A great question. I became committed to concealed carry as a result of the VPI tragedy. Many years before this tragedy I had walked that campus and been in that building while recruiting for my company. I also frequently visited the campus while my son and his fiancée pursued graduate degrees. What would I want to be able to do if I was in that place at that time? How would I feel if I was unable to protect those I love? In relatively rapid succession I obtained my CCP, began to carry every day, became an NRA certified instructor, began classes to become a Certified First Medical Responder (what if one of my students suffered from a gun shot wound?) and began working on the three supplemental learning modules for the concealed carry curriculum I help teach. For most of my friends and family, who are anti-gun, I refer them to this video. I met Susan Gratia Hupp and she is as impressive in person as she is on the video. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M1u0Byq5Qis?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M1u0Byq5Qis?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>