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Was at my deer lease near Sour Lake for a few days and while I'm there I always keep my Glock 20SF on my hip in a Fobus paddle holster. Went into town the other night to get some supplies at a local grocery store and since it was getting late my son and I decided to eat at DQ. I had on a sweatshirt that usually covers most if not all of the gun and a jacket. After we ordered and went to sit at a table I took off my jacket and laid it on my seat, completely exposing my gun as the sweatshirt had ridden up and was resting on the holster. I then headed to the bathroom to wash my hands. Luckily there were only 3 people in the place but one guy looked at me kinda strange. When I got in the bathroom and looked in the mirror I could see my pistol was exposed. Startled me for a sec but I just covered it back up with my sweatshirt and went back to eat. Nothing was ever said by anyone but was a good reminder to me to make sure I'm concealed before entering an establishment.

It was not "intentional failure to conceal" and no law was therefore broken. All the same, I'll bet your eyes bugged out when you saw yourself in the mirror.

not to nit-pick, but to make you aware of your thought process.

Txfire409 wrote:I had on a sweatshirt that usually covers most if not all of the gun and a jacket

then you took off your jacket.
but my issue is that you know that the sweatshirt "usually covers most if not all" - the most tells me that you should not use that as your cover and your jacket should have stayed on.
While I agree with TAM, you did not intentionally fail to conceal, but in a way, with your words, I could make a case that you did intentionally fail to conceal, by knowlingly using a cover that does not cover all, but "most" of your gun.

Teamless wrote:not to nit-pick, but to make you aware of your thought process.

Txfire409 wrote:I had on a sweatshirt that usually covers most if not all of the gun and a jacket

then you took off your jacket.
but my issue is that you know that the sweatshirt "usually covers most if not all" - the most tells me that you should not use that as your cover and your jacket should have stayed on.
While I agree with TAM, you did not intentionally fail to conceal, but in a way, with your words, I could make a case that you did intentionally fail to conceal, by knowlingly using a cover that does not cover all, but "most" of your gun.

I see your point and cant disagree. This would never be my regular concealed carry attire. At the deer lease I usually open carry but had on the sweatshirt due to cooler temps at night. What it comes down to is I completely forgot I had the gun on me as I get so use to wearing it out there, especially for days at a time.

Sounds like everybody was level headed. I was getting my windows tinted 2 days ago and another customer kept looking at my waist. I don't know how he could see I had a weapon, but I am sure that was what he was looking at.