A lot can be read into this statement...perhaps things that shouldn't be read into it...
Really? I can't think of a thing that could be read into it, but if your imagination is running with it, go for it!
Seriously though, I didn't mean anything interesting, probably no reason for me to have called him out by profession. Just a guy I know, happens to be a judge, took the CCW class and has his permit, elects not to carry. He's one of the three people that knows I carry. We swapped CCW class stories.
If you are as open about guns with your family as you say and carry daily, I have my doubts that you oldest does not know already. Intentionally hiding it from him and lying about it when he asks is teaching him it is okay to lie and will make him wonder if you are hiding things from him cause they are wrong.
buck, I think you might be getting carried away. The kids don't know I carry an amex, either, or what color socks I put on. The kids don't watch me get dressed in the morning (when I strap on) and they don't watch me change out of my clothes when I get home (when I put it away). I carry
concealed, so by your logic I'm "intentionally lying" to everyone that sees me? If he asked I would not lie about it - no way! The time he hit it and said "what the heck!?" it was not a serious question to which he expected an answer, he just hurt his hand a little.
If any of the kids had a clue about it they would ask me about it in a second. We have very open communications about everything. This topic just hasn't ever come up because it's
concealed carry. My wife rarely sees me arm either, it's just part of my morning routine - she doesn't watch me floss my teeth either... The fact that it hasn't come up is why I started this thread, now that we are this far along and they are getting older I am debating how/when/if to bring it up.
My children know I have [guns] and that they can see them if they ask.
Me too.