Like stalkingbear, I live in Kentucky which is an open carry state. However, unless I am engaged in hunting, I carry it concealed.

About 14 years ago I moved from southeastern Kentucky to central Kentucky.On my way hunting (on a farm in central Kentucky), I stopped by a gas station to buy a couple of soft drinks. Being use to open carry in eastern Kentucky, it never occurred to me that a man wearing a heavy beard, in full camo, with a camo handkerchief (dewrag) tied on his head, with a .45 auto openly carried in a shoulder holster, strolling into a gas station at 4:30 AM would elicit panic (after all, my shotgun was visually hanging on a rack in my pickup). I was actually surprised when I went to pay for theCokes to find the cashier hiding behind the register praying. I actually had to ask the cashier to take my money!

Since then, I have tried to avoid giving cashiers nervous breakdowns by simply concealing the handgun.