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When Open Carry first went into effect, I had lost a lot of weight, and I would occasionally wear my shirt tucked in while open-carrying. About half the time, I OC’d, and about half the time not. Whether or not I did depended in some part on where I was going and why. For instance, my church is posted 30.07, so I don’t OC there.

But about a year and a half ago, I suffered an injury which really set back my activity level, and my weight went up. Purely out of vanity, I wear my shirts untucked, which necessarily means that my firearm is concealed.

For me, open carry is largely a matter of convenience rather than a preference of one way of carrying over another. It’s good to know that I am not at risk if I expose my gun while removing a jacket, or if it just gets too hot and I remove my cover garment....whatever. Also, OC makes sense to me while hunting ... but I haven’t had that opportunity in a while.

But I’m back on the weight loss train now - having dropped 15 lbs in the past 6 weeks. When I’m down enough that I don’t look like a fat slob with my shirts tucked in, maybe I’ll OC more then.