cocked and locked

I have friends and relatives that are not gun people. (crazy I know) How do you explain "nicely" to someone why you carry your 1911 "cocked and locked" or condition 1 ?

Col. Jeff Cooper, originator of the most recent handgun shooting practices, revolutionized how people viewed the 1911 pistol’s readiness state. He created a system in which he named the different states as conditions. The conditions he named are; · Condition Zero: When your pistol has one...