Catching flak for ccw

Not at all. You can definitely not carry it enough, you never know when you will need it.

Im sure they will appreciate it when and if the time comes that you need it. Im not even sure why they would complain about something like that. Do they not like being to safe???

-George

Tell them that if they wish to live as defenseless sheep it is their right, but they ought not to impose their pacifism on you.

I like knowing that the bad stigma that I've caught will vanish the second I'm in a self defense situation.
When seconds count the Police are minutes away.

I have watched a particular family member go through the same scenario. In fact, it at one point turned into an issue where when he would show up or would get called to go certain places with certain people, he was asked to leave the gun at home. This was all at the same time that I was carrying and no one was the wiser.

The best way to get past this that I have seen is to let the issue die. Just because they know you have a CCW, they don't need to know when you do and don't have it. My relative would leave his in the car while visiting at homes, and before he knew it, they stopped asking and it stopped being an issue. He respects their right to not bring it into their homes, and they don't pester him about wearing it in public.

Just as much as majority of us are entrenched in the importance of conceal carry, there are those who are blindly stubborn as to the need or purpose of it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, regardless of how stupid or uninformed that opinion might be. I find that the less I make things an issue with family, the less they make it an issue with me. YMMV, but my recommendation would be to not only physically conceal it from friends and family, but mentally as well.

I have a friend that always gets worked up when he finds out I'm packin'
I just tell him "****, I have a gun" (kidding everyone)

Tell them that if they wish to live as defenseless sheep it is their right, but they ought not to impose their pacifism on you.

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Id try saying that once, but I'm guessing it will fall on deaf ears.
Honestly, just don't let them know, its none of their business and it really wont affect them at all.

Buy a smaller gun if necessary.

Well, you didn't start this thread because you wanted a healthy debate on the subject, did you?


Concealed means concealed.

Don't tell everyone. Then no one will know.

That's what I was wondering. How do they know you are carrying? My family never knows that I actually have it on me. They know I have a permit, some of them do to, but they never really carry. I think I've even mentioned that I carry everywhere/everyday, but when I go visit family, they really have no idea that I have a holstered gun on my hip.

Friends? Most all of my "friends" don't even know I have a permit or own guns. The ones who are into guns and have their own permit, yeah, they know I own guns and have a permit too, but again, they don't know I have a gun on me when I stop by for a visit.

How do they know??

Maybe he's in an open carry area, and he open carrys as well? Maybe he discusses these issues with his family. Some families are very close, and tell each other everything.

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Don't tell everyone. Then no one will know.

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^This

Only a very small number of family members know that I carry. An even smaller number of friends know - mostly ones who also carry themselves.

Occasionally, I open carry - around our farm, mostly. Even those who have married into our family who are not particularly pro-gun don't give me a hard time. Perhaps you're not carrying a big enough gun.

Flak is an interesting choice of phrasing.

The problem is this: you are not carrying a concealed weapon. You are carrying a weapon you told everyone about. Tactical and social faux pas.

Some of our more one-dimensional members may not realize this, but lecturing your family members or giving cliched one-liners is not going to improve your situation, either. And since you clearly had these people in your life pre-CCW (and presumably want them in your life post-CCW regardless of whether or not they agree with your choice), you should probably just stop discussing it for damage control.

I keep thinking people on this site need to realize not everyone in your life will agree with every decision you make, but part of adult life is accepting that and moving on.

Look, if you "convert" someone, great, whatever. Taken on the balance, considering you frame your friends and family as a single group, I doubt it is worth the cost of arguing and alienating the people who can't be convinced. I'm not going to ask you to be a proselytizer especially after you've already clearly made the mistake of offending people by revealing too much about yourself. Next time just choose more wisely what to reveal and to whom to reveal it.

conwict +1.

either openly carry any tool u might want to use ...

or pull it from nowhere in time of need.

I´ve seen people freak when i peeled an apple.
Now i keep a Martini-knife in my desk for that purpose.
So no one needs to see my evil pocket knife.-

Don't tell everyone. Then no one will know.

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If by "everyone" you mean a close family I'd hate to be considered an "acquaintance" by you.

As someone did kinda point out earlier already, some families are very close. As a matter of fact, my in-laws know full well that I have the permit, simply because they know my primary firearms instructor.
I, for instance could not realistically keep any possession I have in my house or on me secret from my spouse. It's simply not a realistic goal. Not to mention that I have to ask whether one trusts their family, when one won't speak about well ... pretty much everything.

I frankly have no idea how close any of you folks saying to just hide things from your spouse or family are, but I'd not only feel like I was betraying them, but also run into the issue that I physically can not hide something the size of a gun in a shared household with my family.

The wife and my parents know and they are cool with it. My Daughter knows and stays mum.

Maybe you are not concealing it well enough. Nobody should know you are carrying, that's why they call it CCW.

I open carry in the house and don't mention it anywhere else. Immediate family knows I carry and it's no one else's business.

Ask them if they only wear seat belts when they're planning to have a crash.

Seriously, it should be no one's business but I understand that there are times when it's impossible to prevent friends and social acquaintances from seeing that you're armed. Whenever you're legally required to disarm, for instance. One of the first times I carried while driving to an event with one particular friend, I realized when we arrived at the site that it was taking place in a community college building (in other words, gun-free zone) so I had to disarm, unload, and store in his glove compartment while we were on the grounds. He was okay with it (I knew he would be) but it was VERY obvious that I was carrying when I had to disarm.

I have a CCW and carry. My opinion is that you tell no one. That way you don't get hassled and you are still safe.

I find this an intersting topic, i openly carry at home, around town, around family 'cludin the in-laws and at my uncles store. I have people (family/friends/ and people i don't know) harass me all the time about it but i choose not to let it bother me and i tell them i'm a big supporter of my right to carry. but the wonderful beauty about the whole thing is that when i have a pistol on my hip people are VERY polite and respectful and i give it back in return.

Someone quoted that an armed society is a polite society and it couldn't be more true.

As someone once said, "Carry 24/7 or guess right."

There is only one person in my life who holds any potential veto power over what I do. Fortunately, she is quite reasonable, and realizes that actually exercising that power would have consequences all it's own.

just don't let them know

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Concealed means concealed.

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That pretty much takes care of it.