Finding USCCA gave me the confidence to carry concealed. I was very fearful of financial implications of carrying for my, or other's, protection. It was 2 years after my first concealed carry class that I finally submitted the application for a carry permit because that first instructor made it clear that I was opening myself to financial ruin for protecting myself or a loved one. He said before you file the application, get a lawyer. USCCA provides confidence for myself, my wife and two of my brothers.