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Originally Posted by Yellowfin

The problem with remaining covert is that the people in CA who don't know that average people they know have CCW's will vote against CCW here. I for one show my CCW as an ID whenever asked for one. Too many people have never seen one and don't know they exist who would be on our side if we introduced them to it. Our silence and keeping to ourselves has made us a minority that doesn't even get the benefit of minority status. It has been our greatest mistake as gun owners and as CCW holders, and it's a mistake I have learned not to continue.

A lot of people prefer to remain anonymous for their own safety and the safety of others. Which is also the reason they have a CCW in the first place. Imagine being in a bank when robbers come in and somebody shouts "you have a gun do something!" who would be the first (and probably the only) person to get shot? Or people who have a CCW but live and work around anti gun environments?

Personally, only my closest family may be the only people that will know if I do or do not have a CCW, and I know a lot of people here wouldn't even tell those people. It's an extremely personal thing and a lot of us realize that your own safety may depend on keeping it to yourself.