Spotting a concealed handgun...
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Double Naught Spy
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Right. If I am running from point A to B in the rain with something I don't want to get wet, it will be carried in the manner above. In other words, many of those behaviors are interesting, but not diagnostic of carrying a gun.
The assymetric gait and the body turn are things I have never seen at all. I have to figure the assymetric gait is something that would be changed within a few steps of beginning to walk unless the person has a rifle down their pants.
12GaugeShuggoth
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There are also people (like me) who just walk a little different due to other outside factors, like injuries. I had a foot injury several years ago that makes me walk a little off-center to avoid a pressure point on one side of my foot. Also, like no one noted, some people approach others at an angle due to other reasons than trying to conceal a handgun. I was taught early from a LEO in the family to do this, and it's just an old habit now.
Just because someone is doing something that *could* be a sloppy CC habit, doesn't actually make it so.
Just because someone is doing something that *could* be a sloppy CC habit, doesn't actually make it so.
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I say everyone who can carry a gun legally should carry it right out in the open. I bet then the boogie man would think twice about opening fire if he saw 10 guns in a McDonalds. Someone with a gun would likely be the first target but since we all can spot guns or people with guns that wouldn't be a problem would it. Come on, don't place yourself in bad situation out of illusions of a wild west gunfight, be safe in your own actions, shoot enough to shoot straight and carry whatever and however you like and live with the reactions of others. Just be legal so everyone doesn't suffer for it. BTW I carry concealed. Just picking a fight. I did live in AZ years back where you would see people with cowboy rigs just walking around like it was nothing, bet they never got robbed.
I say everyone who can carry a gun legally should carry it right out in the open. I bet then the boogie man would think twice about opening fire if he saw 10 guns in a McDonalds. Someone with a gun would likely be the first target but since we all can spot guns or people with guns that wouldn't be a problem would it. Come on, don't place yourself in bad situation out of illusions of a wild west gunfight, be safe in your own actions, shoot enough to shoot straight and carry whatever and however you like and live with the reactions of others. Just be legal so everyone doesn't suffer for it. BTW I carry concealed. Just picking a fight. I did live in AZ years back where you would see people with cowboy rigs just walking around like it was nothing, bet they never got robbed.
"Also, like no one noted, some people approach others at an angle due to other reasons than trying to conceal a handgun."
It seems to me that besides yours, angles are covered in posts one 1, 16 and 17. Regardless, a carrier's use of angles is among the more revealing tells.
It seems to me that besides yours, angles are covered in posts one 1, 16 and 17. Regardless, a carrier's use of angles is among the more revealing tells.
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AK103K said:
Amen to that, as I've discovered the hard way. I often favor an OWB holster but have given up wearing one if my wardrobe includes an elastic-hemmed jacket. At every turn that cussed elastic is crawling up and around the holster, and then staying there. Nothing but a firm yank will bring it back down. Not good! That constant tugging at one's right hip would, of course, fit right into the "give-aways" listed in the poster.
Swampghost
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How would you carry in FL? T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops? I'll tell but want some input first. BTW 'fanny packs' are for Euro's and gays, that may not be PC but it's the truth where I live.
dabigguns357
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when i carry during the summer,the only thing i do different is leave my shirt untucked.
though this summer i may try and carry this under a xtra large Hawaiian shirt.
though this summer i may try and carry this under a xtra large Hawaiian shirt.
Swampghost
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Not there yet.
dabigguns, that thing would stick out like a sore thumb. You'd never make it from the car to the beach. Most leather holsters add 1/8" per side, 1/4" overall. That's really a long reach, a crossdraw from the back. Way too many motions involved here.
dabigguns, that thing would stick out like a sore thumb. You'd never make it from the car to the beach. Most leather holsters add 1/8" per side, 1/4" overall. That's really a long reach, a crossdraw from the back. Way too many motions involved here.
That is a colossal fallacy and here is why: the BG always is in control of the engagement. He chooses whether or not to engage, and if he does, when and where. That's true for open carry or concealed. But, when you carry open, you are only giving the BG more useful information and knowledge is power. The BG will use that power more effectively with the knowledge that you have a weapon, where it is located, how it is retained, and your mental condition and alertness.
dabigguns357
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Sorry it was worth a try.I'm left handed and always carry my snubby at about the 8pm position,now when i carry my .40 cal i use a iwb now but i carry alittle more forward at about the 9pm position.
12GaugeShuggoth
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For reference, when I stated that no one had mentioned something; I was referring to the poster no one, I wasn't making a statement that no poster had said something.
Just felt like clarifying, seemed like I might have been misunderstood there.
Gentlemen,
I deleted a couple of comments in this thread. And I'd like to draw everyone's attention back to TFL's forum rules for a moment. This one, in particular:
No, nobody cussed. But sometimes it's possible to forget that TFL is a mixed audience of "polite strangers." Although your own daughter might not read here, it is a sure bet that someone's 16-year-old daughter probably is. Although your own grandmother might be deceased, it's quite possible that someone's grandmother is reading these words right now.
This means that jokes which might be acceptable in a group of guys standing face to face, really have no place here.
Although any one of these little jokes is relatively minor, the cumulative effect on the board culture can become huge.
So next time, please think twice, post once. If you wouldn't say it in front of someone else's young daughter, someone's wife, someone's grandmother -- whom you don't know well -- don't say it here.
In short: please remember that TFL is not the men's locker room.
Thanks.
pax
I deleted a couple of comments in this thread. And I'd like to draw everyone's attention back to TFL's forum rules for a moment. This one, in particular:
No, nobody cussed. But sometimes it's possible to forget that TFL is a mixed audience of "polite strangers." Although your own daughter might not read here, it is a sure bet that someone's 16-year-old daughter probably is. Although your own grandmother might be deceased, it's quite possible that someone's grandmother is reading these words right now.
This means that jokes which might be acceptable in a group of guys standing face to face, really have no place here.
Although any one of these little jokes is relatively minor, the cumulative effect on the board culture can become huge.
So next time, please think twice, post once. If you wouldn't say it in front of someone else's young daughter, someone's wife, someone's grandmother -- whom you don't know well -- don't say it here.
In short: please remember that TFL is not the men's locker room.
Thanks.
pax
onthejon55
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Swampghost said:
Same here.
Ive been playing spot the CCW weapon for 2 weeks and havent seen one yet
How often do you usually find one?