Iffen I Wuz Pres . . .
Interesting thread revival.
Would I carry if I were pres?
Yes, I would. And it wouldn't be a secret.
It would be to set an example. Famous people get to incite trends and fashions, and as long as people are going to point cameras and microphones at me, I'm gonna show off my new holster, brag about my last range trip (Golf? Seriously?) and use the bully pulpit to encourage a revival of rifle teams in the schools (since the FedGov would no longer have the authority to mandate curriculum).
There would be presidential awards for marksmanship. A Colt 1911 would be deemed an appropriate recognition for valedictorians as a symbol of self reliance.
Leather specialty houses would vie to bring out a line of holsters under the heading of
First Lady Fashions.
Gifts to foreign heads of state would be presentation-cased pistols or suitably ornate long guns.
Columnists would find themselves writing articles with titles like, "
The President's New Gun;" reporters covering rifle matches wherein all the participants -- including the president -- fired three stages from wheelchairs.
Firearms and ammunition would be specifically exempted from sales taxes.
Man, I would have a freakin'
ball if I were president.