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Wow. Whole lotta down home "aww, shucks" honesty in here. It's nice but maybe not practical and in some cases defeats the purpose of a hidden weapon. Letting someone you don't know well or can't trust that you're carrying a gun when you don't have to isn't the best way of going about "concealed carry." I used to carry a J-frame on my right kidney when I went out on dating site first encounters and I sure as hell didn't tell the girl when we got back to her apartment and were about to go into the face sucking phase. I just quietly stuck the piece in my boot and proceeded to the groping. Something tells me mentioning that I had a gun would either scare the shit out of them or look like I'm showing off. I figure concealed carry means hidden both physically and mentally. Mentioning it to someone that you're not tight with is a great way to have them blabbing to their family and friends and worse. If you've never been outed in public by some dipshit associate, you don't know how awkward and potentially dangerous this can be. If you go about keeping your mouth shut and your gun hidden two things happen: you don't make yourself a target and everything continues as normal.
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There are various threads on various gun forums regarding this topic. Just recently some guy got gunned down at a CostCo in Vegas over concealed carry. I won't get into that here, but society as a whole doesn't like Joe Average carrying a gun. Don't broadcast to anybody. It's safer that way.
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I'm not a genius. I'll take off my shoes when I go into your house, but the gun stays. It's like your wallet or keys... none of their goddamn business.
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Leave it at home? Leave it in the car? Those are choices you can make but it completely defeats the purpose of concealed carry.
It reminds of a line genius comedian Leslie Nielsen used in one of those Naked Gun movies (or was it Police Squad?):
*threatening* "I've got a gun! Not here, but I've got one."
Oh, yessir.
Last edited by Plan9; 08-10-2010 at 05:25 PM..
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