Catching flak for ccw

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This falls under the whole notion that "a gun is not supposed to be comfortable, but comforting". That's not just physically comfortable.

Just ignore people that give you a hard time for being prudent. Eventually this may mean you spend less time around these so-called friends and inconvenient family but so-be-it.

Life is too short to be surrounded by annoying people.

I've been carrying 24/7/365 for the last decade or so ... Except for my wife* I don't keep people in my life that would give me a hard time about it (or give me a hard time about what I eat, drink, wear, read, watch on TV or who I vote for).






*she doesn't complain about my carrying ... and she makes up for all the other complaining in other ways :neener:
 
The general consensus of "concealed means concealed" makes all kinds of sense. It is exceedingly rare when someone (other than my wife) knows I am actually carrying - though I carry at all times it is legal for me to do so.

*However* - I do readily discuss the topic with friends, and let them know I have a permit. Why? Because I am intelligent, well educated, respected in my community, and known to be someone of generally liberal politics - and I think that it is very important to show people that folks such as myself consider CCW to be completely acceptable exercise of constitutional rights. Doing this has changed some minds, even led some people to consider exercising this right themselves - and I have a longstanding offer to take any of my friends shooting, using my guns, my ammo, and on my property.

It's made a difference.

Jim Downey
 
Wow, my step mom hates guns. But for some reason it doesnt bother her that I carry all the time, even in her house.
 
If you broadcast the fact that you're armed then you're just inviting critique and you'd better be prepared to deal with it. Once you announce to your buds that you're packing you've set yourself up for all manner of potential grief, unless of course they're packing too. :cool: I believe it's possible to carry discretely virtually forever with most of the people you come into contact with being none the wiser.
 
They know and if they ask you not to bring it in their home respect that. Other wise, tell them you plan to carry because you want to protect them as well as yourself. Offer to show them - with an empty gun - the various safety mechanisms the gun has. Also offer to take them shooting.

After that, all you can say is, I respect your opinion and I would like for you to respect mine. We will just have to agree to disagree on this matter.

I feel lucky my parents and inlaws all came together to help pay for my CCL after I had a kid.
 
The people who are giving great reasons to carry all the time are missing the point. I wear boxers all the time and I can give everyone great reasons why. But I don't, because it's my business, and telling other people is quite unnecessary and at times can be rude. It's a "need to know" sort of issue. :)

If someone gets offended that I shared, or disagrees with the concept of boxers for whatever reason, that is second to the fact that I CHOSE TO SHARE IT.

Come on, is this really so hard?
 
Why tell them? What they don't know won't hurt them. And remind them that if at anytime a dangerous situation presents itself with them present you will graciously step aside to assuage their fears of you carrying and let them be robbed, raped, beaten or murdered and will only intervene when you are threatened.
 
You must be in one of those anti-gun states. I open carry on my property 24/7 and concealed when off the property. My wife is Mormon and we have missionaries over for dinner quite often. I went to one of my wife's church functions the other day and was told by one of the church people that I looked naked without my .45 ACP

Tell your friends and relatives to "get over it"....
 
Sheep are herd animals, and are uncomfortable around anything that doesn't fit in the herd.........


Ignore their "baaaing".
 
Jimmy,

The class is costing $75 and includes the NRA Basic Pistol Class. The permit application costs $80 and the fingerprints cost $10.

The price of the class varies depending on where you go. I have seen some places charging as little as $60 for just the CCL class. I saw another place that was charging $125 for just the CCL class.

Also there is a minimum shooting qualification in NC. The state only requires that you are tested at 3, 5, and 7 yards. However, some schools use a stricter guide line.
 
Folks are likely complaining about something besides carrying.

Try not talking about it.

CCW is *supposed* to be discrete.
 
Announcing to others that you carry in places that might be illegal, sound like quite the plan to me.
 
He respects their right to not bring it into their homes
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IF this is the case with your situation, then you should take the same approach and leave it in your car when visiting. If they are giving you a hard time in YOUR home, then you can be assertive about your house and rules.
 
two words I learned around relatives like this "pocket carry" I have one uncle who delights in trying to find my gun and show everybody since he open carries. I just went and got an LCP and a pocket holter and wear it when he comes around. After 2 times of trying to "find it" he quit. Wont tell ya how or why.
 
JMHO, but if people know you're carrying, then you must be bragging about it. My wife knows I have a permit and carry, but she never knows when I am or am not carrying. She doesn't want to know, and I don't feel a need to tell her.
 
I don't tell. They don't know. My wife knows. My shooting buddies know.
That's it. I don't feel the need to advertise.

Always carry, Except where prohibited by law of course - Never Tell.
 
One of my CCW instructors made the statement that they never wear gun hats, NRA T-shirts or anything else that might give away that they are gun people. Besides the fact that concealed is supposed to mean concealed, having the element of surprise on your side if you need it might give you those precious extra seconds that you need.
 
tell them thanks for using their first amendment right as i am using my 2nd amendment right,

keep up the good work.

i also carry so me and mine might return home safely as anyone else that is with us at the time in need :cool:



i have owb xd45 on all time I'm awake and if not it then a kel tec 380 in my pocket, as i set here in my safe little home it is on my side, as hso said it has become part of my wardrobe first thing on in the morning and last off at night
 
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The reason to carry all the time is so that it becomes part of your wardrobe instead of something strange and alien to you. CCW is supposed to become comfortable.

The other reason to carry all the time can be taken from an earlier piece of advice, "If I knew ahead of time that I was going to need to use the gun somewhere I wouldn't go there in the first place. Since I can't predict the future I carry all the time."
 
The decision to carry a gun is a "Lifestyle Choice".


When it comes to other "Lifestyle Choices" most of us take umbrage at being criticized for such choices.

Whether its what we choose to eat (or not eat) whom we choose to love, what God we choose to pray to or what manner of dress or other physical adornments we choose a good way to turn a friend into a "former friend" or a relative into an "estranged relative" is to start giving them a hard time about their lifestyle choices.

Why on earth would we tell those that make one lifestyle choice to shut up, keep their choices to themselves and hide as them as though there's something wrong with their choice and yet others we encourage to be as open and "proud" of their choices as possible?
 
...I have to ask whether one trusts their family, when one won't speak about well ... pretty much everything.
...I'd not only feel like I was betraying them...
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I'm not sure that anyone here is talking about a shared household, but rather, visiting family. When I go to visit the folks, I'm not going to hug Mom and say, "Good to see you Mom! I have a gun on me by the way!". She knows I have a permit, I've talked about carrying everyday/everywhere, but I'm not going to advertise to her and the rest of my kin that I'm packing, just because their family and we all trust and love each other.

...you folks saying to just hide things from your spouse...
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I thought I read every post here. Who said to hide things from the spouse?
 
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