Pauly
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It's about time I stopped being such a nancy boy. Yesterday I OC'd for most of the day. The only time I didn't have my gun on me was at my brother's in-laws and at my dad's house. My brother's in-laws aren't opposed to guns but they are opposed to their 14 year old asshole of a son being around one. (I didn't get into it, not my business) They have no problem with me concealing in their house, I should add. My father wouldn't care about the gun either way and he knows I carry but as of late he isn't well. I just didn't want to upset all my family members that I haven't seen in years by showing up with a gun. I left it in the car and left my holster on my hip. No one seemed to notice and if they did nothing was mentioned to me exept by my aunt who told me I need to come by the house and check out her Glock. I carried into the Kroger grocery store with zero incident. The only person I noticed giving me the hairy eyeball was the manager. After I got to checkout he scanned me up and down then continued with what he was doing. He never said a word to me about it. I call that uneventful. On the way home my wife called and asked if I would stop by the local pizza joint and bring home some dinner. When I walked in the door the young man behind the counter immediately fixated on my S&W and then snapped out of it and asked if he could help me. A few minutes later I was on my way with food and a smile. I am usually pretty jovial but took extra care to be polite and couteous to everyone I encountered. I was on my best behavior all day. Can I have a cookie?
I noticed a few things I'd like to mention. Early on in the day I was very 'paranoid' and kept checking my mirrors waiting for a barrage of blue and white behind me. Nothing. Also, I noticed my heightened sense of awarness with this form of carry. I maintain a good sense of situational awareness naturally and when I CC but this was different. I can't really explain it but I noticed things on a whole new level yesterday. Much, much more alert. I don't know if that is good or says I should work on my alertness when I CC a little more. I also realized that most people don't even notice you are carrying a gun at all. My sister-in-law was in the car with me for 15 minutes, in the store with me for 20 or so minutes. I had mentioned to my brother that that was the first time I had open carried in public and he needs to know how that feels. My sister-in-law asked what 'open carry' meant so I pointed at my hip. She started laughing at herself and said she didn't even know I was wearing it. She hadn't noticed and I gave her a hug when I picked them up. (Maybe she assumed I was just happy to see her. I was... she's smokin'!!)
That about wraps up my little review of my first OC experience. I plan on doing this a lot more often and wish I had just done it from the beginning. I want to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for being an encouragement and path carver for me. I know I would have never considered it without this forum. I never even knew it was legal until this forum. I am so glad I found it and again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Pauly.
It's about time I stopped being such a nancy boy. Yesterday I OC'd for most of the day. The only time I didn't have my gun on me was at my brother's in-laws and at my dad's house. My brother's in-laws aren't opposed to guns but they are opposed to their 14 year old asshole of a son being around one. (I didn't get into it, not my business) They have no problem with me concealing in their house, I should add. My father wouldn't care about the gun either way and he knows I carry but as of late he isn't well. I just didn't want to upset all my family members that I haven't seen in years by showing up with a gun. I left it in the car and left my holster on my hip. No one seemed to notice and if they did nothing was mentioned to me exept by my aunt who told me I need to come by the house and check out her Glock. I carried into the Kroger grocery store with zero incident. The only person I noticed giving me the hairy eyeball was the manager. After I got to checkout he scanned me up and down then continued with what he was doing. He never said a word to me about it. I call that uneventful. On the way home my wife called and asked if I would stop by the local pizza joint and bring home some dinner. When I walked in the door the young man behind the counter immediately fixated on my S&W and then snapped out of it and asked if he could help me. A few minutes later I was on my way with food and a smile. I am usually pretty jovial but took extra care to be polite and couteous to everyone I encountered. I was on my best behavior all day. Can I have a cookie?
I noticed a few things I'd like to mention. Early on in the day I was very 'paranoid' and kept checking my mirrors waiting for a barrage of blue and white behind me. Nothing. Also, I noticed my heightened sense of awarness with this form of carry. I maintain a good sense of situational awareness naturally and when I CC but this was different. I can't really explain it but I noticed things on a whole new level yesterday. Much, much more alert. I don't know if that is good or says I should work on my alertness when I CC a little more. I also realized that most people don't even notice you are carrying a gun at all. My sister-in-law was in the car with me for 15 minutes, in the store with me for 20 or so minutes. I had mentioned to my brother that that was the first time I had open carried in public and he needs to know how that feels. My sister-in-law asked what 'open carry' meant so I pointed at my hip. She started laughing at herself and said she didn't even know I was wearing it. She hadn't noticed and I gave her a hug when I picked them up. (Maybe she assumed I was just happy to see her. I was... she's smokin'!!)
That about wraps up my little review of my first OC experience. I plan on doing this a lot more often and wish I had just done it from the beginning. I want to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for being an encouragement and path carver for me. I know I would have never considered it without this forum. I never even knew it was legal until this forum. I am so glad I found it and again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Pauly.