FWIW, in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, a gun is either locked up in a tamperproof container or under your direct control, or you are breaking the law. In other words, EDC or in the safe. It's for the chillun. Which do you think I do?

BTW, while I do not approve of telling other people how to store their guns inside their homes, particularly when there are no chillun in the house, I actually have no problem with following this law. It really does seem to me to be the best way to do things.

Obviously, the thing just stays in my pocket (or belt holster), and it is out of sight and out of other folks' minds.

Not sure how to advise you. In my case, the law could have been my excuse, but my wife was not giving me a hard time, anyway. A husband worrying about a wife with a gun ordinarily would seem to me a lot odder than a husband worrying about a wife without a gun.

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