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jed wrote:Some of these replies are sounding a little arrogant. If one is going in another's home as an invited guest on a social visit, not as, say a business service call, what gives one the right to carry without the homeowner's knowledge? Does their invite give one this right? This is not a business, it's a private home.

If they invite me they are free to invite me with any restrictions they please. I don't understand why one assume or question what I kind of underwear I wear there as long as it is clean and doesn't smell too bad. My personal protection whether it be a condom my concealed handgun, pepper spray or a pocket knife is my business, not something that is a normal topic up to discussion.

jed wrote: I only carry in someone's house if I know they are ok with it. It's a respect thing for me.

If I worked where I was making home service calls to stranger's homes, that would be a different thing.

I really don't have a lot of respect for people that would restrict my right to protect myself.

I carry IWB and don't like disarming myself to leave it in a car and as I mentioned before my pants fall down without a gun to hold them up. I won't carry into someone's house that has young squirmy huggy kids. But those are my judgements to make. I will not leave my protection choices for others and asking permission would be awkward any way.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Liberty wrote:A wise and venerated sage of this forum once stated that concealed carry is a lot like underwear. It's nobody's business and in polite company it's not a topic for discussion. I don't discuss what I'm carrying nor if I'm carrying with most people any more than I'm apt to discuss boxers briefs or colors of my undergarments. Asking someone's permission to carry into their home just isn't going to be a conversation that I'm willing to get into.

Most people I know probably assume I carry sometimes, or at least once in a while. If they brought up the subject of whether or not I was carrying I would not give an answer directly. If asked not to carry I would likely comply.

Wisdom.

I understand KLB's point, although I don't agree. I guess it boils down to whether or not you think that carry of a firearm is poor ettiquette. For me, it is poor ettiquette if I have been specifically asked not to, and I do it anyway. I always have a very sharp knife concealed in my pocket. Am I supposed to leave that in the car too? If not, why not? That's kind of where I'm coming from with concealed-carrying a firearm in someone else's home.

I hate disarming. My pants have a tendency to fall down when I do.
Having your pants fall is poor etiquette in most social circles.

A wise and venerated sage of this forum once stated that concealed carry is a lot like underwear. It's nobody's business and in polite company it's not a topic for discussion. I don't discuss what I'm carrying nor if I'm carrying with most people any more than I'm apt to discuss boxers briefs or colors of my undergarments. Asking someone's permission to carry into their home just isn't going to be a conversation that I'm willing to get into.

Most people I know probably assume I carry sometimes, or at least once in a while. If they brought up the subject of whether or not I was carrying I would not give an answer directly. If asked not to carry I would likely comply.

I don't carry if there are small kids in the home. Especially clingy ones.