High Plains,
Here's a couple:
1) Intentional failure to conceal. At least in Texas the OP would have committed a Class A Misdemeanor when he lifted his shirt and showed his carry gun. A Class A Misdemeanor comes with a fine not to exceed $4000, confinement in jail not to exceed one year or both a fine and jail time. A Class A Misdemeanor will also cause your CHL to be revoked and you would be unable to get your CHL back for
7 years. Concealed means concealed.
That one is fact. The rest are my opinion.
2) Everyone who knows that you carry is a threat to you. How? Say you're sitting in a barber shop getting your hair cut. Just for kicks, let's say everyone in the shop knows you carry. Now, let's say a man walks through the door with a revolver and demands money. Everyone is going to look at you to defend them. Someone might even be dumb enough to say, "You've got a gun. Do something!" Who do you think the first person to get shot is going to be?
3) Most people talk. Everyone who knows you're carrying a gun will likely tell someone else. Even though it's perfectly legal, I personally do not like everyone knowing that I carry.
4) Say the realtor gets mad for some reason so she calls the cops and says "He pulled a gun on me." The cops pull you over, guns drawn, drag you out of the car, pat you down and find gun. Of course you're going to deny pulling the gun on her, but then so would every other criminal the cop deals with on a daily basis.
Those are just a few and only one of them could be considered as fact. There are only five people who know I carry. Among those five only one knows WHEN I'm carrying and where on my body it is concealed (my wife). Personally, I like it that way.
Granted, there is nothing wrong with carrying a handgun. However, I see absolutely no benefit in telling people I carry and even less benefit in actually SHOWING them.
That's just me though.
That being said, I TALK to people about guns all the time. At work, at church, at someone's house...wherever. I will freely disclose that I like guns and that I like to shoot guns and that I own guns. I even have a G17 as my wallpaper at work. I invite people to go shoot with me when I think someone might be interested and I do what I can to ease the minds of folks who I sense are afraid of guns. What I don't do is tell my friend while I'm sitting on his couch, "Oh...since we're talking about guns...I'm carrying right now!!" I see nothing good that could come from disclosing that you are carrying.