Do you tell your kids?

[longhorn86]

What I don't want to happen is the above 'My kid decides to run up and give me a hug and happens to bump his arm on it and says something' out in public

I've been carrying since early 2011. Once I was clothes shopping with the family in a department store, 10 yr old daughter at the time, tells me when I bent over to find a pair of jeans quietly says "Dad, stand up, I can tell you are wearing IT"

Priceless!!

I have made it a point to introduce both her and the wife to firearms from day one. My daughter enjoys shooting the .22's and my wife just got her plastic!!

Life is good!

[chuck j]

Way to go !

[texanjoker]

My kids have grown up with me carrying. IMO It is better to educate them then to try and hide it.

[Pecos]

texanjoker I Agree.

[anomie]

Wodathunkit, longhorn86 ... I really liked your stories about your kids. Both of them brought a nice smile to my face :)

[gthaustex]

My kids (13 and 7) both know and don't give it a second thought. They have grown up around the fact that I usually have a gun somewhere on me most of the time. They are also very used to shooting, hunting, etc. so a gun isn't out of place in their lives. Since it isn't anything unusual, it isn't even on their mind to blurt out that I am carrying.

[CHLLady]

Yes, my kids know we carry. Once we explained it all and went shooting as a family, they are completely fine with it. They don't ask about it. The respect and understanding are there.

[Wodathunkit]

Wodathunkit, longhorn86 ... I really liked your stories about your kids. Both of them brought a nice smile to my face :)