I am sorry about Open Carry here in Florida; NOT YET. Everyone here in Florida have been stressed really bad. I hope all is well to all. " Stand Your Ground Law, yes and always here. "
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The stand your ground, then on flip side duty to retreat laws are just ridiculous.
IF I am confronted with a lethal threat, I’ll respond in kind unless I can reasonably avoid it, in which case I will. But, I’m not turning my back on an armed lethal threat. Period.
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Sorry to hear about your medical issues.
Good to know you are within legal boundaries IF threat arises
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Great post. Another lady had posted when her ammo was stolen from her car. I felt for her, took a lot of guts to share that. She taught me some lessons, and from her story, I made some changes to my routine and habits, especially on “range day” visits. Hats off to all you guys.
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I have been shooting, carrying & cleaning a 1911 45apc for over 45 years. At one point in my Naval career, I was on a Regional Pistol team. I am Mister gun safety. As careful & meticulous as I am about the way I handle my firearms, I was decocking a 1911 at the kitchen table. It was pointed at the floor ( wood peir& beam) the hammer slipped off of my thumb & the gun discharged. The bottom line is this; I had become to confident that I could decock my gun safely with one in the chamber that I didn’t give it the undivided attention that I should have. Since then, I simply keep it cocked & Locked if one is chambered. PERIOD! I used to decock it as another safety measure when using it as my “bedside” home defense pistol. IMHO, it is much safer to keep it half cocked. Since my unintentional discharge incident, I either keep it cocked & Locked bedside or just not have one in the chamber. I would never carry without a round chambered but the situation at my home with a security system & a dauchound who will wake the dead if anyone is at a permitter, I’m ok with my “bedside” 1911 not having a round chambered. If anyone has some safety tips for decocking 1911s other than being extremely mindful of what you are doing, please lay it on me.
BTW, great topic. We don’t like to talk about our safety mistakes but we need to keep this conversation real, non-judgmental & not be ashamed of being “that guy”. Lol
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William-H. A clean FIGHT IS HOLDING THE BAD GUYS HEAD UNDER WATER TILL DEAD. THATS A CLEAN FIGHT GOT SOAP 
I think we all have that one that got away from us. I have the bullet and casing of one that went through 5 sheets of drywall and ended up stuck in the roofing shingles. It’s front and center in my safe as a reminder to always be diligent.
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MikoBKY for just that reason the one that GOT AWAY FROM ME 
I have a 40, millamiter S&W Brand new , and I had to take it out and I had bad guys at gun point and they had their guns pointed at my face in my front yard and they left and,I THANK GOD, and we in my family home , and shaking I took it out and thank GOD IT was pointing, at the floor, and it fired all , by itself, and I had never fired IT , and it was brand new, and I , am , never trusting anything with,OUT, a HAMMER ,so I can see it. Thank you
It can change us, make us hyper safer and help us to teach others. “Humbling” falls short as a word. Great post!
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