Do you carry at parties?

kozmic

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We have been to a ton of graduation parties, family reunions, (non school) sports banquets, picnic, etc.... all summer. In general, I haven't carried to any of them.

Our county parks do not allow any firearms so those parties are out without thought. Some events have been at private homes that I wouldn't want to make the homeowners or guests uncomfortable if they were to somehow know I was carrying.

Tonight was a season-ending soccer party at a family of shooters home. Their two boys took karate, played sports and went to school together with my boys. We have known the family for 12 years. We belong to the same range and his boys have shot trap with my youngest. I know the home owners wouldn't mind but I don't know about the other guests. So rather than potentially create a scene I just carried my Benchmade folder and no gun.

I haven't felt like I needed to carry or experienced any sort of threat at any party but I have felt somehow naked.

When do you carry or when do you pass at parties or events? Does your spouse "guide" you one way or another?
 
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If I were to purposely go into harms way (not being a LEO) I would be pretty dumb! If I knew trouble was in a specific area and I had no need to be there I simply wouldn't go. None of us ever know if & when the need to defend ourselves will ever arrive and so we must be prepared all the time. You know what happens in life......... the one time you go on a trip without a raincoat it always rains.
 
I carry everywhere.I do not read signs and if I am somewhere and somebody notices(never happened yet)I will just say "so what".Bad attitude,maybe, but BG's can be anywhere.I live with my 340PD in a Galco Executive shoulder holster.I can bend over,sit comfortably and do not have to worry about printing.To each his own,but I am uncomfortable without a firearm.My friends all know I always have a firearm and they don't ask anymore.Just my 2 cents.
 
I have one with me 24/7. Sometimes its not the one I would like to have, but the most appropriate for the occasion.
 
I carry everywhere.I do not read signs and if I am somewhere and somebody notices(never happened yet)I will just say "so what".Bad attitude,maybe, but BG's can be anywhere.I live with my 340PD in a Galco Executive shoulder holster.I can bend over,sit comfortably and do not have to worry about printing.To each his own,but I am uncomfortable without a firearm.My friends all know I always have a firearm and they don't ask anymore.Just my 2 cents.
So, you carry in post offices, court houses and military installations?
 
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