Also wrong. Mine is always on me. From the moment I wake up to the moment I take my pants off and go to sleep.
Smallest gun I've carried are Glock 19 sized too. With 2 spare magazines.
Just because you or others don't want to do it or don't find it comfortable, doesn't mean no one else can or does.
Mine are always on me, every waking moment as well. I also carry a 17, and usually a back up (26) as well.
And a full size or compact on the person beats the pistol in the pocket.
I agree. To me, pocket pistols are third line guns. I have a number of them, but rarely carry them anymore. They get range time, just to stay familiar with them, and to reinforce why they are third line, and going on down.
You always hear how a pocket pistol is the fastest into action, but who walks around with their hand in their pocket 24/7? Start from a natural, "hands out of the pocket" position, or any other "realistic" any given moment, and then throw a "startle" draw into the mix, and see how fast they are.
How many of you really carry a high cap 15+ round pistol with you 24/7? Be honest. Worse yet, they carry one or more back ups and access to long rifles.
I do (18/6 anyway, although my guns are within reach when Im in bed), and have for a long time now, ever since I stopped carrying a 1911. And again, I do usually carry a back up as well.
I hear this all the time. Yet if I meet them on the street or at a store, I ask them where their gun is... You'd be surprised.
I wouldnt, as Ive asked close friends and family that very same question, and got the response your alluding to.
Then again, on the other hand, Ive answered the same, simply because I dont tell anyone Im carrying anything. I was always well armed when asked, and answered "Not on me" every time.
So, just maybe, some of who you asked, werent being honest with you either.
I'm glad. They're light and easy to carry. But just because they don't want to make an extra effort to carry a more suitable defense gun and would rather carry a back up instead, doesn't make it right. There ARE better options.
Agree here too, there ARE.
Be honest with your self, think back, do you always have access to your SD weapon, while safely keeping it out of reach of children (like in your pocket)?
Absolutely! Ive worn at least one full sized handgun, pretty much every day of my adult life. My kids were also constantly exposed to firearms, basically from birth, and were constantly encouraged to handle them and shoot. They were safer and more knowledgeable than many of the adults we knew/know, and/or would run into at the couple of ranges we belonged to while they were growing up. Properly trained and educated kids are not the problem, its those who arent. That includes adults too.
Do you think that most people who choose to carry a larger weapon are as dilligent as you about always having it on them?
I think that those who understand its a lifestyle, and not just a fad/fashion statement, or something cool to do, etc., are.
Constantine mentions mindset, training and gear. I really think mindset (and by extension, situational awarness) is the key.
Absolutely!
From a lot of responses Ive seen in a number of threads here, and elsewhere, Im beginning to think, there arent to many, that even understand what youre talking about here. They have a special, cool little gun, and carry it. What more do they need? Pretty scary really.
Of course, anyone who chooses to be a little more realistic in their gun choices, and who actually pursue, "mindset, training, and gear", are a little more than overboard in their thinking, and give those who dont (them), a bad name.