I haven't had this ever come up before because usually when I have a social event like a BBQ or whatnot, I have it at my place.
Today though, I'm going to a BBQ at a friend's place (who lives with his parents - he's only 22 and I'm dead-center twenties - just for reference).
Unrelated - but I'm bringing my family-famous Maple & Brown Sugar baked beans with brown-sugar marinated hot-dogs (and crumpled maple smoked bacon) - *family famous as in I'm the only one in my family who knows the full recipe and get asked to make it all the time. *
Anyways, afterwards, he and I were probably going to go hang out at a local outdoor mall/shopping-center and he had mentioned the possibility of going to have a few drinks afterwards (which is a problem for CCW'ing of course).
Here's the question: The BBQ is at his place - would it be wrong for me to CCW when in their house? I've gotten so used to CCW'ing that I just would rather carry all the time now, even when I'm in a place I feel is relatively secure, it just feels more comfortable (kinda like the awkward feeling you get if you forget to wear your watch).
Afterwards I would definitely want to CCW at the mall/shopping-center as I pretty much CCW always and especially in public places like that.....
the only problem is "getting a few drinks" in which case what I think I'll do is see if we can hit a bar-and-grill, he can have a few drinks, and I'll just say I'm not in the mood for beer and I'll have soda or two - that way more than 50% of the revenue comes from food and it's not just a bar.
But the main question is carrying in the guy's parents' house. I've never faced that before. I'd hate to disrespect them somehow and I don't know what their position on guns is. Obviously optimally they wouldn't know, but there's always that 1% chance or so that I'd accidentally flash when bending over.
Today though, I'm going to a BBQ at a friend's place (who lives with his parents - he's only 22 and I'm dead-center twenties - just for reference).
Unrelated - but I'm bringing my family-famous Maple & Brown Sugar baked beans with brown-sugar marinated hot-dogs (and crumpled maple smoked bacon) - *family famous as in I'm the only one in my family who knows the full recipe and get asked to make it all the time. *
Anyways, afterwards, he and I were probably going to go hang out at a local outdoor mall/shopping-center and he had mentioned the possibility of going to have a few drinks afterwards (which is a problem for CCW'ing of course).
Here's the question: The BBQ is at his place - would it be wrong for me to CCW when in their house? I've gotten so used to CCW'ing that I just would rather carry all the time now, even when I'm in a place I feel is relatively secure, it just feels more comfortable (kinda like the awkward feeling you get if you forget to wear your watch).
Afterwards I would definitely want to CCW at the mall/shopping-center as I pretty much CCW always and especially in public places like that.....
the only problem is "getting a few drinks" in which case what I think I'll do is see if we can hit a bar-and-grill, he can have a few drinks, and I'll just say I'm not in the mood for beer and I'll have soda or two - that way more than 50% of the revenue comes from food and it's not just a bar.
But the main question is carrying in the guy's parents' house. I've never faced that before. I'd hate to disrespect them somehow and I don't know what their position on guns is. Obviously optimally they wouldn't know, but there's always that 1% chance or so that I'd accidentally flash when bending over.