Back in the mid 70s, one of the beefcake iron workers I had been supervising evidently got slightly POed at his GF one weekend. He kicked in the front door of her apartment in broad daylight and drug her down the stairs kicking and screaming before sticking her in truck and taking out to in the country - where he cut her head off. Shortly thereafter I aquired a S&W Model 36, my first true "carry gun" (which The Wife now views as "Hers").
Got the Glock 23 when introduced in 1990 - somewhere in the era when Ann Richards was Governor and vetoed our first hard run at a carry law.
Regarding showing the CHL to strangers, yes, most of us view such as a "no-no", that it should be done on an absolute "need to know" only basis. In many situations in some parts of the state (particularly urban areas), the risks are often greater than the rewards.