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ScubaSigGuy wrote:

ScubaSigGuy wrote:

longtooth wrote: It amazes folks in the cities that here we have a clearing room in the local gun shop for when we are trading a carry piece.

??? Clearing room?

At Bill's it is actually a corner. It is a place you go to "clear" your loaded weapon. I guess if you walk in there you are expected to be armed. In there if there is a reason to unholster you may. Go away from the visitation seats, candy machine, & smoke stand & remove mag, clear the barrel, if revolver unload. Do you business then rearm.

Why would you need to unholster?
Trade the one I have on today because I saw something I wanted.
I have been in there when a customer was asking about a Walther P99 & its Smith twin,???. The President of our shooting range had one. There was a show & Qs / As.
What kind of holster you got there? Answers follow. Can I see it. Let them try it on.
I need a holster for my????????? & want to try the fit.
Grips purchased go on before leaving. Done that several times. Mine & Mom's too.

packina40 wrote: Act natural, make eye contact, and don't mess with it or draw attention to it, and the average person probably won't notice.

If it works for OPEN carry, you quickly discover that a little printing when carrying concealed isn't the issue you think it is.

This is the message in a nutshell. Act natural because it IS natural.
Good job packina40.

txi.
There is not even a real valid comparison between the attitude about guns & CHL here in Deep East Texas & in the big cities such as DFW, Austin, Houston.

It amazes folks in the cities that here we have a clearing room in the local gun shop for when we are trading a carry piece.
Needed an allen wrench one day for the grip screws on a gun & did not know the size. Told the hardware store owner what I needed & How did he want me to bring it in. He looked at me & said hand it here. He looked at the screw heads & guessed right the 1st time. Handed it back & I reholstered.
I dont even know how to function in the environment you guys have to live in.

At the house I shuck my cover as soon as I get home. Grandkids pay it no attention.
I have had 2 experiences lately & both are on the opposite end of the stick from John.
Friday before Easter a lady delivered 2 Easter basket of candy & eggs for the grandones. Wife buys them one every year from the same lady. They have been friends a long time.
I am sitting at the table eating when she arrives. My Springer 5" stainless OWB in black holster. White T-shirt & blue jeans. She is on my strong side & we say hidy-dos & she visits w/ the wife for a while. No hint of notice. If so it was as it should be. I had a shirt on at the table, that is expected at my house. I had my gun on at the table. It ought to be expected.
Some months ago one of the wife's nephews & his wife, (both very upper mid West Liberal) were traveling through here & wanted a night stop. I decided not to change anything. I was IWB at the time & a dark print shirt. My Kimber Pro has Cocobolo grips so it was not a real flash. We ate & visited in the living room. The normal ups & downs for coffee cookies, bathroom breaks, as takes place when family is together. I know they never noticed.
Lesson:
Most folks do not notice.
Leave it alone & dont fix or adjust it & you will almost never be noticed.