2 - J Frames, 2 or 3 speed strips, pepper spray multi-tool and a flashlight. Plus a lot of other junk that I’m too lazy to type. Most everyday all day.

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Two Handguns every day

There used to be a guy in Michigan who had a website and was pretty well known, I guess. He was invited to speak at our LE state firearms trainers seminar 12 years or so ago, so he must have had a rep in those circles. He cancelled our event for some reason I can't recall.

Anyway, he was a retired cop from Detroit, and said he was a huge guy, maybe 300 pounds. He SAID he carried 8 guns on his person. (!!!) He didn't say what guns he carried or where on his body he carried them.

He was a bit of a strange guy, an anarchist (he said) and maybe religious. He didn't tolerate bad language or even initials for bad words. I got banned quickly; one of my sins was saying I was an FNG.

I don't know who he is/was and only assume he lived in MI because he retired from there. He had a kind of school or range and a few loyal followers.

On a daily basis, one. 38 Special M642 or Walther CCP 9mm. On an occasional, rare basis, two. Likely the second would be a Beretta 950 BS in 25 ACP. Out in the hunting woods, including the long gun, could be three.

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Come and take it!!

Just one. A CCW permit does not give me the authority to save the world, it only gives me permission to carry concealed for the purpose of self defense.

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Just One........ thou the ammo count can vary from

3" 65/66 with 6 + two reloads for 18 total

to

S&W 3913 7+1 with reloads of +8 or 16 (most common EDC in my Burb of the Burgh)

to

Beretta Centurion with 18+1 plus reloads of +18 to 40.



Lately might find a Mini-14 behind the rear seat of the truck!

As the old Ranger told the kid "it's better to have it and not need it than to
need it and not have it".

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In Omnia Paratus

Around home and walking area I carry a (single) 642-1...sometimes with a speed strip in pocket but usually not.

In town or further out...one semi-auto with a spare mag.

I haven't felt the need to carry a second gun since I retired from law enforcement, and even then it wasn't the norm.

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642-1, M&P15 TS

I just carry one, either a J frame or LCP, depending on how I’m dressed. I no longer go in harm's way and only pack a second J frame when we take a long car trip.

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LEO (Ret.)

I'm lazy so I normally only carry 1 a 2 1/2 66 or LW Commander with reloads. ALWAYS. Stuff happens and mechanical things can malfunction so a New York reload is a great alternative. Plus if someone asks if you are carrying A gun you can truthfully say no. :-) Always have a knife.

Most people aren't proficient with one gun. One or two more are just excess baggage.

Sounds like Evan Marshall.

Also, in the legal world, you have no obligation to save the world. Can't nobody be mad at you if you don't

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Jorge

I want it to be a surprise.

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Music/Sports/Beer fan

I think a huge percentage of CCW holders virtually never carry concealed. An honest answer to this question for most would be either “none” much of the time. Or “when I do it is this many”

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I don't recall ever carrying more than one.

To date, all of them have had a "3" or a "9" as the first number of the caliber.

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SWCA #3356, SWHF#611

The number, type and ammo count is different now than when I was being paid to look for trouble. But old habits die hard and I can't quite get to the place of saying "everybody else can look out for themselves".

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I need ammo, not a ride.

I believe you're right.

Only a Glock 30 with a spare mag.

Wait... Pardon me if I'm misunderstanding you here, but ere you implying that a firearm is dead weight if the person who's carrying it hasn't achieved peak proficiency with it?

If so, then I'm going to have to disagree with you there.

Besides, what would you consider to be proficient? If you mean simply being familiar with the manual of operation for the firearm and establishing point of aim with defensive ammunition, then that's at least reasonable, but if you actually mean true proficiency, as in having received actual firearms training rather than simply shooting at stationary targets at the range, then that's completely absurd.

Most folks rarely need to do more than draw a firearm to end an attack, even less need to discharge their firearm, and only under extreme circumstances does the average joe need to shoot their attacker until he's no longer capable of moving under his own power.
Not that I'm saying that folks should count on an attacker to immediately surrender, obviously you don't draw until you need to shoot, and you don't hesitate until the threat is neutralized, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that a firearm is dead weight in the hands of an untrained individual. (It's not exactly difficult to draw, aim, shoot and hit a target within the average distance in which confrontations occur.)

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Shooting Comfort is bilateral.

Since you want to debate semantics I'll make it clearer for you. Most people are borderline incompetent in the employment of a firearm. I hope that's clearer for you Mr. Thesaurus. I spend at least two days a week on a public range and the lack of basic understanding is shocking. I'm talking about being able to efficiently clear a malfunction without staring dumbfounded at the weapon for ten seconds before taking action, or being able to hit the ocean from the beach at less than ten yards. I'm not talking about being John Wick. If you haven't grasped the basic manual of administrative arms your weapon requires and you can't perform it in even an absence of stress on a square range, carrying more than one isn't going to help you.

If a person is going to exercise their RIGHT of carrying a firearm for self defense, they need to exercise the RESPONSIBILITY of being proficient with their weapon. Yes, that means something more than "simply shooting at the range", it means being as capable as you can be, for yourself as well as everyone else who may be present when you pull the trigger. If you can't agree with that than we need no further discussion.

There's no need to get all worked up over it, I was merely asking you for clarification because you made a rather strong statement without really going into detail about it.

Folks have differing opinions of proficiency when it comes to firearms and I merely wanted to know what yours was in order to better understand the implications of your statement.

Unfortunately, that's what tends to happen when you make blunt, strong statements without an explanation, your statements get taken at face value, thus making you appear as though you're making an unreasonable assertion.

I myself have never witnessed such gross incompetence with a firearm as you are describing, but then again, most range officers typically make short work of such displays by either giving the shooter some advice or otherwise they tend to be escorted off the range if they're just slinging lead haphazardly.

Lastly, this is just the way that I talk, and I don't consider it to be excessively wordy, but I'll take it as a compliment that you consider my speech so eloquent as to refer to me as a walking thesaurus.

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Shooting Comfort is bilateral.

How many depends.

From get up until go to bed, an LCP in my front pocket in a Mika pocket holster. If I'm forced to go somewhere that I feel has more risk, I'll add a Glock 19 (spring/winter/fall) or a Shield 1.0 (summer). I have a Milt Sparks VMII's for the Glock and Shield.

In the winter, if I'm wearing a heavy coat that makes it hard to get to the pocket LCP, I'll carry a 640 in a Mika pocket holster in my coat pocket.

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Sig P226 in .357sig and 2 spare clips. Yup I said clips.

Live a low key life in a rural HOA, so comfortable with just an LCP and extra mag for EDC.

If headed to Costco these days, however, switch to a Sig P365 with extra mag, may need extra firepower to guard the TP on the way out.

And always have a 9mm semi with thumb safety and two extra mags inside the truck's steel Console Vault. Heading somewhere of concern, it's out of the vault riding next to my leg on a magnetic mount.

When I wore badge, two. A Model 19 (or 15, 13, 10 etc) on my hip and a 3913 on my vest straps under my shirt. Back then we wore the vest under the shirt.

Today, one, a Model 22-4 just behind my right hip.

Kevin

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WHAAAAAAT?!

*sparks spray out of ears*

Th-Th-They're called M-M-MAAAGAAAZIIINESSS!!!

*head explodes*

But seriously, I've never understood why that bothers everyone so much, especially given just how many folks on gun forums seem to have a penchant for colloquialisms.

You don't see folks insisting that pistols be referred to as "Self-Loading Pistols" or ammunition being referred to as "Cartridges" whenever someone says bullets, but heaven forbid someone refer to Magazines as "Clips".
Honestly, if you ever want a comeback to that, tell them that if they're going to get technical, then they should be referred to as "Detachable Box Magazines" because even clip-fed firearms such as the Mauser C96 or M1 Garand had magazines.

Meanwhile, just about every firearms forum has users from all over the world tossing around regional slang and bizarre informal speech that requires repeated consultation of a dictionary to understand without blinking an eye, but if you use anything even vaguely resembling proper English then folks start calling you; "Mr. Thesaurus".

Would it be better if spoke like this? "I'ma go pick me up a crocker sack of boolits for some Frank & Sons, then I'ma go to the gunnery n' crack a few off before the lights go dim n' I gotta hit the ol' dusty trail." Because I can, but it would feel awkward and forced because that's just not how I talk. So how about we all just speak however comes natural, quit splitting hairs over nomenclature, and focus on what we all have in common, a fondness/appreciation of firearms?

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Shooting Comfort is bilateral.

I'm comfortable with a simple 637 and a speed strip.

Mayberry reload?

Best,
Rick

I agree. I don’t shoot at public ranges because of what I have seen there unless it’s a weekday morning when nobody else is there. I’ve packed up and left when I see the parade of mutants coming into the range to make noise.

You guys need to find some better ranges then because...Wow.

Honestly, even the hands-off range officers who basically just periodically drive by the outdoor range I visit on a golf cart wouldn't allow that. In fact, every single table has a big orange list of rules/regulations on it, which are very specific about how you shoot and safety procedure.

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Shooting Comfort is bilateral.

In answer to the original question, here in New Mexico, one can carry only one concealed gun at a time. I would think some other states would have the
same restriction, but I may be wrong.

This is all. I feel pretty secure most times, when I don't, these ain't enough. Joe

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Never less than 3, but I live a very dangerous life style around very dangerous clients.

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I don't think there are any others.

I'm not an expert on the carry laws of all 50 states, but of the ones I've looked at New Mexico is the only one I've found with a one gun restriction.

Not looking for trouble, but it was the 66-4 and a couple of speedloaders for the trip to Costco today....
More masks than an Anime convention.

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One rotated between 2 mod 36 3in , a 442 , a detective spl and a 70s colt cobra.I shoot the one im going to carry for the month prior to transitioning to that gun.

One, with no reloads. A S&W 5906. It's heavy enough that I can bash them in the head if I run out of ammo.

Right now, hip and back problems relegate me to carrying a Ruger EC9s 7+1 with a 9 round spare. When healthy, I carry a 2" S&W Model 12-2 with 2 speedloaders and 2 speedstrips or a 4" S&W Model 65-1 with the same reloads. When we have to travel for my wife's medical appointments to OKC or Houston, I carry both S&Ws with .357 Magnums in the speedloaders and .38 Specials in the speedstrips. There's a gun safe in the Jeep with other stuff I might need. I also carry a KaBar TDI and a Spyderco Wayne Goddard. My wife's little gun (a 4" Model 681 with Crimson Trace grips) is her business.

When I was working, I carried a 4" Model 686 with 4 speedloaders, the 2" Model 12-2 in a cargo pocket holster with 2 speedstrips, the KaBar and Spyderco, a Taser, a collapsible baton, pepper spray, handcuffs, a 320 lumen flashlight, and a Motorola brick. Then there was an AR-15 (M4gery) with 7 magazines and a Remington 870 riot gun in the car or the gun locker in the office (after I left the street). I wonder why I have back and hip problems now?

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Luke 22:36

ZERO.

The state of Nevada has to mail me a plastic card first that says they trust me enough that I can protect my own life with only their permission.

And with controna virus going on, that might take just a day shy of forever.

NEW YORK RELOAD

I think you misspelled the name of the virus. I think it's now called Controla Virus.

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Usually just a J frame or my old Cobra and a speed strip . If I carry a 1911 I carry 1 extra mag . If I am going where I might be compelled to leave my belt gun in the car I will slip a small auto in my pocket with no reload .

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9mm pistol on me.

9mm carbine in the car.

S&W 442 (with speed strip) or Sig P 365 depending on what part of town I'm in.

One Shield 9mm with the 8 round mag and one 7 round mag in my weak side pocket. I figure if I need more then that I've ventured into the wrong area, or I've gotten myself into a situation where it's not going to matter how many guns I have on me.

And THAT is the reason that all of my hand gun practice is at MY OWN gun range at home. I give the local sheriffs office a courtesy call when I activate my range, just to keep the hysterical 911 callers at bay.

When I need 100-200yd, then I will use the public range. Wish I owned more acreage, but can't have everything...

I carry one and do my darnedest to make sure I never have to use it.
There are three guns I carry regularly depending on weather, activity, circumstances, etc.
Colt LW Commander .45acp.
S&W 642 .38 Special
Colt Mustang XSP .380
Always carry a reload.

Of course there can always be exceptions. Depending on conditions, expectations or just my mood, I've been known to carry anything from a .25 acp to a .45 Colt.

I don't always carry, but when I do, it's one. Sincerely. bruce.

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