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terryg wrote:

phrogg wrote: They know the code words I use with my family to refer to my concealed weapon.

Thanks phrogg. Any chance you would be willing to share the code words you use - or more importantly - the context in which you use them?

The code word is to ask about the newspaper. I'm pretty electronic in all my dealings these days and believe that newspapers will simply die off soon so having a physical newspaper isn't something I'm likely to have so it can be referred to and I know what they are talking about immediately.

I.e. did you get the newspaper this morning? I saw you had read the front page of the newspaper this morning when you bent over to grab that box. Stuff like that which lets us speak about things without...speaking of them.

I realized that I just posted but completely off topic.

So on topic, I am involved with my church's Youth Group, I lead worship in our Young Adults group, and I produce the main worship service (I only get to play in that one once a quarter or so...otherwise I'm behind the boards supervising mainly youth who help with all the technical details). I am around other people's kids nearly every day in one way or another. And I'm always carrying. Two of the youth I work with know that I carry. We are in just too many awkward positions and situations to keep the concealed part of the whole thing concealed. I've explained the situation to them and asked them to keep that info private. They know the code words I use with my family to refer to my concealed weapon. I don't know if they have said anything to their parents about it but I don't think that either would have an issue. But its a private matter (not a secret).

As far as all the other parents...I hope that the next time that I have to engage someone claiming to be Jesus who insists that we should let him sleep in the rather occupied Nursery since its his house will appreciate that I'm ready to protect them if things turn dangerous. Same goes with the office staff who regularly has large amounts of cash lying around on Monday morning.

Basically, I carry everywhere I go (except in the office...most of the time ) and I keep it concealed. If it becomes an issue with a parent, then they can volunteer to always be there to help out and protect my kids. But no one is going to protect my kids (or likely theirs) as well as I am. I consider it a large part of my responsibility there.

rm9792 wrote:

SwimFan85 wrote:If you're worried about being "outed" during a traffic stop, the easy fix is to obey the traffic laws.

Nice utopian view. I get pulled over for no reason often. Unfortunately I work in a bad part of town and have a sportyish car. Officers usually walk up then get a "oops" look on their face upon seeing a balding old guy. I still get asked occaisonally for ID just to finish out the charade so could conceivably be asked when a coworker is with me. Not to mention that it would be nigh impossible to drive all day 5 days a week and not commit some sort of infraction. There are so many laws it is impossible to remember every little one, especially with Houston being surrounded by so many small cities with their own rules.

This reminds me of my time when I was driving my 96 Impala SS every day. It is slammed (3" clearance) has huge 315/35 tires, totally blacked out from one end to the other (legal window tint though), and has a huge booming stereo. In the 7 or so years I drove that car I was stopped 26 times. One time was for speeding and the rest were for probable cause. I did pick up 4 tickets for expired inspection stickers during that time but mainly it was a situation where they came to the window and saw "balding middle-aged white guy" and went their merry way after letting me know my tint appeared to be too dark as they drove by, or no front plate, or license plate too close to the ground or something that was probably cause to stop me. It became pretty funny to me to see how often I would be stopped for something. I'm not complaining about how often I was stopped, I'm actually glad that they make stops because it often catches some other situation. But I was able to resolve the situation by driving with my windows down more often. I actually didn't get stopped again during the last year I drove it when I went windows down (bass booming) all the time. This time they could see the "balding middle-aged white guy" and roll on.