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kw5kw wrote:Ha, Ha,
(Almost) Everyone at my job carries.
Openly at that!
Talking about guns is no problem.

Do you happen to work at a gun store?

mrbill wrote:My boss (who lives and works in Denver) flubbed an email one day, and sent me (instead of one of his Denver buddies) info all about his new huntin' rifle.
10 seconds later he sent a "oops, ignore that". I sent a response telling him all about the AR15 I'd just finished building.
Since then, he's gone shooting with me after work when he's in town.

2-3 of my close coworkers know I've got a CHL pending. One of them took a CHL class a month ago and is waiting for her license too.
Another one (my immediate manager) shot a Glock 19 for the first time three weeks ago, and emailed me that night with "okay I want one, where should I go buy one at?"

niccce...

Morgan wrote:So wearing the card like you're playing Indian Poker is "bad' huh?

I don't know what Indian Poker is but I guess your asking if telling others is a bad thing.

If that's the case, I think is is prudent to be very selective who knows as they now have the ability to inform others.

I imagine many of us here have friends or coworkers that are staunch liberal antis. When they learn you have a CHL they may be of the type that think that means you're some gun toating loon that thinks he's some kind of mercenary and looking to shoot people whenever you get the chance.

What ever their delusions are the fact remains they don't want to be around you. This is especially problematic when discussing with coworkers as Texas is a right to work state and aside from some protected areas such as race, religion, etc, you can get fired just b/c the boss feels like being a jerk and you have little recourse.

Frankly I'm more willing to be open with others I don't know if I'm at a venue like a gun store since if they're strangers, they don't know who they aren't going to start spreading rumors around people I do know. Now, I'm certainly not going to tell people I don't know when it's outside of a pre established gun friendly environment.

flb_78 wrote:

RiverRat wrote:I can't think of any good reason for friends knowing.

To encourage them to get their CHL's.

"All the cool kids are doing it..."

seamusTX wrote: I'm envious that they let you draw from a holster, though.

I would be envious as well however they don't. "Standard" range rules at this range, no drawing from holster, no 'rapid fire'. Even though I enter with a concealed carry my procedure is to empty the clip and the chamber once at the assigned range, putting my hollow points in aside, loading range rounds, shooting by the their rules, and reversing the process when I'm done.

I very seriously would love to find a place where I could practice drawing & shooting as that's how it would work out IRL but I understand their concerns for not allowing it.

Family and close friends. The friends I do tell I make a point of saying I would appreciate them not spreading the information further. Of course these need be people that I trust to respect my wishes :)

I have some coworkers that are gun friendly and I've even gone shooting with, however I keep it from them as I believe the majority of the office, including upper management is not so gun friendly.

People I barely know that I carry: employees of the range. I haven't flat out told anyone but I have walked in holding nothing but a box of ammo and walked out holding nothing when I pay. I think it's okay if they know though :)