So I got my cwp one year ago and I have carried a g19 everyday appendix in gcode eclipse holster. In this year I was taught some important lessons which I will try to share. All of these things were completely avoidable and 100% my fault. I can look back and realize how stupid I was for even putting myself in them.So first incident happened not long after I started carrying. Dropped my car off at a Toyota dealership for brakes and oil change while I was at work. Since I can’t carry while working I left it in my locked glove compartment thinking the workers won’t have any need to go in glove compartment. Idk it was a dumb and naive. But I had a recall of the airbag they had to replace so they had to get in the glove box. I get a call saying a worker found it and they moved it to the trunk with my spare. He gave me a pro 2a talk and that I should take it with me next time. I apologized and thanked profusely for how they handled it.Next I was at my dads house for dinner and he wanted to go to the Air Force base less than 5 miles away and I offered to drive as I was parked behind him. Wasn’t thinking and drove into base with my 19 on me. About 10 feet past the gate my dad asked if I had it on me and I said ugh ya and he informed me it was illegal on base and to keep it in car. Stupid and 100% my fault for not thinking ahead.My last mistake is by faaar my worst. And I really do feel lucky as I was way too weak in firearms safety at my start of carrying. Woke up early after a weekend range trip and decided the hour before work is good time to clean my 19 and others. So I breakdown 19 first and clean it, and then load it back up and put in holster and move on to others. Get done with others and was dry firing my pcr and decided hmm wonder what the glock trigger feels like. Bang. Stunned i sit there for a minute taking inventory. Notice hole in wall and ringing in my ears. Call police and I fill out a witness report? They check holes and see where it went and make sure I was ok as I was pretty shaken up. Literally shaking from adrenaline and told them I was feeling light headed. Which I was.After my ND I signed up for a series of courses offered by my range. I have been in car accidents, sports injuries, and robbed as a younger person but that moment will forever be in my memory. The smell of gun powder in my room and the feeling of my heart pounding on the phone with 911 trying to spit words out.Again I realize I was lazy as hell in all these situations. I took ccw way too nonchalantly and these mistakes reflect that mindset. I was too eager to start carrying and didn’t think about it as seriously as I should have. I’m ready to be beaten to the ground with how not to be a conceal carrier. In less than a year I have managed to be a public nuisance with a firearm.But before I get destroyed in the comments I want to point out why I think it’s important for me and others to share our stories like this. I debated too long about whether to share this and concluded to make a throwaway. But I will venture to guess we all have done some stupid things while carrying and the new carriers on here should hear those stories. I was too eager when I first got my permit to start carrying and thought the permit class was good enough. My mindset was wrong from the first day. I have been around guns all my life and never had a ND until I did have one. I thought I was ready to carry, I just wasn’t safe. So I share it for those people who want to learn through my mistakes. It took me the first 6 months and a ND to realize just how dangerous I was. Start ur conceal carrying career off with the best training u can get. The permit class is a joke and we can all improve beyond it. Drill firearm safety into ur everyday thought. Don’t start carrying until ur ready. Thanks via /r/CCW http://ift.tt/2CWmkSs
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