You should never let it be known that you are carrying a concealed weapon except to a police officer.  A person that needs a deadly weapon for self defense has an extreme tactical advantage.   This tactical advantage is so extreme that it is the one of the very few restrictions for citizens other than restricting felons, mentally ill and the young from  possessing a firearm in Kentucky.  When you expose a weapon:

1. First you give up the tactical advantage of carrying the weapon concealed when you let others know you carry a weapon.  You lose the ability to use advantages of time, concealment, and distance as tactical advantages when you become conspicuous.  Surprise and a vicious counter attack is often the best or only defense to stopping a deadly assault and this is lost when you give up the advantage of concealed carry. 

2. Second you make yourself a target for the worst of criminals that will assault you to steal the weapon for their own purposes.

3. Third you frighten many people that fear firearms and don't understand that some people need to carry a concealed deadly weapon.

4. Fourth people that properly carry a weapon (including police) view brandishing the weapon or showing it off as dangerous and foolish making you seem foolish.  Police often (and properly) find a valid reason for removing the dangerous weapon from the foolish person that can't or won't carry them properly. 

For further information download our manual on Concealed Carry in Kentucky.   Every situation is different this is for information only and this is not legal advice.