Revet wrote:I told my immediate family and a very few of my closest friends. And frankly, there have been times I've even regretted that. Anyone who knows me well, knows I own guns and always have. Nowadays we all need to be ambassadors for RKBA. But letting people know that I'm carrying one is another thing altogether. It seems that even gun-accepting non-gunners can't get it out of their head when they know you actually have one on your person. The references to and jokes about your armed status wear thin very quickly and could potentially create a bad situation. So now I follow the adage, "always carry, never tell."
Funny you should say that. My father in law is a die hard liberal democrat in NY and he is blatently anti gun. When he found out I was gonna marry his daughter, I thought he was gonna have to be committed. He is the only one in my circle that I have went out of my way to tell about my status. To this day, my wife hasnt told him that she is also licensed. Could you imagine how he would react? When we first met, my wife was the same way as him. She even said she wasnt about to be in the same house with guns. A few months after we got married, she discovered my gun I had secured to the underside of our bed on my side. To her utter amazement, it had not magically woke up and went on a shooting spree all by itself, but it was a hard couple weeks after that. Then, Katrina did its thing, and we were watching it on tv one night when the first of the refugees started to arrive at the dome. Thats when she saw the light. She gave me the often dreaded line, "We need to talk". Thats the only time something good came from that line. She wanted me to teach her how to use the 92. Thats when I broke the news to her about the stash in the attic. She has small hands, and the big Beretta didnt fit them very well. I got some strange looks when I retrieved the guns from the attic and introduced her to her first gun, a Bersa Thunder. Since then she has accumulated several more including a 1911 Commander that she is very proficient with. I cant wait for the day she tells dear old dad about her CHL. 
Another plus is the fact I have never had to entertain him since he refuses to come here.
