Sort of adjusting to carrying

[daniel2002p]

Well I have had my CHL for about two weeks now and I have to say I am sort of getting used to carrying and not freaking out every time I see a police car. My wally walk I had my XDm strapped in a IWB holster and I was sitting at a light when I saw a police cruiser behind me. For some odd reason my heart rate went through the room and for some reason I got really un-easy. Now I was completely legal here but for some reason it still caught me off guard. Also when I was grocery shopping I was constantly thinking "is my firearm printing" or "should I bend over and get that item from the bottom shelf".

Now I only had my CHL for a couple of weeks and it is getting better but it still feels kind of uneasy, and walking down the street past a police office while carrying somehow still gets my heart rate pumping, like I am doing something I am not suppose to. Bear in mind I have been around guns since I was knee high to a grasshopper and yet still gets me sometimes.

For those that have been carrying for quite some time, did you go through this as well?

--Daniel

[RPB]

Well I have had my CHL for about two weeks now and I have to say I am sort of getting used to carrying and not freaking out every time I see a police car. My wally walk I had my XDm strapped in a IWB holster and I was sitting at a light when I saw a police cruiser behind me. For some odd reason my heart rate went through the room and for some reason I got really un-easy. Now I was completely legal here but for some reason it still caught me off guard. Also when I was grocery shopping I was constantly thinking "is my firearm printing" or "should I bend over and get that item from the bottom shelf".

Now I only had my CHL for a couple of weeks and it is getting better but it still feels kind of uneasy, and walking down the street past a police office while carrying somehow still gets my heart rate pumping, like I am doing something I am not suppose to. Bear in mind I have been around guns since I was knee high to a grasshopper and yet still gets me sometimes.

For those that have been carrying for quite some time, did you go through this as well?

--Daniel

Most of us did; you get used to it... and later ...going out unarmed feels as strange as forgetting to put on shoes before going to church even if as a child going barefoot was "normal".

"should I bend over and get that item from the bottom shelf"
No, you shouldn't bend over
My first day, I went to HEB, and SQUATTED (not bend over, with most methods of carry I tried, squatting is better) to the bottom shelf to read wine labels, just because I thought it strange to be armed near alcohol. (I don't drink except at communion)

Shredded Wheat
HEB always used to put the shredded wheat on the top shelf causing my shirt to ride up when reaching ...
- I got Long Tail Extra Tall Tee Shirts and ... now they have the shredded wheat on a shelf below eye level ( I used to buy all the front ones so everyone had to ask for help getting a box ... I guess the store people got tired of climbing

You adjust

[WildBill]

Well I have had my CHL for about two weeks now and I have to say I am sort of getting used to carrying and not freaking out every time I see a police car. I was sitting at a light when I saw a police cruiser behind me... --Daniel

Whether or not I am carrying, my heart always starts pounding with a police cruiser behind me.

[txgrifter]

Well I have had my CHL for about two weeks now and I have to say I am sort of getting used to carrying and not freaking out every time I see a police car. My wally walk I had my XDm strapped in a IWB holster and I was sitting at a light when I saw a police cruiser behind me. For some odd reason my heart rate went through the room and for some reason I got really un-easy. Now I was completely legal here but for some reason it still caught me off guard. Also when I was grocery shopping I was constantly thinking "is my firearm printing" or "should I bend over and get that item from the bottom shelf".

Now I only had my CHL for a couple of weeks and it is getting better but it still feels kind of uneasy, and walking down the street past a police office while carrying somehow still gets my heart rate pumping, like I am doing something I am not suppose to. Bear in mind I have been around guns since I was knee high to a grasshopper and yet still gets me sometimes.

For those that have been carrying for quite some time, did you go through this as well?

--Daniel

I am in the same boat as you, I have had mine for a little over a week now, have carried every day (except for the two nights I went out and had a drink) I am very paranoid that people are staring at me and I am also constantly checking my shirt to make sure it hasn't ridden up (of course it hasn't). I also feel like I walk weird.. not sure why... My biggest issue is sitting down in a restaurant.. I can feel it poking out a bit in the back, I know that I am probably the only one that notices but still makes me paranoid. I did though adjust the can't on my MTAC to fit my side a little better and I am feelin better.. I hope I get use to it as well.

[koolaid]

Totally normal and a month from now you will wonder what the big deal was.

[RPB]

Totally normal and a month from now you will wonder what the big deal was.

I guess I was blessed to have an obvious physical difference, no left hand from birth, so people stared, and have my mom dress me funny, so people stared. I got used to people staring at me feeling before Kindergarten, but I did still worry if my gun showed for a while after getting my CHL.

I still dress funny, at my age it's the only way I get girls to smile as I walk by, most are too polite to laugh real loudly. (I pretend it's my incredible good looks is why they all stare, I pretend Brad Pitt comes in a close second in good looks department) I think they like my chin, I got used to the stares... http://www.imdb.com/list/fSfac2Qsofc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... ry-1.77450" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Long Tail Tee Shirts, proper gun belt and good holster, dress around the gun, shirts/pants etc; and you'll be ok