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I am a new contributor. I live in N.Y. but I travel the entire region frequently, my kids are just old enough for my wife and I to really enjoy being with them for long trips. I have chosen Maine as a summer destination partly because it is a great OC state.
We are a family of avid hikers, and will spend all day on the trail. I hike with a camelbak (also used for military - signed up after spending several days as EMTat WTC immed after 9/11) and my little SW Chief fits on my right hip just in front of the back pack.
Came off the trail and decide not to conceal my Chief (have a Maine NR CCW), spendtime going from gas station to store to hotel office, etc. NO one says a word, as if it is perfectly natural, which I suspect it is. That's what I did the entire rest of the trip, until I hit Teddyland (Mass.) on the way home.
ALL the locals shoot. Sellhunting ammoin a kid's clothing store!
My kids think its really cool that daddy walks around like a cowboy. But that's not why I open carry. It's just a feeling that is so different from NY where anyone can drop a dime on you and jam up your permit.
You talk about spending $ in gun friendly states, well I'm doing that by going to Maine.
I am a new contributor. I live in N.Y. but I travel the entire region frequently, my kids are just old enough for my wife and I to really enjoy being with them for long trips. I have chosen Maine as a summer destination partly because it is a great OC state.
We are a family of avid hikers, and will spend all day on the trail. I hike with a camelbak (also used for military - signed up after spending several days as EMTat WTC immed after 9/11) and my little SW Chief fits on my right hip just in front of the back pack.
Came off the trail and decide not to conceal my Chief (have a Maine NR CCW), spendtime going from gas station to store to hotel office, etc. NO one says a word, as if it is perfectly natural, which I suspect it is. That's what I did the entire rest of the trip, until I hit Teddyland (Mass.) on the way home.
ALL the locals shoot. Sellhunting ammoin a kid's clothing store!
My kids think its really cool that daddy walks around like a cowboy. But that's not why I open carry. It's just a feeling that is so different from NY where anyone can drop a dime on you and jam up your permit.
You talk about spending $ in gun friendly states, well I'm doing that by going to Maine.