My experience:
So I moved to AZ from Hawaii December last year, lived Hawaii 23 years, love Hawaii always will. but it was time to finally buy a house and move on.
got my concealed carry permit at the Prime sports concealed carry application day (a brutal 6 hour wait, many people waited 3-4 hours and bailed out) so I would have the permit when I arrived in AZ and didn't have to take training course.
(don't need a permit what so ever, but you need one if you want to carry in a place that serves alcohol, and I am not locking my gun in my car every time I go to a restaurant)

1) What I noticed in AZ: I am always looking to see if people are carrying! and surprisingly only seen 2 people open carry, (one in Walmart, one in furniture store) haven't seen many carrying concealed either (that I can see, but it is cold now and people are wearing big shirts and sweat jackets.

Point is: I don't see the people carrying everywhere, like I thought I would.
not the wild west

2) I carry everywhere! granted there are places that post a small (no firearms sign) very few and I hope it stays that way. you really have to look hard to find the sign at the front entrance.
movie theater (had to go back and lock my g43 in glove box, went in with empty holster)
mall in glendale (same as above)
gas station 3 blocks from my house (fuck them i carry in there anyways, because there pump is always messing up)
mexican resturant by my house (didnt even notice the sign until i went outside to take a business call, so i just waited outside until my order was ready. i ordered to go)


Point is: its really not a big deal!, thought it was going to be first time i carried, i was i little nervous about it. you get really used to it fast.
In AZ it just feels like something that is accepted, weather you are a gun person or not (i cant imagine carrying in hawaii. people would freak out!) hope that it changes but Doubt it.
Saw a guy driving a big white truck, with huge american flag mural painted on the side. on the tail gate he had the 2 amendment quoted across the back!
Awesome! wanted to pull the guy over and ask him where to shoot.


First time open carrying: went to white tank mountain, lots of tourist (snow birds!) funny watching the snow flakes from cali and other states reaction to seeing a gun. most didnt notice but a few groups kind of got quite and just stayed away. (doesnt bother me one bit)

I havent had a chance to go shooting yet, but the range all charge here (no big deal)
hope to go soon and talk to some people, Ben avery range has shooting while riding a horse!, long range silhouette rifle range and a bunch of other ranges!

Living my whole life in gun hateing states (Cali, Hawaii) and now moving to freedom is quite eye opening! Incredable feeling not haveing to worry about traveling with a gun.
Since i am not really a club kind of guy
i look forward to:
drawing from a holster
i want to convert my Kriss vector and my CZ scorpion to SBR
suppressors!
being able to sling my rifle and transition from rifle to pistol
shooting on open land!
hi cap mags


Just my 2 cents

Take care Patriots of Hawaii, ever near Pheonix look me up!
Alex