I apologize for being somewhat amused with the concern for being concealed, I carry a full size Para P14 1911 openly all the t ime, I conceal only when have too, but you'll get use to carrying and it will be second nature in know time, and actually feel weird not to have your gun on you! Few people notice or care, I have had some very positive contacts while open carrying!rytchard wrote:After receiving my plastic last Monday I finally did my “Wally Walk”! Well, I really didn’t classify it as that but I had to do my weekly shopping Saturday after work. So I did what I normally do on Saturday after work other than this time I was carrying a S&W Bodyguard. I exited my car and did a quick tug or check on my polo shirt to assure me that my firearm was covered. Grabbed a cart and proceeded. Yikes! There are so many people there! Even children! Here I am armed with one in the chamber shopping!
All I could think of was that I wanted to check to make sure I was not showing. But I resisted. As I knew all of this was in my mind. I did cheat here and there and did a low profile check with my right arm.
On this shopping trip I did find myself extremely more aware of other people. Besides the normal ones that immediately annoyed me, but I think more of observing to see if that there were any hints that they or any were noticing me. They were not.
Not as far as knowing that I was carrying.
As most of you probably already know my shopping trip ended like everybody else there, without incident.
In closing, I didn’t realize that it was going to take some time for my mind “to get used” to this!
Each day is easier and I go through times where I completely forget that I am carrying. So I am getting used to it.
From time to time I have to remind myself that I am doing nothing wrong and that I "am" licensed to carry a handgun!
