Places you don't carry, but could.

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bignz

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For those who regularly conceal carry, I'm interested in places you CHOOSE NOT TO carry where you legally could. Dentist's chair? Dinner at a friends house? Vacation? Etc?
 
The only place I do not carry is on base and anytime I venture into town on official business. I carry everywhere else; out to eat, dinner at a buddy's, church, etc. If I happen to be venturing into the state trooper office, local police office, or ADF&G office, I'll leave my gun in the console of the truck (locked) and I take the mags with me. At least then, if someone breaks in and takes it they'll have to find a mag and ammo to feed it.
 
Any time I think I might have even ONE drink. When I go out to any restaurant, I leave my slide in the truck and my wife puts the frame in her purse. If I don't drink, I put it back together when I get back. If I do, my wife keeps it til we get home, and it goes back in the safe, still in pieces.
 
There is no place I can legally carry that I don't.

It's an always, everywhere thing for me, as long as it's legal. I avoid places where it isn't for the most part.

Daryl
 
I don't carry into my relatives house (Non-violence at all costs).

And sometimes when I don't have the time/outfit to CC, but usually otherwise anywhere legally.
 
I ususally don't carry around my wife's family although I have on a few instances. I also do not carry at a dentist or doctor visit.
 
I carry at all times as I feel "naked" without my heater. I have a saying that sums it up: "I would much rather have my gun and hope I never have to use it then to need it and not have it." For those of you that read my post about being the victim of a home invasion robbery and getting shot in my own home can surely appreciate my sentiments. My weapons have become part of my wardrobe just as much as my underwear is. I guess that gives a new meaning to going "Commando."
 
If it's legal for me to carry concealed there, I'm carrying. Ohio is a tough state in this regard, however... there's a heap of places where we can't legally carry. :(

I leave my slide in the truck and my wife puts the frame in her purse.
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I get the jist of what you are doing here, but you've got to know that according to the letter of the law, your wife is now carrying a concealed handgun. And if your argument is that no LEO would ever try and arrest her for that, then why don't you simply carry the frame and leave her out of it? Of course, if she's licensed herself, then it's all good!

Leaving the frame and taking the slide would remove the "gun" part of it, but the frame is the part that's not replaceable if something gets swiped.

I do feel your pain, though. I don't like leaving any of my guns anywhere outside of my safe unless it's being worn on me.
 
I carry pretty much to every place I legally can. Here's the problem however. I can't carry at work. And because I prefer not to leave my gun in my care while at work; or because I'm riding my motorcycle and there's no place to put it in the vehicle; that means when I get off work, I don't have my weapon. And it's not uncommon to stop at stores, gas stations, etc... after work. And unfortunately, I won't be armed. I also thinks it's wrong that as a retired military person, that I can't go on a military installation with a concealed weapon. Talk about inconvenient. Go on a vacation through 3 states and if you bring a weapon, not being allowed to even enter the base to do some site seeing or stopping at the BX to do some shopping. Or my son, who attends the air force academy in colorado; I can't swing by and pick him up for the weekend if I bring my handgun. So, I have to "CHOOSE" to leave my handgun at home and take weekend trips, out of state, for 5+ hours, and not able to carry a gun because I will be stopping at a military base.
 
I carry everywhere I legally can, except if it is literally impossible to conceal there -- not just difficult, but impossible.

For instance, I do carry when we take the family up to the lake. It's difficult to conceal in that situation, but it is doable. However, I don't carry into the water while wearing my swimsuit, because that's impossible to conceal. I do carry to the doctor's office, but I remove my firearm along with my clothing when the doctor needs to do a complete exam. And so on.

pax
 
The only places I don't carry that I could carry are those places where I don't feel like carrying, which is rare but happens. 3 or 4 times in the last eight months, just because I didn't.
 
I try to carry everywhere I can legally do it. But sometimes I respect the fact that some people in my life are not big fans of it (I'm a younger guy, mostly women my age don't agree with my choice to defend myself, and them should the need arise). So in certain peoples houses, I respect their wishes and leave it in a lock box. Other than that I carry when I can. Obviously when I'm going to do sports and active things I'm not going to be carrying, but investing in a good lock box is a wise thing to do.
 
Get up, put pants on, holster handgun, and go about daily business.

I carry everywhere that it is legal and I can maintain control of the firearm. So, no carrying to the beach, lake, or pool; as the firearm would be unattended while swimming. I dislike restrictive laws which prohibit my carrying into the post office and force me to lock my gun in a strong-box in my vehicle.
 
To carry or not to carry....

Although it is legal to carry with my permit, I choose not to carry anywhere as the laws in my state are so strict, I'm afraid someone will see the bulge under my coat and that'll be the end of that. I need my L.T.C. to shoot at my gun club and don't want to risk losing my permit. What a shame.......
 
My gun is with me any place it's legal for it to be along ... I never drink when I'm carrying, which means I get to be the designated driver .. a LOT ... Texas has a specific list of places you can't carry, and the law mandates a very detailed sign for shops, malls, etc., which don't want you carrying there ... I've never actually seen one posted; I always ignore handmade signs ...
 
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