#1 Rule of Concealed Carry

I carry every day .I feel naked without .It is the best habbit to get into. The one time you forget you will need it GOD FORBID. BUT IF YOU HAVE IT THATS WHAT COUNTS.
 
If you have the option to conceal carry, there is the option (in most states) to open carry. For those in the hot weather, let the scum know to let this one go.
 
I don't pick up my gun as I walk out the door.

It's already in my pocket. I keep my LCP or PM9 in my pocket when I'm watching TV! If I leave the house it's the PM9, or occasionally an S&W 442. Everytime. Nobody calls me paranoid, because nobody knows. But you guys and my wife.
 
Good question Davem:

I too live in sunny Florida and its hard conceal carry a larger gun on you when its really hot weather, etc. I recently purchased a very small and lightweight "Mouse" type weapon (Rohrbaugh .380) to help address this concern. It is extremely reliable, accurate and lightweight. It fits in my front right side pocket easily and does not pull down my shorts like a heavier gun would. The Keltec, Ruger LCP and others similar in size are good choices for you. Bottom line, It may not be my preferred .45 auto but I feel I need to carry a gun of some kind (which is better than nothing at all when and if the time ever comes to defend yourself/family).
 
Like some wise poster said if I am wearing pants I am carrying. In the summer, hell most of the I carry in a fanny pack because I just don't care about fashion and I put my SA above any BGs.


Although, I rarely wear underwear and when I do it's usually something unusual.
 
During the Middle Ages, probably one of the biggest mistakes was not putting on your armor because you were "just going down to the corner."

Jack Handey

LOL;)
 
I am sure he does if it is a Rohrbaugh .380

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=125367353

If you have the option to conceal carry, there is the option (in most states) to open carry. For those in the hot weather, let the scum know to let this one go.
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It might be an option in some, but not most.

Thanks for the feedback to all but I was hoping for some specific info.
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Sorry, I didn't provide you the easy answer you wanted. I figure that is pretty much a personal decision and that you would be better served by getting a variety of opinions already expressed on this forum. I know searching, reading, and evaluating for yourself can be hard work.
 
I learned this hard lesson myself one day. I had an encounter with a male who was going to rob me, but I gave the impression I had a weapon on me. When he saw me in a defensive mode, he quickly changed his approach and then asked me for directions. Little did he know there was a sign right above us with the correct directions. I had decided to leave my weapon home that day because I was going on a route where I didn't think I needed it. I will never do that again.

Or another general rule of thumb - "Better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it."
 
I live in Fairfax County, too, but I have no carry license. But it is also forbidden to have a firearm (the rule might say "weapon") at work, so given that I hardly go anywhere else, I really don't feel the need anyway. This is not to say I don't see the utility of having a gun sometimes and I do have a dozen or so, just like everyone else here, apparently. But we all draw on our own experiences and no one elses. Then, too, we generally have some control over what experiences we have to begin with. By the way, there was a murder here in the county a few years ago with a single shot pistol. That has to be remarkable.

Although I mentioned the no weapons at work thing, we do have two employees who have mounted animal heads on their walls and two people who used to work for the NRA, which is just up the road from where we work. Mind you, these people are hunting enthusiasts, not gun enthusiasts. One even managed to bag a deer from the loading dock. My boss, on the other hand, neither a hunting enthusiast nor a gun enthusiast (even though he grew up in Northern Rhodesia) has bagged three or four deer with his car. Not bad!
 
davem, . . . just a suggestion, . . . born out of my personal decision to carry something other than a mouse gun, . . . how about a pair of cargo shorts?

Cut the back out of the pocket on the leg you need, . . . put a thigh holster on under the cargo shorts, . . . access it through the top of the pocket, . . . you can carry a Desert Eagle there and few folks would ever know.

I am aware that I don't have your problem, . . . but when it gets hot here in Ohio, . . . I still wear my jeans and carry my full size, all steel, 1911, . . . and sometimes it is in my tuckable IWB that allows me to carry it that way. For me it is just two concepts: 1) the decision to carry the 1911, and 2) the mindset that helps me dress around my decision.

May God bless,
Dwight
 

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Rohrbaugh .380

Yep, its the best little carry gun for your front or back pocket you can find nowadays in my opinion. Lightweight, accurate and ready to use in a moment's notice. Works great in sunny, hot weather situations (shorts).
 
jpoolsmyd2 said:
Damn Buzz, I didn't know that guy was a CHP holder!!
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That is how they ID'ed him, his fingerprints from his CCW license application.


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I live in Fairfax County, too, but I have no carry license...I really don't feel the need anyway.
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I'm pretty sure the guy who was killed didn't feel the need either. I'm not giving you a hard time, you are a better judge of your safety than anyone else but I can assure you that having a guy beat to death by a gang of miscreants in front of a $750k house 2 blocks from where I lay my head can really adjust my idea of my personal safety and "safe neighborhoods".
 
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ROHRBAUGH is chambered in 9mm and 380 acp. They had them at the shot show in orlando .A verry well made firearm first class.:D
 
carry 24/7

i had the sad experience of my moms funeral this week. i always carry in a shoulder holster. a friend told a friend i cant believe he doesnt have that weapon. i knew the hugs would be frequent. needless to say i was carrying and this close friend didnt know it. 24/7 always. arms reach as i type this. take NO chances
 
Cut the back out of the pocket on the leg you need, . . . put a thigh holster on under the cargo shorts, . . . access it through the top of the pocket, . . . you can carry a Desert Eagle there and few folks would ever know.
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Umm, how is this the first I have ever heard of this great idea?
 
One even managed to bag a deer from the loading dock.
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I'm pretty familiar with the part of Fairfax off Waples Mill where NRA HQ is. As far as I know there aren't too many places to shoot deer in that area. It's all residential, no?

Anyway, to the OP, makes sense that they ID'ed the guy based on his fingerprints from CHP. Although in FFX county no fingerprints required.
 
In researching thigh holsters this is from the Galco website.

"How do I draw my firearm?
If you are wearing long pants the firearm may be drawn through the fly zipper. Shorts, skirts and dresses can simply be lifted to draw the firearm."

Unzip my fly to draw? Is that legal in IDPA?
 
Try SmartCarry....just got mine...just working with in the bathroom mirror recently to get the right pant/short to wear with. It actually is pretty comfotable being right over the groin area.
 
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