Just finished my application for my gun conceal carry license. I have to admit, it will be really weird walking around with a loaded firearm every day. I have a feeling anyone who sees it on me will get offended or scared, maybe not though, I guess we will see.

@olives Not at my Dutch home at the moment, in the USA right now.

@freemo
Oh, huh, thought you might be in Israel and were scared for extremists atm. What's happening in USA that you suddenly need to permanently carry a gun now?

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@freemo

Oh boy...
And USA is merely a pit stop for acquiring weapons and permits? Are those valid in Israel too then?

@olives

@trinsec @olives

No i will be stuck in thr usa for as long as i feel i need to be safe.

@freemo @olives

Ah okay. So remote controlling the company now? Afraid they'll come over to USA too? What about NL?

@trinsec

Something like that, may be cutting my ties with the company

@olives

@freemo @olives Oh wow, so leaving Israel for good soon then? What're you going to do after this?

@trinsec

Probably be dealing with the court for a while at the moment.

@olives

@freemo
Good luck and stay safe. You sure know how to get from one rollercoaster to the next. :p

@olives

@freemo @trinsec @olives Hm, did you offend any israelis? Not pushing here, just asking. Guessing it would be easy to, even accidentially. Hope you don't ever need that gun.

@admitsWrongIfProven

Yes i did some whistleblowing on corruption and it pissed off some people.

@trinsec @olives

@freemo @trinsec @olives Hm yeah, much worse than israeli mafia, if you air corruption the rich guys are after you. The worst.
Your gf safe?

@admitsWrongIfProven

Who said the mafia wasnt involved? Sadly this appears to be a bit of both.

@trinsec @olives

@freemo Was just saying rich ppl have more resources, hence more danger than just one state. Hope you're safe, and your gf and other loved ones too.

@admitsWrongIfProven Thank you... now that im well armed I am much safer. Thank god for easy access to guns, may have saved my life.

@freemo Was there an attack you repelled? Or is it more of an emotional thing? Or assuming attackers would not dare if you can fight back?

What about loved ones, is there a riak? You wrote about a gf, sufficient degree of separation there?

@admitsWrongIfProven Before i had my hand gun i was physically assaulted and was told they were going to have me and my family killed... so i bought two hand guns.

I do have family and loved ones to worry about.

@freemo Are they informed of what is up? Since your family seems to be rich, it should not be a problem to shore up security, but they need to know...

@admitsWrongIfProven My family isnt really rich... I grew up very very poor. I am one of just a few in my family who got out of poverty.

@freemo Btw, can you tell what you did to offend people? Or would that deepen the hate against you?

@admitsWrongIfProven I called out corruption I noticed at the company I worked at basically (the CEO had told a lot of lies, mostly unnecessary).

@freemo I must say, i was very lucky. Spoke truth to (not so much) power... for me, nothing happened. For you, what shit life can be. Sorry you have to brave that.

@admitsWrongIfProven Doing whats right is worth the price... but things may get pretty ugly :(

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