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good job on open carrying and coming home safely that night.
My intent is to aid, not to criticize any of your actions.
I'd like to offer some advice, as others have, on what to do when asked to cover up your carry weapon. I'm sure that you've done some of this already, but here's what I do.
1. Anticipate getting attention. Most of the time, nobody will say anything, but it is inevitable, if you OC often enough, someone will say something.
2. Be ready to respond. a few words, memorable, witty, or whatever, will be remembered by the one you talk to. "I carry because I love my family" or something to that affect may be something that you can find that rolls easily off your tongue.
3. achieve #2 by practicing #1, maybe reading through this thread and thinking, "here's how I'd respond if someone said X, Y, or Z to me."
4. If you're not sure how to respond, ask for clarification. that puts the questioner more on the defensive, and gives you time to think of how to respond. "Are you asking me to cover up my handgun??" "Do you know that I am carrying in a manner in compliance with federal, state, and local laws?" "by what authority are you asking me to cover my weapon?" "Oh, do you have a Ruger, too?" "why arent you carrying a gun?"
every time someone asks me about carrying, I kick myself afterwards for something that I should have said, but whenever I OC, these thoughts are constantly through my head, so I am always -somewhat- prepared.
Hope this helps
Keep carrying!
good job on open carrying and coming home safely that night.
My intent is to aid, not to criticize any of your actions.
I'd like to offer some advice, as others have, on what to do when asked to cover up your carry weapon. I'm sure that you've done some of this already, but here's what I do.
1. Anticipate getting attention. Most of the time, nobody will say anything, but it is inevitable, if you OC often enough, someone will say something.
2. Be ready to respond. a few words, memorable, witty, or whatever, will be remembered by the one you talk to. "I carry because I love my family" or something to that affect may be something that you can find that rolls easily off your tongue.
3. achieve #2 by practicing #1, maybe reading through this thread and thinking, "here's how I'd respond if someone said X, Y, or Z to me."
4. If you're not sure how to respond, ask for clarification. that puts the questioner more on the defensive, and gives you time to think of how to respond. "Are you asking me to cover up my handgun??" "Do you know that I am carrying in a manner in compliance with federal, state, and local laws?" "by what authority are you asking me to cover my weapon?" "Oh, do you have a Ruger, too?" "why arent you carrying a gun?"
every time someone asks me about carrying, I kick myself afterwards for something that I should have said, but whenever I OC, these thoughts are constantly through my head, so I am always -somewhat- prepared.
Hope this helps
Keep carrying!
That's when I realize they just wanted to know the caliber. That's something I get a lot. But the good thing is, in talking to that person, others around might hear the convo and become interested and may even ask a question themselves. the other day in the gas station I had a group of 5 all listening and asking questions. 
Please, allow me to reach over there and 
So I told him no IN has nothing in the law about how it is to be carried and that it can be carried concealed or unconcealed. He then told me that they had a scare yesterday because someone was wearing a mask outside the door, but it turned out to be a kid messing around.
But if someone called the police on me that it would be that they were afraid they were going to be robbed. I told him that chances are that a bank robber is not going to come in with the gun in a holster on their hip and fill out a deposit slip, he said you have a point but it still makes some people nervous.
