Most people don't notice, and most who do show little or no reaction, but once in a while someone will notice me open carrying somewhere like the grocery store, and they most certainly do care, and the reaction is usually great.
Turns out, people inclined to shoot up schools don't generally open carry into the Roosevelt Safeway and buy a box of wine† at the self checkout, but the attendant who came to confirm my age couldn't decide if he should card me or keep staring at my PPQ. He's looking back and forth between my face and my pistol, completely incapable of deciding what to do. His expression is totally blank, except for HUGE dinner plates eyes. So I just stood there, laughing my head off on the inside, just waiting to see how long it would take him to do something. Eventually he hit the bypass code and said have a nice night, and walked away staring at my pistol like it was the biggest, perkiest pair of [strike]titties[/strike] breasts on the planet. I almost said, "Hey! My eyes are up here!" but I didn't want to make it anything more than the completely mundane event it should have been.
I carry at that Safeway at least twice a week, usually OC, and have never had a problem. In fact, this is the first time I've gotten more than a surprised look.
† Yeah, that's right,
don't hate. We also have numerous cases of high-quality stuff shipped from Sonoma every year, but for every day table wine, BHR is cheap and almost palatable.
