ShooterMcGavin
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- Joined
- Jan 11, 2007
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First, I am still somewhat new to carrying concealed, so I am trying to learn from some of the advice I can get here. I don't know how well that is working...
I am frustrated with the advice I have read from some of the members here. I have posted topics on how to broach the subject of carrying a gun to your fiance, for example. Many of you have responded that "nobody should ever know that you carry". Those types of people must be insane, or they are marrying someone that they do not spend much time with. OR, they only carry a P3AT!!! Well, I carry a fullsize M&P, and it does not conceal very well in a front pocket of my pants!
Screw the advice that I should never let my most intimate partner know that I carry a gun, or even good friends!! The people who give out that advice are messed up. I am not a mall-ninja.
I have done my best to prevent letting friends know that I carry. Now, many of my friends think I am being deceptive and hiding something. There have been times that I have had to leave my group of friends without any warning, because I could not enter a bar with my CCW or go into another state (Oregon doesn't recognize my WA CPL, the bastards).
WHY?!?! Why should I never let another human being discover that I carry concealed?? What is the big F-ing deal?? Instead of scaring friends because I carry a gun (<-I can deal with that), I am scaring friends because they think I am some type of psycho who always has to leave the group suddenly for some reason (when they go into a bar).
No, I can't always lock the gun in my car. Many times I have ridden my motorcycle, or consider when a friend has driven to the destination.
I am frustrated with the advice I have read from some of the members here. I have posted topics on how to broach the subject of carrying a gun to your fiance, for example. Many of you have responded that "nobody should ever know that you carry". Those types of people must be insane, or they are marrying someone that they do not spend much time with. OR, they only carry a P3AT!!! Well, I carry a fullsize M&P, and it does not conceal very well in a front pocket of my pants!
Screw the advice that I should never let my most intimate partner know that I carry a gun, or even good friends!! The people who give out that advice are messed up. I am not a mall-ninja.
I have done my best to prevent letting friends know that I carry. Now, many of my friends think I am being deceptive and hiding something. There have been times that I have had to leave my group of friends without any warning, because I could not enter a bar with my CCW or go into another state (Oregon doesn't recognize my WA CPL, the bastards).
WHY?!?! Why should I never let another human being discover that I carry concealed?? What is the big F-ing deal?? Instead of scaring friends because I carry a gun (<-I can deal with that), I am scaring friends because they think I am some type of psycho who always has to leave the group suddenly for some reason (when they go into a bar).
No, I can't always lock the gun in my car. Many times I have ridden my motorcycle, or consider when a friend has driven to the destination.