Conceal Carry non-disasterous mishaps.

Dumbest thing I've ever done CCW is forget it at home. Get halfway to wherever and realize......no gun. Ask the wife, "Got your gun?", "Of course don't you have yours?" "Duh, uh.....no." "Want mine?" "No, you can protect me today.":o
 
Fresh CC permit holder, I was carrying my new CZ 75 in a holster meant for a Beretta 92...a hair loose. Bent over to get some ice cream at the grocery store, the sucker slipped right out and skittered across the floor. Thankfully I had presence of mind not to grab for it and just let it go.

Or the time I came back from the range, pulled out my holstered Sig 220 and realized the hammer was still back from firing it earlier. Yikes.
 
Or the time I came back from the range, pulled out my holstered Sig 220 and realized the hammer was still back from firing it earlier. Yikes.
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Well, be glad that you had the good discipline to keep your finger off the trigger! :)

Ken
 
I was working a cable contractor and was working on some lines that were burried in some very thorny trees. It was so bad I had to gaff on part of the tree to get all the way up the pole. The wind picked up and branches started swaying and caught my shirt. It looked like it went through a paper shredder. My IWB 1911 was clearly visable as my shirt was was actualy torn compleetly off on that side. As well as the fact that I was now bleeding from the gazillion scratches all over my back and side.
Worst part my truck was parked 3 blocks away. I was near the local SD, and court house. It was busy with people everywhere. I was now halfway shirless with a gun showing. Not to mention I looked like I tried to fight off a pack of wild cats. When I got to the ground one of the deuputies saw me, and quietly came to talk to me. I showed him my CHL. He walked me to the truck, staying close to my side to help hide the gun. I bought a compact 45 and Crossbreed SuperTuck after that.
There are a couple of others but that one is most memorable.
 
Bend over in Wal-Mart wearing dual shoulder holsters with Colt Commander .45s. Both spilled out in front of the checkout lady..... apologized and she helped me stick them back in the holsters.

Kidding. Didn't happend but I'd love to see that happen!

I do know of a Chief of Police who had his Glock 27 fall down his pants in Wal-Mart and when the grabbed for it, it when off! Singed his bottom and the par-medics patched him up but no real damage except to Wal-Marts floor.

And another old lady who opened her purse to pay the lady at a Chiropractor and her .25 auto spilled onto the counter. No one took mind and she put the little gun back in her purse. She did this BEORE there was a CHL program in Texas but, being in Lufkin and she knew everybody, no one paid any attention nor cared.
 
i was playing basketball and my extra mag fell out of my pocket. it was with kids in front of my dad's house. oh well
 
Have a friend who was a cop on a small N.H. dept. He was out dancing with his wife at a local Chinese watering hole. He had his snubby in his waistband when it slipped down his leg and hit the dance floor with a thud. Luckily like many Chinese restaurants the lights were very dim, and most everyone was dancing while blind. He quickly bent down like he was tying his shoe and retrieved his gun and slipped it in his suit coat pocket. Thank God for the Bacardi's 151 proof rum and generous serving in the (one and your done) bowl.

My mishap was with a rifle, it was deer season and in my part of NH your lucky to even see a deer in the 30+ day season hunting most everyday. I was in my house getting lunch after hunting all morning. I happened to look out the kitchen window and see a nice buck sneaking through the woods about 75 yards above my house. I run to the gun room and grab my 30-30 and a couple shells. I am putting the shells in as I quickly walk down the hall.

I exit the side door in a hurry not bothering to close it as I push open the screen door. I am on the porch getting my sights on the deer as I hear footsteps coming down the hall. I am fully tuned in to the deer and my sight picture not thinking about the footsteps. As I am squeezing the trigger the screen door slams me in the back and I shot. The bullet hit the dirt inch's away from the propane tank of my beloved BBQ grill. I hadn't given a thought that my 100lb black lab may have picked up on my intensity as I hurried down the hall and wanted in on whatever the action was. As she exited the screen door it hit me square in the you know what and all I can say is, my wife's car was a mere 10 feet from the grill. Had the unthinkable happened my hunting career would have been over!
 
I have had 2 in the 17 years that I have had my CCP. When my daughter was 3, she and I were in Wal-Mart when I had to snatch her out of the path of some oblivious idiot with a shopping cart. As I pulled her back against me, her head bumped the butt of my pistol so she screams out in her best p.o.'d 3 year old voice, "Daddy! You just hit me in the head with your GUN!!!" lmao :)

The other time, I had been doing spme dry-fire practice with my SP-101. I had the gun loaded with snap-caps and spent 30 minutes or so practicing, got done, put the gun away and went to bed. Next morning, I got up, put the gun back in it's holster and went about my business. 3-4 days later, I got ready to do some dry-fire practice again, so I unloaded the gun and got a big shock when I saw 5 snap-caps still sitting in the cylinder! :eek:
 
A few weeks ago we were at the grocery store. I had my PM9 in a paddle holster, strong side, covered by an unbuttoned longsleeve shirt. As I reached for my wallet, my arm dragged the shirt back (wasn't thinking) and the gun was exposed for a few seconds. Of course it's black, the holster's black, and I was wearing a black t-shirt (hate the clammy paddle next to my skin), so I'm guessing nobody noticed. But there it was. In Texas most people own guns and know that lots of citizens carry, so I think it wouldn't have been an issue. Now, I either button a few buttons or wear a pullover.
 
Great stuff for anti-gun types in this particular thread...hope we don't see some of this stuff on the front page of the NY TImes. Learn from our mistakes, guys, let's not wave our dirty laundry publicly for those who would repeal the 2nd Amendment. Rodfac
 
Great stuff for anti-gun types in this particular thread...hope we don't see some of this stuff on the front page of the NY TImes. Learn from our mistakes, guys, let's not wave our dirty laundry publicly for those who would repeal the 2nd Amendment. Rodfac
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I diagree. I have not noticed a single thing in this thread where someone was injured or killed. Absolutely zero "blood in the streets".

I wouldn't be worried about anything in this thread making the NYT. I'm sure they could find a lot more serious gun errors by "professionals", you know, the law enforcement types who are "the only ones adequately trained" not to make any mistakes (referring to the DEA agent in the classroom with the Glock 40, if you missed my reference).

By sharing our experiences, it helps us all learn.

Ken
 
Before I got my carry permit,,,

I wear my S&W 36 on a belt holster when I go to the range,,,
This is rattlesnake country so I have snake-shot in it.

I shot lotsa .22 that day and slew many feral tin-cans,,,
I left the range and went to WallyWorld, Hastings, and McDonald's.

Didn't notice until I got home and was halfway through a movie,,,
That I had forgotten to remove the revolver from my waist.

But there it was,,,
Open for anyone to see,,,
And not one person said a word to me.

Makes me shudder just to think about it!
 
I've had a couple so far...

I was in an Old Navy with my kids, 6 and 4 years old. I was trying on some blue jeans and had them in the dressing room with me. My 6 year old sees my carry piece sitting on the bench and shouts "Hey dad! You brought your gun?" No one heard him thankfully, but I did have a little talk with him once we got to the car.

The other time I was at the roller rink, again with my kids. My daughter wants a piggy back ride around the rink, and without thinking about it I agree. She trys to get on my back but slips as I stand up, and in the insuing struggle she kicks my outer shirt up over my carry piece and it gets wedged between my body and my IWB holster. I put her down as quick as I could without just dropping her and covered it back up. I'm sure some people saw it, but no one said anything.

No injuries either time, but lessons learned, that's for sure.
 
Standing at a register and reached to get my wallet. I've carried a folder next to my wallet since I was 12 yrs old. The knife, a Cold Steel, had a default/broken issue and allowed the blade to open just a little bit. I rammed the blade under my thumb nail! I jerked my hand back with blood going like a faucet. The guy behind the counter was flipping out a little as I tried to explain and ask for a paper towel. I then carefully, didnt want to get blood on the jacket, swept my jacket aside showing my carry gun. The guy, now really flipping out yells GUN!! I lifted my hands, told him I was an Instructor for the State Police and to chill the "F" out.

Not a good day.
 
Several years ago I was at a local supermarket with my daughter who was then about 5 years old. We're standing in the checkout line and my daughter gets fascinated with a man dressed in a suit behind us in line. Without a word, she tuggs on my sleeve and points to his belt. His unbuttoned jacket is gapping a little and a handgun is showing plainly to anyone who is around 3 feet tall. I look and see the gun too, and now the guy notices our interest. He smiles and pulls the other side of his jacket back slightly to show a badge clipped to his belt.

I usually pocket carry an LCP in a pocket holster and haven't had any mishaps or been found out as far as I know, tho' to my eye the rig prints when I'm just wearing jeans and a shirt. Sometimes I carry a full-sized 1911 in a bikini holster on my belt at 3:30 with a button up flannel or sweat shirt over. If I bend over or stoop or reach up, I fairly sure the last half-inch or so of the 1911's barrel must be exposed, but no one has ever seemed to notice or care. People really are pretty un-observant in general, or maybe here in CO just don't get worked up over someone carrying a sidearm.
 
Haven't really had any incident.

It is a fact of life that people see what they expect and want to see. I like to make anyone I train to make a first experiment before starting to CCW: go about for one usual day of your life in public with your fly open. Ponder how conscious about it you remain, observe if anybody at all during the day even notices, and if someone does, what the reaction is, if any.

BTDT, and it's a learning experience indeed. :D
 
This was about three months after the 9/11 attacks. I'm LE and was flying armed. Get to the destination airport after a terrible cross country flight with all kinds of delays. Get off the plane and at the top of the escalator going into the baggage claim area I switch my back pack from the left shoulder to the right, back pack hooked my P99 out of the holster and it went clatter clatter across the floor. The place was packed.....while making no eye contact with anyone I squat down and pick it up and reholster....then walk straight to the bathroom and locked myself in a stall for 15 minutes. To this day don't know who if anyone saw.....that day I tore that Kydex holster apart, threw it in the trash, and found a police supply and picked up a DeSantis with a snap.
 
Spur0701 said:
This was about three months after the 9/11 attacks. I'm LE and was flying armed. Get to the destination airport after a terrible cross country flight with all kinds of delays. Get off the plane and at the top of the escalator going into the baggage claim area I switch my back pack from the left shoulder to the right, back pack hooked my P99 out of the holster and it went clatter clatter across the floor. The place was packed.....while making no eye contact with anyone I squat down and pick it up and reholster....then walk straight to the bathroom and locked myself in a stall for 15 minutes. To this day don't know who if anyone saw.....that day I tore that Kydex holster apart, threw it in the trash, and found a police supply and picked up a DeSantis with a snap.
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Wow, its a good thing you noticed. In the hustle and bustle of an airport, especially when you are in a hurry, I could easy see that happening and not realizing till later. Despite the embarassment, I'd breathe a sigh of relief on that one.
 
Was in Cape Coral, FL the other day and went to the DMV to get some temp tags for a truck I bought there. Had a Beretta in the front pocket of my jeans and had been to Walmart and some other stores before the DMV. Got halfway to the building before I remembered the gun. Hurried back to the truck and locked the gun up. Shouldn't have bothered no metal detector or anything in the building.
 
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