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Lately, I don't so much choose whether to carry open or concealed as I decide what's more comfortable with the shirt I'm wearing. If it would be awkward to tuck the shirt inside the grip of the PPQ, I drape it over; otherwise, I carry openly. At no time, however, do I give two rat sh'ts about whether it's obvious that I'm carrying. So if I'm wearing a shirt that is too long comfortably to tuck inside the grip, I drape it over, and even if it's a less bulky shirt and it's completely obvious I have something decidedly non-organic underneath, I really don't care. I don't have to care. So I don't.
Occasionally I feel like I should open carry, and that I should wear shirts that make that more convenient. Then I remember that I don't have to care. Carrying is my right. I don't need to make a statement, and I don't need to coddle the feelings of pansies. The only purpose is to carry, because I choose to. If someone knows I'm carrying, great! That furthers normalization. But I am under no obligation to go to any length to make it obvious that I'm carrying. I simply do what's most convenient and comfortable for me at that time, and all I care about is that I'm carrying.
I do have a drop/offset extension for my BladeTech paddle, and I've been thinking about adding that on, since in this weather it would let me open carry comfortably more often. It's also less comfortable to sit down while it's on, so I haven't added it on yet. The great thing is that there's absolutely no urgency in the decision. I don't have to care. I'm carrying, and that's all I care about.
Man, I love Washington's gun laws. F'Texas.
Occasionally I feel like I should open carry, and that I should wear shirts that make that more convenient. Then I remember that I don't have to care. Carrying is my right. I don't need to make a statement, and I don't need to coddle the feelings of pansies. The only purpose is to carry, because I choose to. If someone knows I'm carrying, great! That furthers normalization. But I am under no obligation to go to any length to make it obvious that I'm carrying. I simply do what's most convenient and comfortable for me at that time, and all I care about is that I'm carrying.
I do have a drop/offset extension for my BladeTech paddle, and I've been thinking about adding that on, since in this weather it would let me open carry comfortably more often. It's also less comfortable to sit down while it's on, so I haven't added it on yet. The great thing is that there's absolutely no urgency in the decision. I don't have to care. I'm carrying, and that's all I care about.
Man, I love Washington's gun laws. F'Texas.