I've thought about getting a CCW but I think its way too expensive to go through all of the rigamaroll, I've had times that really made me want one but it was a growling pit bull in the woods, I had my lesche ready too but the stupid owner was able to find the dog and call it off, if he had grabbed at me I would have opened his chest cavity bigtime. I can carry one open if I really need to but heck the only pistols that I own are my black powder cap and ball's. My mini 14 would be a burden to carry around :grin: My neigbor carries everywhere he goes. It's really nice too that once you get your ccw you can just go to the gun shop and buy one without anything else.
My brother carries a machete quite often when he's in the woods, heck there's probably laws against them too now.