BEGINNERS: What To Expect The First Time You Carry A Firearm

By James England

Because we’re a resource for beginners entering into the practice of carrying a concealed handgun everyday, we get a lot of first time opinions and anecdotes relating to that first time.

The first time is unique to the individual. Not everyone comes from the same background when it comes to firearms. People get into carrying a concealed handgun for a number of different reasons. They all ultimately come back to one thing: you have a right to bear arms and defend yourself — and you should.

Several things many concealed carriers notice their first day carrying a handgun:

• Heightened awareness of strangers
• Trouble adjusting to having an extra inch or two in the waistline from the holster and gun
• Overly sensitive to how others look at them (“Can they see it?”)
• Worries about law enforcement interactions
• Worries about inadvertently going into “gun free zones”

Here’s a couple common things we’ve run across when talking to beginners on their first day carrying a concealed handgun:

Afraid To Carry With A Round In The Chamber

This is one of the biggest hurdles a lot of people unfamiliar with firearms run across. There’s a suspicion that somehow a round in the chamber will equate to a greater chance of something messing up and …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation