Perhaps more accurately...
Here is a complete list of the people who know my carry status:
- my wife
- everyone on this forum
Heh.
But I catch your drift. I do not advertise my carry habit lightly -- as a rule, my wife and I do not tell others, even our siblings and in-laws, that we are actually carrying (they know we have CHLs, but we never bring up the subject, and the inlaws have never asked about it). I have told a couple people when the circumstances seemed correct, e.g. the guy I buy guns from at the guns store, holstermakers, what not,-- and have a couple close friends when having "serious" discussions about CHL and self-defense and all that. I go to great lengths to make sure my handguns is not just covered up, but truly concealed. I do not like surprises, either "tactical" (i.e. a ne'er-do-well spots it) or emotional/political "EEK! You carry a GUN!??" Truly concealed holster, no bumberstickers on my truck, never casually mention it. etc.
Having said all that, a few days ago, the assistant fire chief of my volunteer fire department (of which I am a member) called me and said, "As one longtime NRA member to another, what kind of gun do you carry?" After briefly thinking:
How did he know I am an NRA member? How does he know I carry? I decided what-to-heck, and told him Browning Hi Power. He raved about what classic handgun the BHP is, then said the reason he called was that he had found a Glock magazine at the fire station and was trying to track down the owner.
I was always pretty sure that at least a few of my fellow VFD'ers carry at least part of the time, and I suspected the asst chief was one of them. Guess it works both ways.
elb
