I love the change that has taken place on FR!
There used to be a small crowd here that pushed OC... everyone else was in the "a unconcealed weapon is a death wish" crowd.
I have watched with glee as the transformation started taking place throughout the United States, when people would finally say enough to "political correctness" and grab their Rights back... I even like to think that I helped to accelerate the cause, after we got band of idiotic "open carry" advocates to stand in a field outside of D.C. and announce that no more infringements would be tolerated... we hereby reclaim our Rights.
I do not surrender my "Rights" because another citizen may "feel" one way or the other about how I practice them.
When the weather permits, I OC almost everywhere.
People who do not OC would be amazed that probably 98% of the people either do not notice a gun on you, or notice and do not care.
I have been in the supermarket with the gun on my hip and rarely do I even get a glance. Part of this may be due to the fact that I always to to OC when I am clean shaven, relatively well dressed, and do not mind smiling to most everyone I meet, as like it or not, when you OC you represent millions of law abiding gun owners.
Freedom is carrying a gun; freedom is NOT hiding that gun.