Who Knows You're Carrying?

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Country Boy

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I saw something in another thread that started me thinking. Who knows when you are carrying your gun? Who do you tell, when do you tell them, and why do you tell them?

Do you consider it rude to bring your gun into another's home without their knowledge/permission? Or do you consider your legally concealed handgun to be just another thing you don't leave home without, like a drivers license, pocket knife, or VISA, so it is none of their business whether or not you are packing?

Basically, I'm wondering who you tell when you are carrying concealed, and the reasons why.

(I wasn't sure where this thread should start, but I fugured this forum was as good as any.)

Country



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My family and closest friends are the only ones that I know of. Most people just don't need to know. And I do think of my Kel-Tec P32 as something like a pocket knife. It even weighs about the same. I feel naked when I don't have it. The big Ruger is more of a "The alarm is going off up at my store, I'd better go check it out" kind of firearm. Or a home defense gun.
 
Everybody I know allso carry so I have no problem.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Country Boy:
I saw something in another thread that started me thinking. Who knows when you are carrying your gun? Who do you tell, when do you tell them, and why do you tell them?
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My wife knows...
Others know I've a permit, but not when I'm carrying...however since I carry most of the time, I reckon they assume I am armed.
 
It is best to keep the fact that you have a concealed weapon to yourself except for close family. People have a way of talking and before you know it everyone knows that you carry including your boss.
 
Everyone at work knows I'm an NRA instructor, four guys have taken the course from me, so the word gets around. Another guy (kid) once asked if I was carrying at work. I just replied that people knowing I might be carrying was a good thing.

The only one who knows I'm carrying is my daughter.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by aerod1:
Only my family and closest friends know. [/quote]

And now all of 5400+ TFL members ;)
 
Nobody KNOWS that I carry. My wife ASSUMES that I am armed most of the time and while the rest of my family knows that I have a CWL, they are unaware that I am armed most of the time.

I will carry any place that I legally can carry with a few exceptions. For example, even though under Florida law a "no guns" sign has no legal standing, I will not enter a place that has such a sign. I will not enter it even if I don't have a gun as I prefer to take my business else where -- "you accept my money, then you accept my gun as well".

Entering somebody's home with a firearm is sort of a grey area in my book. If the person has made it known, either directly or indirectly, that they do not want firearms in their home and I am aware of this, then I will honor those wishes. Otherwise, I will carry and make sure that it remains concealed.

Share what you know, learn what you don't -- FUD
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I'd ditto FUD's statement. Except most of my extended family don't know I have a carry permit (I don't advertise that either).

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The only person who truly knows I'm carrying is my best friend. He's an LEO, we grew up together shooting several times a week and both carry regularly. Whenever I see him, he usually asks (in private), "so what ya carryin today?". I usually let him know and he tells me what he's packin.

In comparison, my wife rarely knows I'm carrying. She regularly sees me undressing after we've been out and occasionally spots my gun and is like "you were carrying tonight?". Heck, this woman didn't even notice I was carrying at our wedding last year until the last dance of the night. The whole wedding party on my side carried all day long. Nobody but us knew.

Some other member of my family know I have a carry permit but don't know I carry. I like it that way.

Just wish I could get my wife into guns more where she would want to carry. Someday.....

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"Never argue with an idiot, they pull you down to their level and beat you with experience"
 
JimFox, that was a mistake on my part that I wish I could undo. When I first moved to the state, my wife's uncle, whose son is a trooper, provide me with info on how to get a CWL. As a result, most of the in-laws know about the CWL. If I were to do it again, I would make sure that my extended family didn't know about it either (like you said).
 
The only way is to think that no one carries, but everyone carries. Given that - tell no one.

Then no one knows for sure. That is the mystery and effectivness of concealed carry. Keeps people calm and nice.

"An armed society is a polite society" - Robert Heinlein.
 
My immediate family, including my wife, know, and also my close friends...who are, coincidentally, all "gunny" types and almost all of whom have carry permits as well. :D
 
My best friend, who is a US Park Police officer. He figures that I'm ALWAYS carrying a gun, and he's normally correct.

My vetrinarian. I had to take my coat off a few months ago to lift my dog up onto the exam table. He was very interested in what I was carrying. He's a very sensible man.

My parents and my brother.

Anyone else doesn't need to know. I feel absolutly NO compunction about entering someone else's home. I go in with a wallet, so why not my gun.

The ONLY time I am circumspect is if I have ANY expectation that I'm going to take my gun out of its holster, I'll leave it locked in the box in the car. That way I'm certain that a friend's child isn't going to get it.
 
This is a two sided coin. I think it is best said when people you know might think you are carrying, but are not sure. Take for instance one night I was sneaking around the forest at camp looking for a one of our groups. Some other staff were out and saw me, but they decided not to try to scare me as I more than likely would probably be carrying. This was before I had my permit and in fact, I was not carrying. However, it made me happy I didn't hav ethe crap scared out of me cause I might have been carrying. Now, it wouldn't definitely not be a good idea to scare me, even though I would also have my Streamlight with me and I would identify before shooting.

Which brings up another good thread, how many of you take the extra step and have a real good tactical light of some sort to carry as a companion to your pistol during the dark hours. I have a Streamlight Stinger that sits next to my bed and I take in the car. I also bought a Surefire 3P that fits very nicely in my pocket whenever I go out after hours. I figure if you are going to carry at night, you are a fool not to have a light too.
 
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