Concealed Carry...as a nurse?

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  • by mcknis
    Specializes in Med Surg, ER, OR.

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  1. Do you have a concealed carry license?

    • 148
      Yes, although it stays in the car/home while at work.
    • 68
      Yes, it is always on me no matter where I am.
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      No, I do not see the need.

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tewdles, RN

3,156 Posts

Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.

Americans were guaranteed a right to bear arms in our constitution...that is a unique feature of our freedoms when compared to other countries.

Repealing that right is not going to go over well for the country that fought for its freedom with those weapons that were then protected.

Do we have a gun violence problem in this country...indeed...and the fact that it is costing the lives of our children is horrifying. We are not going to give up gun ownership...period, ain't never going to happen...we can, however, do better in reducing the availability of magazines and weapons that are designed for warfare.

I am very much willing to discuss the issues. Our legislators ought to be willing to talk about it also.

wooh, BSN, RN

1 Article; 4,383 Posts

I agree that a criminal will find a means to commit a crime if a legally procured firearm is not readily available, knives, shivs, a lead pipe, or bare hands come to mind.

Yeah, but how many kids can someone walk into a school and kill with a knife? Or a lead pipe?

AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN

2 Articles; 1,291 Posts

Specializes in med-surg, psych, ER, school nurse-CRNP.
Yeah, but how many kids can someone walk into a school and kill with a knife? Or a lead pipe?

It was an illustrative point.

A better question? How many could be killed with a legally procured firearm versus an illegally procured one? A gun is a gun, no matter how one arrived at possession. It's the possessor who determines the outcome.

Lucky724

256 Posts

I have a cc permit, I carry my gun with me most places but not into work. Anything can happen anywhere..a hospital..a nursing home..Target..Petsmart..its about moving the odds in my favor (or being able to come to the defense of someone else) if needed. I do keep my gun locked in my car (the gun is locked inside the console then the car is locked). Yes, the car could get broken into but so could my home or my purse stolen..my gun was legally purchased and registered - doesn't mean a ill intent person couldn't use it but if they pawned it maybe I would get it back.

Look, all this talk about banning high powered rifles etc..as others have posted on here - someone can shoot another person with a 6 shot revolver and kill them. A high powered weapon was not used in the Sandy Hook situation and AR does not stand for assult rifle as many people believe. Banning guns is a feel good response because frankly, I don't think anyone really knows what to do about the escalation of violence..I personally think our court system is too easy on some criminals and too harsh on others..are we going to ban cars because some people get DUI's or ban candy because some people's teeth go bad or they are overweight? Common sense needs to be used and sadly, BOTH sides of the political party line seems to have lost theirs and only found a lust for money, fame and arguing. All this is just my humble opinion....

pmabraham, BSN, RN

2 Articles; 2,563 Posts

Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

Good day:

There are stats, including very recent stats, that five to ten bullets is not enough for the legal use of self defense to stop attackers; the 2nd amendment includes the statement about no infringement; and limiting the amount of ammunition a gun can use does infringe (especially since criminals may bring multiple guns, and will disregard any magazine limit).

The current laws proposed deals with the looks (cosmetics) of guns; not the functionality of guns. The AR in AR-15 does not even stand for "assault rifle"; the initials stand for Armalite. It came out later in the news that only hand guns were used in the Sandy Hook tradgedy. The Bushmaster AR-15 was left in the trunk.

Feinstien's original assault weapon ban (which like the current one proposed was just based on the cosmetic features of a gun) was in place when Columbine happened.

Almost all mass shootings are in gun free zones.

You have Chicago with the toughest gun laws in America where there are more gun deaths than over in Afghanistan against our troops.

As AngelfireRN wrote, "It's the possessor who determines the outcome."

Citizens should not be penalized for wanting to buy guns, wanting to buy ammunition for guns, wanting high capacity magazines (keeping in mind that legally we can only by semi-automatic guns which shoot one bullet at a time -- there's no spray of bullets like in a machine gun), etc. to defend themselves from criminals.

I do sympathize with those who have been hurt by guns as well as those who know how to defend themselves without guns.

Personally, I don't plan on carrying any time soon; but should I want to use my 2nd amendment right, I don't want it infringed because people don't understand the 2nd amendment or believe that Sandy Hook and other tragedies like it would have been prevented by cosmetic-based gun laws where the authors of those laws cannot even get the caliber of various bullets right when they speak (that's like any of you who are already a CNA, LPN, LVN, RN, etc. to ask your plumber to come up with nursing rules when the plumber isn't even in nursing school or went to one).

Thank you.

CiscoNurse

47 Posts

Thats what U think.Go to the range and fire off a few rounds. My guess is U will be an Annie Oakly in 1.5 years. Welcome aboard and don't forget to join the NRA, the oldest civil rights organization in America.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Ladyfree if it ever goes down, I want you on my team! What a strong person you are![/quote']

Thanks Angelfire...we sound like-minded in a lot of ways! ;)

No, I live in a state where gun control laws are pretty stiff.

SalineFlush

28 Posts

More guns will never be a solution to the gun problem.

Queakous

26 Posts

Specializes in Med-surg, IP surgery.

Heck, I work in a prison and I have a CCL and a 9 mm in my car at all times. What worries me is the GOV wants to limit our access to rifles which would be our best defense in any conflict.

CountyRat

323 Posts

Specializes in Wilderness Medicine, ICU, Adult Ed..
More guns will never be a solution to the gun problem.

Guns are not a problem. Criminals are problems, and sometimes a gun in the hands of a law abiding person is the only way to prevent the use of a gun by a criminal.

"The unarmed man can only flee from evil. And evil is never overcome by fleeing from it."

Jeff Cooper (1920-2006)

"If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

Thomas Sowell (b. 1930)

"Though defensive violence will always be a sad necessity in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men."

St. Augustine (A.D. 354-430)

pa715

21 Posts

I think the best thing that your employer should do is hire a safety officer (a vet to give them a job and put their skills to good use as a civilian) to be on-site should any threats occur. I think it's absurd you would bring a gun to work and even think of killing a patient. You work in pain management which is one of the most difficult areas of healthcare and those patients may have some mental health issues, etc. But you choose to work there and work to care for these patients. Alabama is a very racist crazy state so I am not surprised that this is tolerated there.

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