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Generally, I try to CC. However if my jacket or shirttailrides up a little I'm ok with it, and for practical purposes it is perfectly fine for folks to know you have a piece.
The downsides as I see it, are 1) folks are fearful of guns in general because they are uninformed and stupid, and will react by summoning LE, thus creating an unnecessary annoyance or worse,and 2) weapon retention in a fight. If the BG doesn't know you are armed, he cannot disarm you, and you will have the advantage of blowing a series of large bloody holes in him. OC, the bastid can disarm you and put the large bloody holes in you. So if you are not specifically trained in weapon retention, or use gear with retention features, you would be safer if you went CC. Or just don't go out at all. If you areunable or unwilling to fight for your life, for real, then you got no business carrying.
Remember: Guns don't kill people, large bloody holes do.:monkey