The weird freedom that comes after two years of consistent carrying

[RegalB]

It becomes unremarkable in the best way. You don't think about it much, you don't feel different. You're not hypervigilant or anxious but you're just a person who carries a tool and goes about their day. That normalization took longer than I expected and arrived more quietly than I thought it would.

 

[Alan]

Strange how it goes from constant awareness to background noise, just another everyday habit you don’t even think about anymore.

 

[6thsense]

It took me about eighteen months to stop feeling weird carrying just a wallet, keys, and gun. Now it’s just part of the routine, no big deal.

 

[teflonhunter]

It becomes unremarkable in the best way. You don't think about it much, you don't feel different. You're not hypervigilant or anxious but you're just a person who carries a tool and goes about their day. That normalization took longer than I expected and arrived more quietly than I thought it would.

I whole heartedly agree with your description.

 

[Supervisor42]

It took me about eighteen months to stop feeling weird carrying just a wallet, keys, and gun. Now it’s just part of the routine, no big deal.

I used to open-carry every day when I lived in north Alabama because 'them boys' from Birmingham would come up where the 'rich-people' were, for easy pickings, but I don't down here because we have ZERO crime...
Thank our great judges here, and vote for them!
When a criminal down here does something stupid, he vanishes and gets 10-years in Angola!
POOF! Gone!

 

[Manzilla]

After two years, I finally stopped double-checking that my gun was there. And now it just feels like part of my gear. It took longer than I thought but that quiet confidence is worth the wait.