I open carried at the Albertson's on Durango near the 95 in Centennial Hills. Spent about 20 minutes in the store shopping with my wife. I didn't get any reaction from shoppers or employees, probably because none of them noticed I was carrying. However......sigh.....I did run into one problem: My wife!
It began at home. I came down the stairs wearing my gun and spare magazine and the look on her face was one of shock. She asked me why I was wearing gun. I told her because we were going out and it was for our protection. She said, you don't have to wear the gun, nothing will happen. She looked worried. I told her you never know when you will need to have protection on hand. Anything can happen, anytime, anywhere. It is best to have the gun for protection and not need it than to need it and not have it. She was unconvinced.
She told me to cover up the gun. I explained that I couldn't do that legally because I don't have a concealed carry permit. I said it was perfectly legal for me to carry this way, and many people here in Las Vegas do. She said she had never seen anyone but me carrying a gun openly. So, off we went to the store.
On the drive there, she told me she was scared that I had the gun. I explained that there is nothing to fear. I am in control of the gun; it won't jump out of the holster by itself and start shooting. She still said she was afraid. I again explained about carrying for protection and related to her instances where crazies had walked into restaurants, etc. and began to randomly execute people. I told her if only someone, or several someones like me, would have been armed they could have taken out the bad guys and saved dozens of lives. She was silent for the rest of the drive to the store.
When we arrived, I looked at the front of the store to make sure there were no signs prohibiting guns. There were none, so I walked inside and got a shopping cart. My wife still looked very unhappy with me. We began to shop, with me pushing the cart, then it happened...and it broke my heart...my wife separated from me and left me in the dust. She just didn't want to be around me carrying the gun inside the store. That hurt.
Anyway, toward the end of our shopping she stayed with me as we shopped and seemed to relax a bit.
We went to check out. None of the employees seemed to notice I was carrying, but I think the guy in line behind me saw my gun. I never looked directly at him, but out of my peripheral vision it looked like he hesitated for a split second while placing his items on the conveyor, and he seemed to be looking toward my left hip, where my weapon was holstered. He didn't say a word to me.
I finished paying for the groceries and my wife and I went back to our car and headed home. All the way back home she was silent.
When I got home, I put my gun away and she seemed to relax.