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I carry all day, every day.

Yesterday I went to the mall to pick my wife up from work. She was running a little late and asked me to wander the mall until she was ready.

I was wearing khaki 5.11 trousers (with grass stains from mowing the lawn), an untucked polo shirt, and casual shoes. Kimber 3" 1911 in a Tucker "Answer" on my right hip and my Colt Mustang Pocketlite in a Ken Null ankle holster on my left leg.

Two interesting observations:

1. Another middle-aged guy was clearly on Yellow. He was sitting on a planter with his back to an escalator. He was scoping EVERY person who walked by. I looked at him, but he didn't make eye contact with me. AFAIK, he didn't make me.

2. I quickly tired of the crowds and noise, so I went outside and sat on a bench at one of the entrances. A group of 5 or 6 young men (late teens - early 20s) walked in. All had the urban hip-hop look: baggy T-shirts and loose pants or sweats. One stood out from the others. Every time he turned, his right hand patted his waistline just to the right of center. Maybe he's making sure his cell phone is still there. Maybe he's checking that the gun he shoved in his pants hasn't fallen down. I dunno, but I locked on him and his buddies until they entered the mall.

Bill