Today in the elevator in my building, I was backing up against the back wall of the elevator as it went up, but I backed up too far, all the way into the wall, and there was this "clunk" sound when my G30 hit the wood rail on the wall through my jacket. It was very quiet in there without any elevator music, and I'm sure the others in there wondered what was hard enough on my person to make that sound. It was a little awkward...
Concealed carry faux pas
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Bullwinkle
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Done the same thing on a wooden chair back.
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Bullwinkle
Sonny, anybody with his gears meshed wants to be free, doesnt matter what sex or age, and freedom always calls for a little hardware."
Lucy Kropotkin
A few years ago I had to make a 3:00 a.m. medicine run for my sick kid.
I threw on my jeans, an untucked flannel shirt, ball cap and slid my 92 "Mexican carry" in the small of my back under my shirt. I headed for the convenience store which is also used as a late-night sub station for the sheriff’s dept.
In the process of getting in and out of the car, my shirt decided to ride up over the butt of my pistol. This is something I'm usually conscious of but it escaped me that night. Once in the store, I made some friendly small talk with some officers who were sitting at the table while I searched for the medicine.
While I was paying for my purchase, one of the officers shouted from across the room.. "By the way, is that open carry or a really lousy attempt at concealed carry?" They had a good laugh but it was an embarrassing night for me.
I threw on my jeans, an untucked flannel shirt, ball cap and slid my 92 "Mexican carry" in the small of my back under my shirt. I headed for the convenience store which is also used as a late-night sub station for the sheriff’s dept.
In the process of getting in and out of the car, my shirt decided to ride up over the butt of my pistol. This is something I'm usually conscious of but it escaped me that night. Once in the store, I made some friendly small talk with some officers who were sitting at the table while I searched for the medicine.
While I was paying for my purchase, one of the officers shouted from across the room.. "By the way, is that open carry or a really lousy attempt at concealed carry?" They had a good laugh but it was an embarrassing night for me.
A lot of the ladies down here in the South love to give hugs when saying hello or goodbye. Kinda tough not to scare 'em when they do and you're carrying.
The looks they give you are priceless, and then there's that awkward silence that follows...
(don't annoy the crazy person)
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No fate but what we make...
The looks they give you are priceless, and then there's that awkward silence that follows...
(don't annoy the crazy person)
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...defend the 2nd.
No fate but what we make...
David Scott
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I wear my pager (real, not Pager Pal) just forward of the holster on the right hip. If I bump and clunk, and anybody looks, I can just take out the pager and see if the bump hurt it any.
Gopher .45
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You know one of the terribly trajedies of carrying concealed is to have your little neice or nephew run up to hug you unexpectantly from the side and run their head into your gun. The clunk isn't as load as in the elevator or wooden chair, but the scream and crying are much worse.
Dizzipator
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Gopher .45,
I don't know why but your story made me chuckle.
I guess because I thought all along, at least according to John Lott, that guns in the possession of responsible adults were supposed to make the world safer for children.
I don't know why but your story made me chuckle.
I guess because I thought all along, at least according to John Lott, that guns in the possession of responsible adults were supposed to make the world safer for children.
riddleofsteel
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middle of the summer, first year of concealed carry. i was carrying a Colt Python with a stag grip in an IWB holster in the SOB posistion.
there i was standing in the check out line in Food Lion minding my own business. suddenly i heard a kid say "LOOK MOMMA THAT MAN HAS A BIG GUN!!!" i started looking around for the moron with a gun. i did not see anybody with a gun. then suddenly i looked behind me and at least 4 wild eyed citizens were staring at my back. the moron was me!! my shirt had rode up over my revolver's grip and it was exposed. kinda sheepishly i covered it up and turned real red. then in desperation i turned to the line behind me and said "Its OK i am one of the good guys."
the boy's momma then told the little boy "See there son i told you he was a police man." well i wasn't but i was not about to correct her mistake. i paid for my groceries and left trying to look cool and collected. when i got to the car i noticed i was sweating.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
there i was standing in the check out line in Food Lion minding my own business. suddenly i heard a kid say "LOOK MOMMA THAT MAN HAS A BIG GUN!!!" i started looking around for the moron with a gun. i did not see anybody with a gun. then suddenly i looked behind me and at least 4 wild eyed citizens were staring at my back. the moron was me!! my shirt had rode up over my revolver's grip and it was exposed. kinda sheepishly i covered it up and turned real red. then in desperation i turned to the line behind me and said "Its OK i am one of the good guys."
the boy's momma then told the little boy "See there son i told you he was a police man." well i wasn't but i was not about to correct her mistake. i paid for my groceries and left trying to look cool and collected. when i got to the car i noticed i was sweating.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
Gunslinger
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Futu, just be thankful you were not walking forward when you "clunked" the wall with a hard object. 
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Gunslinger
I was promised a Shortycicle and I want a Shortycicle!
I'd just pull out the gun and say, "hmm... that must have been this GUN!"
I'm still LMAO over Gopher's story,
Ben
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I'm still LMAO over Gopher's story,
Ben
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Country Boy
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While waiting with someone at a train station late at night, I clunked my carry piece against the hard plastic seats. Most people don't realize what is going on right around them.
Gopher - LOL! If you hit someone with the butt of your gun, have you just "butt-whipped" them? If someone hits himself with the butt of a gun, do they have a "self inflicted butt-whip wound"? Just curious...
Gopher - LOL! If you hit someone with the butt of your gun, have you just "butt-whipped" them? If someone hits himself with the butt of a gun, do they have a "self inflicted butt-whip wound"? Just curious...
Foxfire,
There's a simple solution to the hugging thing. Just make sure that if they go for the hug, you go low by putting your arms around their waste. This will force them to go high around your neck. This works very well. I carried for a couple months before my girlfriend even found out I had my permit. With careful forethought, NOBODY will ever know you're carrying unless you want them to.
Good shooting.
There's a simple solution to the hugging thing. Just make sure that if they go for the hug, you go low by putting your arms around their waste. This will force them to go high around your neck. This works very well. I carried for a couple months before my girlfriend even found out I had my permit. With careful forethought, NOBODY will ever know you're carrying unless you want them to.
Good shooting.
Fast Eagle
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Never had anything happen while carrying in public.
But on an intresting note I did have my spare mag work its way loose from my "ride-high" pocket on my SRU-21 "survival vest", we military Av8tors wear when in combat. On a night CAS mission in Southern Kuwait in early Feb of 91. Imagine my suprise when I'm in a 4 g roll-away turn @ 60 deg. angle of bank and an M9 mag goes whizzing by my visor and smacks into the FWD canopy screen.
Makes for an intresting few seconds, if you like the taste of your a**hole in your mouth.
We carry our weapon an it's our choice to carry a spare mag or not. I did but most fighter jocks don't.
Fast Eagle
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Sir, your remarks are repulsive to me, and I disagree with your viewpoints. But I will defend to my death your God given right to express them.
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But on an intresting note I did have my spare mag work its way loose from my "ride-high" pocket on my SRU-21 "survival vest", we military Av8tors wear when in combat. On a night CAS mission in Southern Kuwait in early Feb of 91. Imagine my suprise when I'm in a 4 g roll-away turn @ 60 deg. angle of bank and an M9 mag goes whizzing by my visor and smacks into the FWD canopy screen.
Makes for an intresting few seconds, if you like the taste of your a**hole in your mouth.
We carry our weapon an it's our choice to carry a spare mag or not. I did but most fighter jocks don't.
Fast Eagle
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Sir, your remarks are repulsive to me, and I disagree with your viewpoints. But I will defend to my death your God given right to express them.
Voltaire
Man this is by far the funniest thread I have ever read! Fast Eagle gets the gold here though. How exactly did you get your mag back? Did you start doing rolls and grabbing for it?
I always try and look like I belong. If I do something wrong, I act as if it was perfectly normal. Never give yourself away by acting guilty, most folks dont pay attention to anything. Smart move "Im one of the good guys", we should all remember that one. I have a flattop and am fairly big, people tell me I look like a cop, whatever, works for me!
I always try and look like I belong. If I do something wrong, I act as if it was perfectly normal. Never give yourself away by acting guilty, most folks dont pay attention to anything. Smart move "Im one of the good guys", we should all remember that one. I have a flattop and am fairly big, people tell me I look like a cop, whatever, works for me!