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Mr. 72, I had virtually the exact same conversation with one of our drummers about four weeks ago, and he asked me if I was carrying right then. I answered in the affirmative, and he said "Where?" I turned my left side to him, where I had a Kimber Ultra in an MTAC holster under my shirt and pointed to it through the material. He asked what caliber, and I said ".45 ACP." He started laughing, because just like with you and your friend, I have been standing pretty much directly in front of this guy's drum kit for the past two and half years, and he had never noticed a thing. Tuesday before last, I took him to the range for the first time in his life. We started him on .22 pistols. By the end of the day, he was shooting a Model 29 .44 magnum quite well. He never developed a flinch at all. But his favorite gun to shoot was anything on a 1911 platform, including my little Kimber. On the Friday following that range trip, he told me he had gone to Euless Guns and Ammo and had put 50% down on a Kimber Pro Carry II. He turns 21 on the 30th of this month. (This guy is some kind of musical savant. Not only is he one of the finest drummers it has ever been my privilege to play with, he also plays guitar and keyboards, and he's been that good for a while now.) On that day, he is going to go in and pay for the rest of the pistol and take it home. When he gets home, he'll be starting the application process online for his CHL. Then he's going to be giving Crossfire a call to take the class.

Quite a remarkable transition.