you make inside wont do you any good. Plus if you come via the backyard that pretty blonde, called Maggie a husky/lab mix will have plenty to say about you being in her yard, she is just a bit protective and likes to bite the parts that create the family tree.

Whenever I carry I am the same. I constantly sweep the area, look for exits and make eye contact with all that I encounter. Many of my habits come from SWAT and Executive Protection training. I carry less than lethal options with me at all times. I always have pepper spray and normally have a small stun gun in my pocket as well. Even when at home I have a weapon on me. In the event of a home invasion, which is rare, but happens, it does no good to have your weapon in the bedroom.

If someone makes the erroneous decision to break into my house he/she will never see the outside of it. IF they happen to make it to the street, it is 203 yards from my house to the corner, i will give you 200 yard head start, you will never see the corner. Being former SWAT sniper gives you certain sadistic pleasures in life.

[Kevinf2349]

she is just a bit protective and likes to bite the parts that create the family tree.

Priceless!