Like Mr.72, there are probably a total of 15-20 people who know I carry, between my immediate family and friends. None of them are bothered by it. There are probably a couple of dozen more of my friends who know I'm a gun guy, and probably would not be surprised to find out I have a CHL and carry regularly, but I don't walk around advertising it. But as I posted
here:
The Annoyed Man wrote:Last night, one of my friends from church and I were leaving a Bible study we had been to together, and we started talking about rifles. After a few minutes, he straight up asked me, "do you ever pack heat, or do you have a CHL?" Well, he's a pretty good friend, and he is gun friendly, so I confessed that yes, I carry and have a CHL. He said "me too," and showed me his Glock 17 which was hidden under his sweater. He then asked to see what I carry - a Kimber Ultra Carry II - so I showed him. We talked for a few minutes more, and then each went on our way.
Now, the point of all this is that he is right handed, I'm left handed, and we have been sitting in the same spots on the same couch for the past 6 weeks on Thursday nights - with him on the left end of the couch, and me on the right end. Thus, my gun side was facing toward him, and his was toward me, and neither one of us ever realized that the other had been carrying all this time until last night when it came up in conversation.
The odds are practically nil that an uninitiated person is going to realize that you've got a pistol concealed about yourself.
I guess my general rule of thumb would be, if the other guy is either a complete stranger or not very well known to me, then I would never reveal whether or not I have a CHL or what my carry status was at the moment. But if it is someone that I know and trust, then I don't care if they know, although I don't go out of my way inform them about it. Those close to me who know, also know that I carry at all times. As for the people I know who are rabidly anti - my mother for instance - I just don't talk about guns in her presence, and I don't tell them that I have a CHL, even if they were to ask. At my age, I value family harmony and peace more than I do the need to argue with people I already know cannot be ever swayed or reasoned with.
