Warp,
No doubt you are a safe carrier, and I'm not calling you trigger happy -- far from it. I'm saying that if we all took the attitude that we and we alone will choose when and where we are going to carry, rules be damned, the anti-gun crowd would eat it up.
And what about the herd of Bubbas who are there carrying loaded guns because they feel the same as you? Are you ok that they are less trained and less competent than you, yet they are in a roomful of gun people, showing, buying, selling, trading stories, muzzling the room, etc.? If Bubba next to you draws a revolver from appendix carry to show to another Bubba, and you can clearly see it's loaded, what's your gut reaction? Sure, he took it a step further than you're taking it, but still, you broke the same rule he broke. The rules don't say you can't show someone a gun -- that's what everyone is there to do.
When you apply for a CCW license in Georgia, do you sign a document saying that you will abide by applicable laws and regulations? If you knowingly carry where you're asked not to, aren't you in violation of the spirit if not the letter of that agreement?
The question remains, why is ok to violate rules provided nobody knows? Is that what a CCW is supposed to be for, a license to violate rules?