My dad has worked his entire career in the shooting sports industry which gave him great opportunities to build a decent gun collection. He taught me to use them responsibly from a very young age. My parents gave me several guns over the years while I was growing up and my wife and I recently purchased her first concealed firearm now that she is licensed. I first heard about USCCA from a strange truck driver. I honestly consider him slightly crazy, but he told me about how the USCCA has your back if you find yourself in a self defense situation. Jump forward a couple of years to August 2023, I met one of my dad's customers in Ohio at their gun shop. They invited my wife and I to dinner and told us about the USCCA and gave us the July 2023 Concealed Carry magazine. I procrastinated reading the magazine for a while, but eventually read a few pages. I knew I need to become a member, and I didn't want to disappoint my new friends (dad's customers), so i finally because a member. It gives me a great sense of security knowing that my wife and I members of a great organization that has the same values that they want to protect as we do.