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Received my plastic a few weeks ago but had not carried in public until this weekend when the wife and I took a long weekend trip to San Antonio. Our first stop was the Alamo, a place near and dear to me. Not knowing what their rules might be concerning guns, I called ahead and asked if licensed carry was allowed. I was told that it was allowed but that I should check in with the Ranger at the front door. Upon arrival I flashed my chl, as instructed, and the guy waived me on, mumbling I don't need to see that. It was a cool experience, my first public (legal) carrying of a gun as it took place on sacred ground where so many layed down their lives in the name of freedom - opposing tyrannical oppression of individual rights. The Alamo defenders were specifically in opposition to a ruler (Santa Anna) who had basically stripped away constitutional rights once guaranteed.
Certainly, the big picture and the long range "big picture" implications of the event as it unfolded wasn't fully known to those men as they were locked into what became a life and death struggle but in the end, their sacrifice would spawn a revolution that resulted in what we know today as Texas. I could go on, but you get the point.

My rig that morning was an M&P 9c in an OWB leather deSantis pancake with thumb break worn at 4oclock. Luckily it was cool enough for a coat as that rig is a bit bulky to conceal under an untucked shirt. I did go out the next afternoon using an untucked Columbia fishing shirt. That setup printed badly, but as has been pointed out in this forum many times, people aren't looking and as long as you keep it out of site you're probably ok.