The ultimate physical equalizer. Puts a 90 lb granny on the same footing as 200 lb criminal.Well duh, that's why I have "that gun".
The ultimate physical equalizer. Puts a 90 lb granny on the same footing as 200 lb criminal.Well duh, that's why I have "that gun".
I can identify with this. You get so used to the pistol on the hip...The only time I've ever OC'ed it was an accident.
I was wearing a suit one day w/ my pistol IWB & shirt tucked. I took the jacket off in the car. First stop was the bank. I'm used to the feel of a pistol on my belt so I just didn't think about it being visible w/ the jacket off.
Went in, felt the gun, & realized what I had done. I did my business & left no problem. Maybe one other person in there besides employees. The bank has 30.07 but not 30.06.
No one cared or, I imagine, even saw the gun. They probably know me well enough if they did see it to not worry.
I can identify with this. You get so used to the pistol on the hip...
Actually did that BEFORE OC was legalized several years back....on a jobsite and needed some parts, ran into a hardware store in Uvalde. Cool morning that had warmed up, so I had taken my jacket off. Local deputy was in the store as well.....he looked at me, glanced down at my waist with a little grin and obviously turned to "look at something of interest". When he finally turned back around, the shirt was over the gun. He just nodded and said "beautiful day, isn't it?"
That's called common sense law enforcement. Kind of a rarity these days.
Next time someone asks, just say "I believe some chit is about to go down. I would leave if I was you."I think that because I'm older, well-dressed, & extremely polite many mistake me for an L E O." -- leVieux
Well, I often look like a transient, but at least I'm polite. I don't know what the casual observer thinks I am at first glance...except on one occasion in a Starbucks in Albuquerque: The people at a nearby table asked me if I was "Homeland Security." I don't know how they came up with that. ;-)
-- BR
I've slept with mine in an iwb holster before. But I've got a nice memory foam mattress and lots of numb spots from all the surgery.I can identify with this. You get so used to the pistol on the hip...
Another point, some of the OC'ers I've seen in both states have done dangerous things, like sitting back towards entrance door in a busy restaurant, obvious GLOCK in non-retention Fobus OWB. While CC'ing in Houston stores, I have twice felt a hand on my main belt weapon. The rig was completely non-visible to others. Once, I turned quickly, suppressing a slap/swat, only to see a little old 80-ish Lady looking bewildered. I have no idea what she thought she was doing with her hand on my hip & belt. I was so glad I hadn't reflexively hit her; would have been very difficult to explain. But I did really have "second thoughts" later. My training was to turn and slap. leVieux
If you're carrying fully open, i.e. fully visible, no attempts to even slightly conceal the piece with an untucked shirt, you absolutely should use a high grade retention holster like the ones made by IMI. To draw the pistol, you need to push the button and give it a good yank. No way granny or LaSharone can get it out of the holster without you noticing and preventing it:
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I opened carry into Walmart on day one........
No one noticed.....no one went screaming down the aisles......
I was so disappointed...........
We have quite a few folks who open carry here.....
Sadly, I have to agree.If one calmly talks to the store "managers" wo authorize those signs, one will find that they have zero idea of what the signs really mean and/or whom will be affected by them. However, even when the particulars are explained, they still usually refuse to take the signs down. Recall that, in Texas, over-zealous pro 2A armed demonstrators actually aggravated the troubles we now see. Causing unnecessary fear & confusion in the general public will never further our cause.
leVieux
Just how "special" of a person does one have to be in order to be up to carrying openly? This is not a rhetorical question, I really would appreciate an answer because I simply do not at all understand why someone has to be "special" to open carry and how most people (at least gun owners who carry regularly) would not be "up to it".(CC, as I know most people will NEVER OC, it take a "special" person to do it -- most people aren't up to it).
I heard a guy say once that open carry just required "gonads"! I think it was in reference to dealing with the "non-gun" idiots!Just how "special" of a person does one have to be in order to be up to carrying openly? This is not a rhetorical question, I really would appreciate an answer because I simply do not at all understand why someone has to be "special" to open carry and how most people (at least gun owners who carry regularly) would not be "up to it".