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Message: <blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 970057" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Lots of small towns and rural areas in Oregon with meth problems. Lots of cutbacks in spending for local police due to the tight economy. There are also lots of rural stretches with poor or no cellphone coverage, where the response time for the county sheriff on a 911 call might be 45 minutes or more. I also have friends and family that I frequently visit up in Portland, which is less than an hour from my house. And while I have never once felt the need to draw my gun for my own safety, there have been 3 occasions in the last 15 years where I have had to use it to euthanize animals that have been hit by cars. Not a pleasant task, but a far better choice than leaving them to suffer. Even if I decide not to carry in a particular situation, its nice to be able to keep one handy in my car.</p></blockquote><p></p>