I was talking to a police officer a while back.He told me the best way to wind up face down on the ground surrounded by 17 cops pointing their weapons at you is to open carry.
Sounds like a wonderful way for them to pay for my son's college education, to me.
And an even better way to get good case law for law abiding American citizens, and lots of propaganda to be used to strip more authority from the government and place it back into the hands of the people.
I carry a Ruger P95. Honestly don't know whether to call that a full size, or a compact. It's bigger than many compacts, smaller than many full size guns.