I had never heard of a concealed pistol purse until Thursday night when one of the speakers at an event I was attending finished her talk by saying "I have to run... am going to a gun meeting!" Then she said as she was walking to the door: "Have you ever seen a concealed pistol purse?"
Keep in mind this was a Christian volunteer event, not that that has anything to do with guns or no guns. But it was an unexpected twist, in any case. We all kind of looked at each other (and I thought of Emily Grant, of course). Anyway, she showed us the secret compartment where the pistol hides. I don't know for sure if one was in there, but I definitely imagined a pearl handled pistol.