To get a concealed carry permit in Maryland, applicants have to prove that they are potential targets for violence; most often this is met through owning a business that requires the owner to carry cash or goods. Perhaps a business owner is a higher profile target than the average citizen, but aren't all of us who do not have public or private security with us all the time equally at risk in the world we live in today? Carjacking, armed robbery, random violence by the deranged and terroristic and even home invasions are a real part of life in our modern world.