Is carrying 2 guns overkill?

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Do whatever you think is prudent and reasonable. Nobody should know what you are armed with. You will end up where ever you are comfortable equipment wise.

It's analogous to rookies----they look like a equipment catalog then they start to shed "must-haves" as it becomes a PITA to haul that stuff around.
 
If it's overkill then I'm guilty of overkill.
I always have a .38 on my ankle and a .380 in my back pocket.
Why? Because I can!
 
Yes, it is probably over-kill. Of course, statistically speaking, carrying a high capacity gun is over-kill. Heck, carrying one at all is probably over-kill. It is just a matter of with what level of "over preparedness" you personally feel comfortable.

I personally do not see issue with how a person carries until it has an effect on their daily activities and personal comfort. if you start not doing normal activities which you would want to do if not for your sidearm or you start sacrificing personal comfort for emotional comfort, that can be an issue.
 
I almost never carry two because as a result of my own personal "need/benefit vs comfort" analysis I end up with carrying only one gun.

But your question itself is flawed as there is no dogmatic all encompassing answer for how many guns one "should" carry, or what is "overkill" or not, except for maybe to say that one should have at least one, if one is serious about personal defense.

Beyond that, if your own need/comfort analysis dictates that you carry three guns, well then that's what you should carry.
 
Four guns? You patrolling Iraq? The most I have carried at work is three and that was on a fugitive taskforce detail actively looking for violent BGs
 
"no. I aways carrie at least four guns on me. so its not overkil at all to carrie too guns. If it makes you feel more better to have too guns then thats what you should do."


:rolleyes:...Great, this guy has 4 guns about him and can't even spell very good...I feel safer..
 
...Great, this guy has 4 guns about him and can't even spell very good...I feel safer..
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I sent him a PM saying hello and asking where he hailed from. I was thinking english might be a second language. He has thus far failed to respond.

If english is not his second language I would become suspicious of someone that is filling the boards with such poorly written posts including questionable behavior.
 
I don't think it's overkill. I've usually got one/two in the truck and one on me. I think one is more than enough for almost every occasion as long as you've trained with the weapon.

And...revolvers can "fail." Someone I know very well had a .38 Revolver fail to fire, bad primer. Factory loaded ammo. Scary stuff.
 
Two is definitely not too many. For EDC, I only carry one, but I have carried two on a few occasions. When getting accustomed to a new carry piece, I do normally carry a secondary that I trust as a backup. I've never carried more pistols than I have hands - I'm not saying that its a bad thing to do so, but I had to set a personal limit. I'm all for options, and backup, but if I ever do need it, I don't want to spend too long deciding which one of my many carry pieces I'm willing to relinquish to the cops when they show up after the altercation. Precious seconds and all that jazz.

Now that I've been shooting for almost a year, and have experienced some malfunctions in a few autoloaders, I will say that carrying a small unobtrusive revolver to back up a semi sounds like a really good idea. Of course, that could just be my mind trying to justify spending money on a pocket revolver. And a range revolver. And a bedside revolver. And a .22 revolver for plinking.
 
I carry two handguns, a case of greenades, a sawed off shotgun, 6 throwing stars and a japanese puffer fish to throw at assailants in case of attack.
 
I will probably carry a second mag when I am alone, but continue to carry my .22 when with my wife. She has a .38 and a P22, but no c/c liscense yet. This way she can help out if needed. Thank you for all the advice.
 
since I found myself in the scrape I did years back I carry a spare box of cartridges in addition to the spare mag I always have carried with my 'trail gun' Ruger .22LR semi-auto. and some other handgun with a spare mag - either my .32acp Beretta, Makarov (usually) or rarely my Ruger .357 w/speed loader.
 
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