crush wrote:One for the older guys.
Back before the gun grab and everything that's come since were we ever allowed to just carry a pistol for recreation or defence?
Without having to have a 'genuine reason ' and the rest like it's been for years.
Anyone old enough to have just had a pistol because they wanted one and not owe any body an explanation?
I have known three civilians that carried legally, all in WA.
One is a well known pawnbroker/jeweler.
One was a private investigator, probably long-retired now.
The third was an old guy that was pretty proud of his carry licence and open carried a tiny Saturday Night Special. I can't recall what his reason was as it was back in the early nineties and he'd be long dead now. Every time I saw him it just looked like it was begging to be stolen, not that it would've been much good to anybody that actually felt they needed a handgun.