Over the years, I have influenced perhaps a half dozen or so to carry, though they do so mostly situationaly, and not as a daily choice as I do when I am in states that allow it.
Beyond carry however, I feel that I have influenced far more people to be more educated and aware gun owners, which I think is more important for the 2A cause. By and large, the entire subset of "gun owners" (vs those who actually carry as a lifestyle choice) are simply too un-educated about their own rights and responsibilities. I can't even count the number of conversations I have had with "NRA fudds" where they had no clue about the legislation going on around them, or how it may affect them.
On that thought, I miss living in the free world, as few outside of the military men and woman I work around even want to have that conversation down here in the PRoC.
I escaped southern california a year ago and I couldn't be happier. Los Angeles county was so oppressive that I couldn't take it anymore. It's never too late to get out.
