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Try to put yourself into the mindset of somebody who categorises their gun along with their wallet, phone, and pocket knife as items they routinely carry around all the time, rather than as something foreign and frightening.

You would have to be absent-minded, but perhaps not quite as absent minded as you might think.

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Anyone who categorises a gun in the same terms as their wallet shouldn't be allowed to own a gun.

When you walk out of your house, you probably automatically pat your pockets in the modern day ritual: Wallet, keys, phone.

In some parts of the US (4% of Texans have a carry license) it's wallet, keys, phone, gun.

That's not his point ...

Someone may indeed include a firearm in their "EDC" but there should be a constant and sharp distinction between that item and all the rest.

If you are not hyper aware of a firearm you are carrying, you should not be carrying that firearm - no matter how routine it is.

I think "hyper aware" takes it a little too far; more aware than a reasonable person is of his wallet, certainly, but depending on how you carry it (ideally such that you're in essentially no danger of violating Rule 2), as long as it's sufficiently concealed that you're not in danger of someone snatching it, it should become a routine thing. A very safe routine thing if done right, but as Massad Ayoob comments in his great safety video that there is a danger of relaxing too far and treating it like "Fluffy".

I certainly put more awareness into my surroundings, which could be key to my using it successfully if needed.

Carry constantly while outside, high potential for Bad Things if it's stolen?

You're acting like I treat my wallet and phone the same way I treat a pack of gum.

I have a really hard time putting my wallet in the same category as a wallet. Wallets don't kill people. People kill people.

If my wife spends any more on eBay, my wallet may in fact kill me.

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