I came across my first real thing to talk about in regards to conceal carrying and it's mishaps/what not's.
So Saturday I was out shopping with a friend of mine, we have been friends for over ten years. We decided to go out thrifting and it is always crowded on Saturdays because that's when all the 50% sales are and we get to the dressing rooms and it's quite a line. She asks me if I want to just share a dressing room. (Insert for a second, girls are just a bit more open about these things than men, it's nothing sexual).
My first thought was, I'm wearing a gun and she doesn't know it. So we get in the dressing room and before we start changing I stop her and tell her that I need to let her know that I am carrying a gun and if she's uncomfortable with that, I'll step out right now. She took it in stride, just asked if there was a chance of it going off and I said no and we carried on. I realized as we are going through the plethora of outfits that I probably could have gotten away with not saying anything because I had a slip on under the dress I was wearing and she wouldn't have even noticed it anyways.
I just thought it was a funny thing and I wondered what obstacles other people had when they concealed carried.
Later I will write out a post about yesterday's range time and taking my first time shooter out.
If you haven't read The Cornered Cat, you should. Kathy addresses issues like the changing room and hugs and bathrooms and all the stuff that no one talks about.
ReplyDeleteI read her every day for certain. I did read that article a couple months back on carrying. The bathroom one was a good point, I came across that when I started to practice carrying at home just to get used to it. Fortunately the thigh holster doesn't change a thing when it comes to using the bathroom or changing rooms (unless I'm trying on pants lol) It's actually nice having my CCW and trying on clothes, I can tell what will work or not work. hehe.
DeleteI'm thinking GunDiva meant "The Cornered Cat" the BOOK.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't clear, I did mean the BOOK, but I'm a little late to the party, since Is She is already reading it :)
DeleteReading it and loving it, along with the FB posts and blog posts on her site, I just love absorbing everything from her. I even got my book signed ;) Okay, I'm a dork.
DeleteShe also posted a blog post a few months ago on her web page. I'm a great admirer of Kathy Jackson of Cornered Cat. I do have the book and have been making my way through it. She's a delight to read and some day I hope to take a pistol class from her.
ReplyDeleteI would love to take a class from her.
DeleteJeff from Carry on Colorado said he was going to try to arrange to have her back again. Maybe I'll have the spare funds and you won't be tied up doing something :)
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