After receiving my plastic last Monday I finally did my “Wally Walk”! Well, I really didn’t classify it as that but I had to do my weekly shopping Saturday after work. So I did what I normally do on Saturday after work other than this time I was carrying a S&W Bodyguard. I exited my car and did a quick tug or check on my polo shirt to assure me that my firearm was covered. Grabbed a cart and proceeded. Yikes! There are so many people there! Even children! Here I am armed with one in the chamber shopping!
All I could think of was that I wanted to check to make sure I was not showing. But I resisted. As I knew all of this was in my mind. I did cheat here and there and did a low profile check with my right arm.
On this shopping trip I did find myself extremely more aware of other people. Besides the normal ones that immediately annoyed me, but I think more of observing to see if that there were any hints that they or any were noticing me. They were not.
Not as far as knowing that I was carrying.
As most of you probably already know my shopping trip ended like everybody else there, without incident.
In closing, I didn’t realize that it was going to take some time for my mind “to get used” to this!
Each day is easier and I go through times where I completely forget that I am carrying. So I am getting used to it.
From time to time I have to remind myself that I am doing nothing wrong and that I "am" licensed to carry a handgun!
