A little CCW story,My company was general contractor on the University of Cincinnati Medical Science Buildings renovation,which is close to University and Childrens hospitals in Cincy.For anyone that doesn't know they are nice hospitals in one of the worst crime ridden areas in Cincinnati.
I opened the job for sub-contractors every morning at 4:00 am and living 45 miles away had to travel through this area at the wee hours of the morning,we were informed by UC that not only were weapons not allowed on site,but anyone caught with a weapon in their vehicle would be permanently removed from the job.Being the good citizen I am,I left my .38 S&W at home.
One morning while sitting at the traffic light at the intersection of Burnett Avenue and Oak Street in Cincy,a Black male came running at my drivers side of my truck waving a pistol and speaking crackheadian,on impulse I stomped on it and drove through the redlight,I kept waiting for the shot,but it never came.A month later the same guy killed someone in a car jacking a block from there,I ID'd him.
We had no onsite parking and had to park a minimum of 3 to 4 blocks away,sometimmes farther if you weren't early,one morning three black guys in their 20's started following me up the street,and the only thing that saved me was a Children's Hospital Security Guard that happened to drive around the corner,because they turned and ran when they saw him.After that I started packing my piece regardless of laws,damned if I was going to get killed for trying to work.