I really think you're simply not understanding the context other people may be carrying in.
I can see where what I posted might have been misconstrued, but I am not in the least uncomfortable carrying a 'big honkin' hogleg' every day (if that's what you consider a G19 ).
I understand that to you, that your Glock is a carry-able piece and you don't get made. Some people have highly physical demands placed on them in the course of the day, where printing is not the only way to get made - often concealing garments lift, showing your firearm. Sometimes people get 'touched' or 'handled', so a hard lump would be questioned. Sometimes dressing to hide a gun sticks out - because you're wearing the wrong clothes for the occasion/task/climate. Assuming that the waist and shoulder become poor methods of carrying, you are left with precious little real estate to carry a weapon on - ankle, Thunderwear, pocket, and perhaps belly band. A G19 is not really suitable for any of those places on most average human bodies.
Trying to get people to understand that they don't have to settle for being marginally armed. There are multiple ways to carry more than a pocket pistol in day-to-day activities without discomfort and printing.
If you guys want to go out in the world deceiving yourselves that you are adequately armed, so be it.
And some folks (well, one folk, anyway, at least) is trying to get YOU to understand that A) a mousegun is not necessarily marginally armed by definition, and B) discomfort and printing are not the only reasons people carry mouseguns. Imagine being a 105 pound woman. Are you going to carry a 1911 all day? Most likely, you would not. There are some that do - but the cast majority would find that to be too demanding in a variety of ways (weight, size, need to be covered, physcial discomfort). Most folks wouldn't consider the weight, or the discomfort, because the sheer SIZE makes it a nearly impossible task. It's not discomfort, it's a literal inability!
I'm not deceiving myself. I would prefer to carry a .45 as opposed to my lil bitty .22. However, that's not a reliastic possibility given my set of circumstances. I have a .357 I love to carry - I just rarely have the opportunity. Pocket pistols, too, I think, may be a bit more potent than you're giving them credit for. They do what they were intended to do when asked. You may have noted the recent popularity of the LCP/P3AT. There is a reason for that popularity.
I could sit here all day and rag you about your 9mm. I don't care for that cartridge, most of the time. But really, in the end, it doesn't matter. You like it for you, and that's what's most important. Most people put a great deal of thought into their EDC setup, and while fresh opinions can be stimulating, typically folks who have the forethought to carry have the forethought to think about what it is that they might want to carry.
One man's thoughts.
-L.
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I've stepped up some since then.