Oh, I was quoting you for reference, not specifically directing any of that at you.
No
I grew up in New Zealand and currently live in Singapore
We have armed guards at the bank, soldiers patrolling our subway and no private citizens own guns.
In New Zealand I knew someone who committed suicide with a rifle, and as mentioned, I worked at the local gun club…
Time for an uneventful update;
I sold the Glock 17 and replaced it with a CZ-75B, as the CZ is far more comfy and I shoot it better
I’ve switched to an Inside the Waistband (IWB) holster, so the gun truly disappears
Number of times I’ve needed the gun? Zero
Number of times someone noticed I’m carrying concealed? Zero
Number of people that were scared by my carrying? Zero
Number of people who even cared I was carrying? Zero
Basically, I haven’t been in a situation where I would have needed it, as I tend to avoid bad/dangerous areas in the first place, that said, I’m still going to carry wherever it’s legal.
Why? No reason, just because.
This concludes my mundane and pointless update.
↑ ↑ ↑ My favorite type of gun post.
100% hope I have only this kind of report in the future.
Just out of curiosity, are there places you’re not allowed to carry, and are you allowed to leave your gun in your car if you have to go to one of those places in the middle of an excursion, or do you have to go home, drop off the gun, then head out to the place of no guns?
Living in Texas, there are few places I’m not allowed to carry. If I encounter a sign prohibiting it, I either return to the truck to disarm or decline to enter. I’m more likely to encounter signs like this where I live (snapped this one at lunch the other day). 
In a related note, the recent kerfluffle over open carry has actually complicated the issue. The end result in Texas was to allow open carry but only to those possessing concealed carry permits. I find this comical, after watching the little boys strut around with AR15s demanding it. The law now allows signage forbidding open carry and these seem to be cropping up everywhere. My WAG is that open carry is now prohibited in more places than before they had their little gun-toting tantrums. For me, it means I have to scrutinize the signs carefully to see if it references Texas code 30.06, or 30.07 (the first forbids concealed, the latter forbids open carry).
Concealed carry is fine. But I much prefer open carry.
I’ve tried just wearing my Superman Underoos, but without the cape, people just don’t seem to appreciate how strong and heroic I am.
If my only destination is a carry prohibited area, I leave the gun at home in a locked gun cabinet, if I encounter a prohibited area during my normal travels, I disarm and put the gun in a lockbox in the car
I generally don’t frequent prohibited carry areas anyway
You might want to use a different term.
“Concealed carrier” sounds like a person who doesn’t reveal they’re infected with HIV or hep C.
The right to travel is a Constitutionally protected right. Yes obviously the right to drive an automobile is not anywhere mentioned in the Constitution, but this was thought to be obviously included, and there were successful Constitutional challenges to requiring drivers’ licenses when states first mandated them. (See e.g., Roger Roots, “The Orphaned Right: The Right to Travel by Automobile, 1890-1950,” 30 Oklahoma City U. L. Rev. 245 (2005). Now, a drivers’ license is such an acceptable notion that they virtually serve as the official ID.
I see no logical distinction that types of firearms which were not available at the time the Second Amendment should be automatically covered. Furthermore, the amendment specifically says arms not firearms. Why is it OK that Arizona, a state whose residents are probably among the strongest supporters of gun rights, can outlaw nunchucks? It seems to me this is an emotional issue and not a logically thought out position.
One year update;
Maine has had Permitless carry now for one calendar year, I have been carrying as often as I can, for no other reason than I can
Just as I have stated up thread, I have not needed to un holster the gun, I have not “printed”, nobody noticed (it’s called concealed for a reason 
), nobody was scared, intimidated, or offended, life went on as normal, just the way life should be here in Vacationland, the Pine Tree State (unofficial bird; the mosquito )
For one calendar year, the only difference from the previous year was my belt was heavier on one side due to a large chunk of steel.
This is the type of year every person who carries a concealed firearm wants, completely uneventful and mundane.
Ooh, ooh I know this one! Is it because when cars and aircraft kill people it’s because the equipment has failed, but when a gun kills someone it’s worked properly?
The planes used on 9/11 seemed to work just fine.
Sure. Most car fatalities aren’t the result of equipment failure, either.
Man, sure is a lot of gun violence in this country. I don’t feel safe.
Let’s add more guns to the mix and see if that helps.
For home defense, I personally prefer to have a can of wasp and hornet spray next to the bed. No loading, good spread, at least a ten foot range, can’t shoot myself in the foot, and it will instantly disable someone without killing him. This is especially good if it happens to be your wife coming back from the bathroom. I’ve only had one gun experience in public, and that was in Guatemala when a drunk started waving a handgun around. If I had also had a gun, I’d likely have been shot by this guy, or I’d have shot him and would still be rotting away in a Central American prison.
If I was likely to shoot at any figure that I could not tell who it was, woke up so foggy that I did not know if my wife was in bed or not.
If I somehow got into that condition, I will not be shooting yet. People with bad sleeping patterns should not have weapons handy IMO.
If my wife & I are not both with weapons at hand in the bed room with ‘practiced’ different scenarios. I would do things different. If there are weapons being actively used, I could tell by the return fire if my wife was just were we practice and as long as we have Zeus, they will not get inside quietly. She will be there.
When we have Grand kids over, weapons we have stashed around get put where they can’t get to them without our knowledge and no one comes into the house while we are not here. If they really had to come in, they would leave the kids outside or wait until they got a hold of us as to where weapons were that needed to be put up.
If a person concealed carries around kids and is not 100% aware & practiced, they should not be armed.
It is good that you know your limitations and act accordingly. Our lives have been quite a bit different and being unarmed is not safer for us in this time & place.
Weapons are just like fire extinguishers for us. Hope you don’t need them but when we do, it is right now.
This was done back with my children’s Mother also, back then before she got unstable.
At my age, I just wish it was as easy to be aware as a driver as it is for me to be aware of being armed. I stay aware but it is not as easy as it used to be.
As a young person, I had pretty good reactions. Then as I got older as a pilot, sailor, biker and a weapon carrier, I got smart and avoided situations where I needed reactions. Driving does not allow that nearly as much as I can’t keep cars and other drivers out of my area by just being smart Actually living in today’s society in this part of the country and the conditions of the roads. No, I can’t afford to move and I really don’t want to.
I actively try not to worry you. ( generic )
Way way back even before I went into the ARMY, my Dad taught all seven of us that although I can/may choose to die for you, I will damn sure try to not die because of you.
Now I must admit that I learned in the ARMY that being polite and saying Sir did not make anyone bullet proof. Bawahahahah 
I’ll bet that the reason your wife’s purse was searched was because it would be a better vehicle to bring in concealed snacks, rather than concealed weapons.
And it seems the two of you are the sort of person that should be example of how it is you do it, both in form and attitude.