Perhaps silly but serious question about ccw and public restrooms...

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If you find yourself having to drop a deuce what do you do with your weapon? Most stalls do not go all the way to the ground so with your britches around your ankles, someone in the next stall could spot your firearm in its holster on your belt and freak out.

How do you prevent this from happening? Yes I'm being serious.
 
Avoid the "splash",,,

Wear a shoulder holster.

Just kidding my friend. ;)

It's actually a real problem,,,
Especially for you folk wearing belt holsters.

I have lotsa joking answers for you,,,
But since I always carry a mouse-gun in my pocket,,,
I have no good technique to share with you on this real topic.

Might a paddle holster be easier?,,,
Slip it off and hold it in your lap?

"Honest Officer, I wasn't brandishing it",,,

Aarond
 
There was a thread last year about what to do, dig around a bit. However don't bother trying to reply on that thread, the mods will inedibility slam it shut because it is "old".

And that's a shame since old info can still be valid. Having old topics pop up from time to time is helpful because some of the subjects are things that we might not think to think about. (. . . There are known unknowns, things that we know we don't know and there are unknown unknowns, things we don't know that we don't know. . .
 
alot of toilet paper holders are circular (gun may not stay up there) and sometimes there is not an external tank in some public restrooms. I know you could still use the back part of the toilet but I really do not want to set my gun down on porcelain were countless people have peed on it. :barf:
 
Put it in the center of your pants/shorts. it's out of sight, available, and you won't forget it.
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Yeah, I was reading this method in some other threads. Seems like the best one for me as I will be carrying IWB most the time.
 
Put it in the center of your pants/shorts. it's out of sight, available, and you won't forget it.
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+1.

Most stalls do not go all the way to the ground so with your britches around your ankles, someone in the next stall could spot your firearm in its holster on your belt and freak out.
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Unless Senator Craig is in the stall next to you, no one is going to be looking at your pants around your ankles.

Even if you have a belt holster on, pull the gun out, drop your pants and put the gun in the center of them.

Do not drop your gun when doing this, even if it doesn't go off, the sound of it hitting a tiled floor will be just as loud or so my buddy said.
 
I for one don't let my pants down around my ankles. Ever seen the floor of a public restroom? I keep my pants up around my knees so it's not an issue. It's easy to do. Take a wide stance, just don't tap your foot :eek: I suppose for folks with larger waist size pants it could be more of a problem, but that's when you pull holster and gun off belt and put it in the basket created by your drawers, or you cinch your belt at the knee level.

Unless the other person is laying on the floor of their stall looking up at you they won't see your gun. And if they do, you have bigger problems at that point.

One thing I never advocate is taking a gun off and laying it on the toilet tank or toilet paper holder. I was in Smoky Mtn. Knifeworks once when the police were called to take possession of a Keltec P3AT that someone had left behind on the TP holder. Yeah, it CAN happen............
 
Do not drop your gun when doing this, even if it doesn't go off, the sound of it hitting a tiled floor will be just as loud or so my buddy said.
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And besides that, the floors in most public restrooms are pretty nasty places. You might looks sorta strange hosing your gun off in the sink before re-holstering it.

Daryl
 
A lot of departments taught to put the gun in the sling formed by your pants.

Things NOT to do:

Hang the gun on the coat hook by the door.
It's not uncommon for thieves to walk down the line of stalls and reach over to see what they can grab. If they grab your coat or gun you won't be chasing them down.

Never lay the gun on the floor, even between your feet.
Again, thieves are known to reach under the stall and grab things.

Never hold the gun in your hand.
A lot of accidents are caused by people holding the gun and "just fooling around with it".
In one case I heard of a cop was doing this and fired a round that passed all the way down the line of stalls before burying itself in the far wall.
As one occupant later said, "Anyone in the bathroom that had constipation problems sure didn't after that".

Never lay the gun on the back of the john or the paper holder. They tend to fall off, and in some cases, to go sliding out of the stall where someone could grab it.
Worse, in some ways, the gun could fall off and land in the john.
 
Since I pocket carry a mouse gun I don't have to worry about this. But when I was carrying my XD IWB I would kinda roll the waist of my pants over so they would totally cover the grip. Kinda the same idea as putting it in your saddle so to speak.
 
Put it:

1. On top of TP dispenser
2. On top of toilet tank
3. On back of toilet
4. Remove and place between legs in crotch of pants while around ankles.
 
Put it in the center of your pants/shorts. it's out of sight, available, and you won't forget it.
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Wouldn't put it near the back of the toilet might fall or some crap, Most of the stalls today have no back, just a small Stainless steel plumbing to the wall lol......... If you have a easy holster to unhook, hook it to the coat hook?

I am never out that long to have to worry about it, and even if I did. I just rush home. I hate public restrooms, very nasty germs/std/hiv sick people out there.


Boy this was a fun topic! lol

Oh yeah I wouldn't let my pants ride to the floor in bathrooms, you ever seen the rim around the toilet in public? pee stains/smells/pudles of pee sometimes......:D:eek: Just hold those pants up, you know your going have eto sit on that in the car.:eek::rolleyes::mad:


One last thing, you should keep it close!! I know a guy who was using the restroom, in the downtown part of town, he was in the stall. This guy comes pounding on the door, screaming something in his native tongue. lol It was funny how this guy told it. I mean the guy really pounded the door like he was mad.
 
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Definitely in your tighty-whities!

I concur with all those who say to put it in the "hammock" formed by your briefs. I would imagine that briefs are better than boxers at this, and you guys who "go commando" are out of luck.

It's beginning to dawn on me that nobody here cares for my little stories, but I'm gonna tell ya anyway. I learned this technique at the Saginaw Fair in '77, where young thieves would attempt to climb over from an adjoining stall to rob you at knifepoint. Somehow, producing my S&W Model 36 (Chief's Special) from between my knees sent them scurrying.

I now avoid public restrooms if at all possible. But I use the same technique even if I'm forced to squat in the woods or alongside my car in some secluded spot (Yes, I carry TP in my car for such emergencies).
 
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The correct answer has been hit upon several times in the thread. Place it in the crotch of your pants. It is safe, not on the ground or in view, and you will not walk off without it. NEVER place the firearm on the back of the toilet tank or anywhere else of the person. Good trained folks do that every year and walk out of public restrooms leaving loaded guns behind. They didn't think they were capable of such a thing either. It happened anyway.
 
Or plan ahead and don't use a rest area crapper! LOL


I plan ahead and do my business acordingly...never had a problem. I travel a lot, I know sometimes things happen, gas station or the woods might be safer!
NO I am not joking either!
 
I either use the crotch of my pants, or if I'm wearing a boot, I'll tuck the muzzle down my pant leg into the boot top (my pants are outside my boots, but it still funnels pretty well).
 
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