Besides the obvious, it is worth mentioning here, as it is also called “the good guy card” in Texas – because you are not eligible unless you have a really squeaky-clean background.
Note: I am *not* a gun nut (!). As they say, “when in Rome, do as the Romans do”, and the same applies to Texas. Besides that, carrying a gun (well: two, a H&K .45 USP and a 9mm Kahr; 2002-2010) and wearing a bullet-resistant vest (2003-2008) was a work requirement for a while. It was an interesting experience, though, and one I would not want to miss. Texas is Texas – and this does most certainly not apply to Europe, and that is good so.
A picture says more than a 1,000 words – but for privacy, the copies are redacted, of course:
Conference Room – with Greg MartinConference RoomMy Level II Vest – Trauma Plate – cost me $1,450My Level II Vest – cost me $1,450Dallas Office Compound – Note behind bullet-resistant LEXANShooting Training with the FBICruiser #1 Strobes on front and rear decks – 2.8m candle lights (each) – after the re-paint to black in April 2005 (by the Dallas FBI)Cruiser #1 Strobes on front and rear decks – 2.8m candle lights (each) – after the re-paint to black in April 2005 (by the Dallas FBI)Gun training with the FBIGun training with the FBIMy Kimber 1911 – special .45 cal barrel, match trigger, target laser, night vision optics, etcCruiser #1 Glove Compartment (a little surprising – shocking? – to my German fraternity brother, when I picked him at from the DFW airport; thus the picture – he adopted quickly …)Gun training with the FBIGun training with the FBI – here with a fully-automatic M16Gun training with the FBIGun training – with my Heckler & Koch USP Full Size .45 cal (the one I carried daily – best semi-automatic handgun ever)Buying a bunch of ammo at Walmart (with California Cyber Security Specialist Boni Bruno, middle, and frat brother Rüdiger Niemeyer, left) in Dallas, TexasCompany Gun TrainingCompany Gun Training – with my Heckler & Koch USP Full Size .45 cal (the one I carried daily)Training in Garland – with my own (semi-automatic) AR-15 Assault Rifle (with every gadget there is)Training in Garland – with my own AR15 Assault Rifle (NATO 5.56 barrel and various other upgrades – tactical SWAT light, dual bajonet holders, military large capacity mag switch, etc etc)Training at the Garland RangeTraining at the Garland Range – with my own 6″ barrel Smith & Wesson K-Frame .44 Magnum Revolver (the “Dirty Harry Gun”)Training at the Garland Range – with my own 6″ barrel Smith & Wesson K-Frame .44 Magnum Revolver (the “Dirty Harry Gun”)Training at the Garland Range – with my own Smith & Wesson K-Frame .44 Magnum Revolver (the “Dirty Harry Gun”)Gun training with the FBI – Waxahachie Range – with my own Smith & Wesson K-Frame .44 Magnum Revolver (the “Dirty Harry Gun”)Company Self-Defense Training – on the ranch in New Waverly, TXGun Training on the ranch in New Waverly – me being the instructor hereAt the Dallas Office Compound – one of the very (!) rare times I wore suit & tieConference Room at the Dallas Compound – one of the very rare times I wore suit & tieCruiser #1 at the Dallas compoundCruiser Fleet at the Dallas compoundCruiser #1 in Hamburg GermanyCruiser #1 in Hamburg GermanyWeekend Self Defense Training at the Dallas Office Compound with a Special Forces Instructor (right), here with our VP of Sales North America (left)Halloween: doing the Texan in Mountain View, California :)
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