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I will admit to some ambivalence on the open carry issue, but two incidents in the last two days have tipped me over the edge to favoring OC.

My wife and I went out for dinner, at IHOP last night, and having worked on the house pretty hard during the day, all we did was scoot over in shorts and t-shirts. Of course I am not comfortable being out of the house without one or another of my carry guns, so I slipped on my Kydex and a .45, and of course my cover garment. Arriving at the restaurant, we ran into friends, and a remark was made about the temperature outside and my attire.

I laughed it off by producing a variety of objects from my pockets, my harmonica, a digital camera, a pocket tool and some Life Savers and Dubble Bubble, and my wife supported me with a comment about my never having enough pockets for all the things I "need" to carry, and left it at that. I congratulated her on her bon mot double entendre later, but I would have been more comfortable, in several ways, if OC were a common thing and that's what I was doing - I always feel a little uncomfortable revealing that I am carrying, even to friends.

Tonight was a different, I drove my wife's car to work and when I left work I didn't rearm. I picked my wife up at home and we left for a Bible study class, stopping at a fast food Tex-Mex place on the way. When we stopped in the parking lot I still hadn't rearmed and there were several people exiting cars near ours so I didn't feel comfortable retrieving my gun, holstering up, and covering up right there and went inside unarmed - boy was I aware of my condition throughout our quick meal. I sure would have OCed there.