Like a lot of you I've got a CCW permit, but I only carry occasionally. I've thought about an ankle holster, but using that front right pocket in my jeans seems like a pretty darn handy place for my little J frame. It is a hammer model, so I suppose that it could snag, but it seems to me that a confrontation out on the mean streets wouldn't be a fast draw situation anyway. Having it along anywhere beats not having it with it home in the drawer.
There is no substitution for situational awareness. The forum mall Ninjas will pipe in about how you should be carrying 3 pistols,10 magazines, and a gnarly-looking tactical knife 24x7. But I think that having a firearm in your pocket beats forum-fantasies.
If you are aware, you wont have an issue with digging a gun out of your pocket while heading for cover.
