Actor James Woods (Screenshot)

Conservative actor James Woods took to Twitter on Tuesday to explain the life-changing experience that ensured he would never again travel without a firearm.

Woods recalls how he once feared for his life when an armed robber on the subway put a gun to his head:

“I was robbed at gunpoint in a New York subway in my twenties. When a stranger puts a loaded gun to your head, you feel certain your life is over at that moment. Don’t even discuss it, if it hasn’t happened to you. I have never traveled unarmed since that day.”