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We have got your back
We have got your back. We are the lady shopping at your grocery store. We are the couple in the booth across from you at the restaurant. We are the young gentleman two rows ahead of you at the movie theater. We are the older gentleman walking in the mall.
We are male and female. We are of all adult ages. We are members of all races and ethnic groups. We are physicians, carpenters, teachers, retired police, electricians, engineers, firefighters, business owners, farmers and persons of all professions.
We are people who have a concealed weapons permit and we have your back. We have decided we will not be a victim. We will not cower in a corner waiting for a shooter to execute us. We will defend ourselves, defend you and die rather than submit to an execution.
We train to make sure our skills are honed. We are aware of our surroundings and calculate shooting lines, escape routes and any other thing that will increase your and our chances of survival.
We hope that we never have to draw our weapons to defend ourselves and others, but we are prepared to do so. We have got your back.
Dan Bieber
Spokane