Obligatory 1st week carrying post!

[mossytxn]

Some observations:

1. When slightly overweight, a crappy belt still holds the iwb holster just fine since the love handles are doing all the work anyway.

2. Not one person (including the wife) has noticed yet.

3. I told my dad in the lobby of a crowded restaurant that my license came that day. His first instinct was to lift my shirt to see if I was carrying. We had a long conversation about how that was not cool.

4. I get a warm fuzzy feeling now when I have to take out the trash or check the mail after dark.

5. My wife and I went hiking at a state park over the weekend. Getting out of the car she asked "Are we protected?" My answer, "Duh."

6. She has asked the same question a few other times. She always gets the same answer.

7. I still don't feel like Dirty Harry, nor do I expect to. I just feel a little more responsible.

[Lumberjack98]

Congrats on your first week carrying!

Am I the only one that thinks #4 is a little creepy?

[seamusTX]

Congratulations.

Cheap belts don't last long. (Don't ask me how I know that.)

You might want to work out a plan with your wife as to what she should do if you (as a couple) are threatened.

At the very least, she should be behind you. She should seek cover if possible.

You might want to come up with a code word that is a signal to execute that plan (raptor or bogie, for example).

She also might want to get a CHL.

Shooting is a family sport that everyone can do well at.

- Jim

[LCP_Dogg]

RE: #4 - Hey, where I live, it is PITCH BLACK unless there is good moonlight - not a single streetlight for several hundred feet on the main road. It is a nice community and I dislike streetlights anyways (kill the stargazing) but you never know who is where - sometimes bad people come to nice people's homes just because. Especially around Christmas time.. :(

[mossytxn]

RE:#4 There are some not too nice apartments across the road from me. Lots of unsavory types. And it is dark by the time I get home now.

[bpet]

#4 won't seem so creepy when you are greeted by a stranger while bringing your social security check in from the mail box at night.

Don't know if I'll ever have that opportunity, but the thought is still in the back of my mind.

[Lumberjack98]

I was just kidding about #4 being "creepy." Things don't always come across on forums how we intend them too. Sorry for the confusion.

[WEC]

Congrats! However, I think this post is missing a Wally Walk report...

[Wildscar]

3. I told my dad in the lobby of a crowded restaurant that my license came that day. His first instinct was to lift my shirt to see if I was carrying. We had a long conversation about how that was not cool.

Dont feel bad. I was at Braums with the family enjoying some tasty Banana slpits when half way though my Mom leans over the table and whispered in a not so whispery tone "Do you have your GUN on you?!?!?" I then asked her if she could say it any louder casue I think the people at the front counter are the only ones that didnt hear you.

[AggieC05]

Some observations:

3. I told my dad in the lobby of a crowded restaurant that my license came that day. His first instinct was to lift my shirt to see if I was carrying. We had a long conversation about how that was not cool.

love this... its amazing what other people do without really thinking

[mossytxn]

Some observations:

3. I told my dad in the lobby of a crowded restaurant that my license came that day. His first instinct was to lift my shirt to see if I was carrying. We had a long conversation about how that was not cool.

love this... its amazing what other people do without really thinking

Oh, he was thinking...He just got through telling me that it was great I got my license. Then he checked under my shirt and said "Good, there's no way you would need it at Macaroni Grill."

I could not get the idea of "24/7 or guess right" into his head. Oh well, good thing I went for the Smart Carry that night. That could have been awkward.

[bdickens]

That's why you should not tell anyone about your CHL who doesn't need to know.

[seamusTX]

there's no way you would need it at Macaroni Grill

That's what everyone at Luby's in Killeen in 1991thought.

- Jim

[Furyataurus]

there's no way you would need it at Macaroni Grill

That's what everyone at Luby's in Killeen in 1991thought.

- Jim

and Columbine, VT, McDonald's in Cali., malls, etc

[SCone]

My wife & I use a variation of the "sign" for "gun" when we're out. She'll look at me in a questioning way, raise her hand up to her face and as she brings her hand back down, she will tuck her ring & pinkey finger while extending her thumb, fore & middle-finger for just a second. To which I give her a quick nod (since I'm never without my gun now). It's quick, simple and best of all, silent.

Once she knows I carrying, she will check to see if it can be seen. She'll give me a slow head-shake to confirm the firearm cannot be seen. She has yet to be able to tell if I'm carrying.