sambo23

Just checked back on this thread after a couple of months, and thanks for all the positive words! To add some blanket responses: 1. I am not considering taking the gun to work with me once I'm working as a nurse. There are good arguments for having armed nurses, but I think probably even better ones against (ref. one post about your glock falling out of your scrubs when you're doing CPR, checking at the door of the radiology dept., getting stolen, etc.) 2. I have received official training, and intend to continue to receive it so I can really get to know MY OWN firearm once I've purchased it. My uncle is a Police Lt. and also has a firearms training business on the side, so lucky me I get it for free 3. I do not intend to broadcast the fact that I have a carry permit to anyone outside my inner circle of friends and family. I even went so far as to make up this alternate screen name so no one I do actually chat with on here will know anything about me... Thanks again all!

Thanks for the great info! I definitely don't plan on carrying anything onto hospital or school grounds. The only thing I carry right now is a folding pocketknife hehe. Not to say I worry about that, but I know that the Florida knife law is rather ambiguous for lack of a defined acceptable blade length. With the CCW I wouldn't have a thing to worry about... I have a rifle and a shotgun, and if 2010 is a great year for earnings, I'd like to get myself an H&K P2000. If it's an OK year, most likely a CZ 2075, although several of my friends keep trying to drag me to the Glock Side of the Force, and it remains to be seen if I'll let them :) If it's a bad year, I'll have to wait--no HiPoints for me!

OK, there probably haven't been many questions on this topic before, but I do have a legitimate concern. I'm currently in school for my pre-reqs to become a nurse, and I am looking into getting my concealed weapons permit. Do you think there is any reason to believe that having this permit will affect my ability to get into nursing school, or to become a licensed RN once I'm done? I respect all personal views about having a concealed carry permit, but I would appreciate if responses could be geared only towards how this may affect one's career as a nurse. Thanks so much! Sam