I think we have another internet self proclaimed expert that can't resist telling everyone what is right or wrong for everyone....
Just because you can't handle drinking alcohol with a gun on your belt, don't push that onto everyone else. I can/have/and will continue to go to restaurants such as Applebees and enjoy a couple beers with dinner, and maintain my gun safely in its holster on my belt. If you aren't responsible enough to keep you hands off your gun after a drink, than you are right - you leave your gun at home or don't drink. But don't assume that I share the same lack of self control. And, while you are leaving your gun at home, you should also make sure and take those car keys out of your pocket and turn them over to someone safe. If you can't keep your hands off your gun after a beer, than you shouldn't have access to car keys.
See? You have no problem being in a restaurant where 90% of those people drinking have keys in their pockets, do you? Do you run out the door in fear when someone with car keys drinks? More people die every year in alcohol related vehicle crashes than alcohol related gun incidents. The gun on my belt is no different than the car keys in my pocket. And I feel no need to remove either of them (where allowed by law), just because I want to have a glass of wine or a beer with dinner in a restaurant.
What qualifies you to tell me what the best way is for me to carry my gun? What qualifies you to tell me why I am choosing to carry my gun that way that I do? You carry your gun however the hell you want to, I don't care if it is duct taped to your forehead. But don't presume to know the best way for me to carry my gun, and presume to know my reasons for carrying it the way that I do.
If you choose to carry concealed than be prepared to limit yourself to one option only - that option is to wait until the criminal already has used his "element of surprise" to gain the tactical advantage over you and you must wait until you are already behind the power curve to draw your firearm to defend yourself against an attack that has already begun. Unlike open carry, concealed carry has no possibility of providing any deterrence to the criminal. How can something that no one is supposed to know about deter anything?
That being said, concealed carry is still the best choice for a large number of people and I will applaud anyone who chooses to carry concealed for the defense of themselves or their families. UNTIL they look down their nose in disdain at me because I choose not to hide my gun.
