My father-in-law used to carry a .25 Browning everywhere he went. I told him he'd better file the sights off of it. When he asked why I told him that if he decided to carry it he might feel the need to load it, and, if he loaded it he might feel the need to pull it out if trouble threatened, and if he pulled it out he might feel the need to shoot someone with it, and, if he shot someone with it they would get mad, take it away from him and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
We had a strange and strained relationship. He got in the last laugh. He willed the darned thing to me when he passed.
Best to all,
John