Klemorali
Regular Member
While I'm certain the answer to my question is "Carry on, Worry Less..."
How does one handle Open Carry while dragging around children. I have a 10 year old (going on 16) who is almost completely incapable of thinking before opening his mouth. In fact I'm almost completely certain that a trip to the local Walmart will involve 2 or 3 overly loud comments of "you're carrying your gun in a walmart...". Remembering my own childhood, I do recall being knocked upside the head a few times for making poorly thought out comments, but that never really stopped me from saying it in the first place. I did eventually learn.
Any suggestions or advice that might keep the kiddies from pointing out the obvious to the oblivious? I'm also interested in people's stories. Please feel free to post your own experiences with your children or even friends/family who acted like children while OCing.
For my own stories..
I have only done OC with my children when visiting family so I could test the waters and get them comfortable with the idea of Daddy carrying. So far we've had one comment fly out that was corrected by my Mother-in-Law who explained to him that "she was old and not blind". A few times the 3 yr old in his endless pursuit of being carried everywhere by Daddy asked me if that was my gun while pointing to it, this generally is met with amusement by the family which sadly reinforces his desire to point it out. I'm still working on correcting that away from the grandparents :banghead:
Thanks in advance for any input, advice, or shared stories!!
How does one handle Open Carry while dragging around children. I have a 10 year old (going on 16) who is almost completely incapable of thinking before opening his mouth. In fact I'm almost completely certain that a trip to the local Walmart will involve 2 or 3 overly loud comments of "you're carrying your gun in a walmart...". Remembering my own childhood, I do recall being knocked upside the head a few times for making poorly thought out comments, but that never really stopped me from saying it in the first place. I did eventually learn.
Any suggestions or advice that might keep the kiddies from pointing out the obvious to the oblivious? I'm also interested in people's stories. Please feel free to post your own experiences with your children or even friends/family who acted like children while OCing.
For my own stories..
I have only done OC with my children when visiting family so I could test the waters and get them comfortable with the idea of Daddy carrying. So far we've had one comment fly out that was corrected by my Mother-in-Law who explained to him that "she was old and not blind". A few times the 3 yr old in his endless pursuit of being carried everywhere by Daddy asked me if that was my gun while pointing to it, this generally is met with amusement by the family which sadly reinforces his desire to point it out. I'm still working on correcting that away from the grandparents :banghead:
Thanks in advance for any input, advice, or shared stories!!