Carrying a gun isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

[Jw2]

Confessions of a conceal carry gun owner

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/walmart-banned-open-carry-i-know-why-i-paid-attention-ncna1054396

...over time, I learned something that I wish more gun owners knew: Carrying a gun isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

I learned that most people I encountered actually didn’t feel better knowing that I had a gun. And, though I tried to keep it concealed in a hip holster under a shirt or jacket, the people who inevitably did glimpse it frequently wondered why I had it and whether my gun or my presence put them in danger — like the staff and customers who panicked at that Walmart in Missouri.

Even the people who knew and trusted me — knowing that I was a responsible gun owner who had been threatened — wondered if being near me in public exposed them to the same danger in which I’d found myself.

I also learned that carrying a gun — even with a license, training and a real need for it — doesn’t make me as worthy of that responsibility as real cops and soldiers are, and it didn’t make me an action movie hero.

Yes, I had a real, articulable need to carry a firearm and I carried one of the best made and engineered handguns available on my hip — which would have been super cool to 16-year-old me, but I didn’t have the training or responsibility of a real cop and I wasn't any Jason Bourne.

And besides all of that, I’m also a criminal defense attorney who’s seen way too many news stories, public health reports and crime statistics to ignore the limitations and dangers of having armed citizens everywhere.

[sine-qua-non]

He seems to be glad he can consealed carry and get to educate the occasional gun pussy!

[lakitss]

Yawn.

[D2D]

Jw2, if you are carrying concealed how does anyone know you are carrying concealed?

[Truman62]

It's EASY to tell.  It's obvious.

[D2D]

Really, how so?

If that were true there would be no need for metal detectors at airports security could easily pick out those carrying concealed!

[Local5th]

Sounds like he was carrying for all the wrong reasons.

[wmdn_bs]

I would challenge anyone to pick out those in a lineup who are carrying concealed. Men, and women. It's just not easy unless you are carrying a .50 cal. revolver.

[lakitss]

Some carriers are idiots. They wear in inside the waist holster and a outer garment that isn't loose fitting which "prints" the outline of what's being carried.

May as well open carry....

[wmdn_bs]

I think those folks really would prefer to open carry, but in states where it isn't legal they just want people to know. It is just to easy to really carry concealed, and I mean really concealed.

[Sadie402]

[Local5th]

It has nothing to do with being conservative or liberal sadie.

Some individuals do it to be noticed. The vast majority doesn't.