In Indiana (where I live), roughly one in 11 (of the adult population) has a "License To Carry a Handgun" (LTCH) -- a "gun permit", in other words (Indiana laws

In Indiana (where I live), roughly one in 11 (of the adult population) has a "License To Carry a Handgun" (LTCH) -- a "gun permit", in other words (Indiana laws make no distinction between concealed and open carry). Most people, however, simply don't think about it that often. For example, my mother (who doesn't care for guns) would never be in a mall and stop to think of all the people who (statistically) are carrying concealed firearms. One person, however, walking around in that mall open carrying will have a ton of people watching him very closely. Basically, people don't seem to think twice about all those who are carrying concealed (done properly, of course, no one knows!) but get anxious and nervous when the know that someone is carrying (openly).