I have always carried for self and family protection, especially when traveling out of town but only in the vehicle and never on my person.
When things in our increasingly not so polite society got even more disturbing I elected to get the actual CC permit.
Now that I have my permit I have begun the process of getting used to being in public with my weapon on my person. I thought that the fact that I'd been around handguns all my life would allow me to feel more "natural" than I have experienced. I do not mind at all being armed but it is amazing how many additional variables I now must be aware of when carrying. The wind, children (mine included who pulled up my oversized sweatshirt the other day just to take a peek), people bumping in to you in the mall, bending over, sitting down on and on. RikWriter and MissleCop are correct in what they said above. My "surroundings awareness" has now elevated to an almost paranoid and constant survey for threats to my concealment. I watch people much closer than ever before.
It appears that no one herein has forgotten but for the sake of us all I will say again that we may be legal but we are not favored in the eyes of the misinformed and intentionally mislead general public. We must, in order to protect and preserve the most unusual right we've been "allowed" to have, act in the utmost professional manner in regards to our methods of concealment and our responses when we are accidentally discovered. Sorry for the rambling......
The best to you all and a Merry Christmas.
When things in our increasingly not so polite society got even more disturbing I elected to get the actual CC permit.
Now that I have my permit I have begun the process of getting used to being in public with my weapon on my person. I thought that the fact that I'd been around handguns all my life would allow me to feel more "natural" than I have experienced. I do not mind at all being armed but it is amazing how many additional variables I now must be aware of when carrying. The wind, children (mine included who pulled up my oversized sweatshirt the other day just to take a peek), people bumping in to you in the mall, bending over, sitting down on and on. RikWriter and MissleCop are correct in what they said above. My "surroundings awareness" has now elevated to an almost paranoid and constant survey for threats to my concealment. I watch people much closer than ever before.
It appears that no one herein has forgotten but for the sake of us all I will say again that we may be legal but we are not favored in the eyes of the misinformed and intentionally mislead general public. We must, in order to protect and preserve the most unusual right we've been "allowed" to have, act in the utmost professional manner in regards to our methods of concealment and our responses when we are accidentally discovered. Sorry for the rambling......
The best to you all and a Merry Christmas.