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I'm very picky about whom I let into my home these days - so typically I don't hesitate to OC when at home. All of my close friends whom enter my "ultilitarian hovel" know that I love my guns and they are used to seeing firearm accessories and whatnot throughout the house. Perhaps I'm messy but I will often hve a spare holster sitting on my coffee table with either a spare mag, snap caps, cleaning patches or oil, etc. I dont intentionally leave these things out, but again, it is MY home afterall so I dont hesitate to carry openly. In the rare instance that someone I'm unfamiliar with or whom is just that uncomfortable with guns I will conceal or have it in a safe, but quickly accessible area.

I suppose it depends on the atmosphere and how I feel too. If someone is coming over for
or an ultra nice dinner (like that ever happens! Lol) then I'll conceal or hide it. Or, If i have buddies coming over to hang out, we'll probably crack open a few cold ones so I definitely would not carry in that situation.

I'm accustomed to doing my daily house work with my Glock 17 OWB in a fobus holster on pretty much a daily basis. Sometimes that means answering the door unexpectedly, and I'll usually just place my body at an angle so as to obscure the line of sight to my firearm (in addition to keeping the door only particularly cracked). If I have to go out front to throe out the trash or what not, I'll just throw a light jacket on for cover and go quickly. I often hang out clothes to line dry in my backyard (I live in an older home with no dryer hook up) while OC'ing as well. My backyard doesnt offer much in the way of privacy as i have homes on either side of me and I merely have a plain old chain link/rock wall fence combo that you can see right through. I do try to be careful when in the back yard as both of my neighbors are elderly and I dont want them to freak out - the likely hood of them seeing anything isn't too high though since I'm usually obscured by the very laundry I'm hanging to dry.

I suppose, for me, it really just depends on the situation but I generally don't hesitate to OC at home if someone is over as they should know me better than to think I'm a loon for carrying at home.