I'm a 61 year old senior citizen but I don't "carry".

However, I do have fillet knives all over the boat, a 5 foot wooden paddle, and an anchor on a chain that I'm sure I could swing around my head and throw at somebody's head that was up to no good.

Now, if they have a firearm, I'm up that creek again with only my one paddle.

Darn,Geo, sorry that happened to you.

I do have at my residence a 1911-A that I got from father who used it in WWII. Maybe I should pack that in my boat and worry later what the authorities say when I decide I "have"to use it.