I carry at every outing I attend. I don't see it disrespectful. Who said a bad guy can't kill you at a funeral?
Awkward hugs? Pssh, I don't even care anymore. Tell them it's a new cell phone made by Glock.
It's funny you say that EF, because I was at church about 6 months ago and I had my Glock 23 and a double magazine carrier on my belt, each on different sides. Long story short, one of the deacons grabs me around the waist and caught me by suprise when he hugged me =, he looked at me kinda of nervous and said "what is that"? I know he felt the magazine carrier and not the gun, so I said the first thing that came to mind, I said "It's a PDA" I chuckled about ti later to my wife when I told her the story. She said "but you lied to him" I said "no I didn't" because after I said it I felt bad having believed I just lied also, and it hit me that it was true. IT WAS PDA ( Personal Defense Ammunition ).
Tell me that ain't funny??????