Looking for ccw carriers

Depends where I am, who else is around, and how loudly you talk. Few things piss me off any worse than someone who knows I'm an instructor loudly asking if I'm "packing," if I happen to run into them in a public place. I consider that to be as rude as asking, "Haven't you recently put on a lot of weight?" (We instructors live in glass houses, unfortunately.) However, if I'm printing, and another CHL holder quietly, politely calls it to my attention, that person has done me a favor, and I'm happy to visit with him or her.
 
I'm sure that printing, unless the "print" is specifically very gun like, really says much these days. People carry all sorts of junk on them that leaves bulges in their clothes - phones, portable video games, power books, cameras, a ham sandwich, et al.

I'm under no legal obligation to actually bother to "conceal" a weapon in my particular state, I only do so to be somewhat polite.

I'm not unaware of anyone ever being shot outright for wearing a "shoot me" first vest, though I do generally prefer a sport coat myself. Or did before I had children anyway. They're terrible on dry clean only items.

Most people aren't very attentive in general. I could probably throw on a plate carrier festooned with M4 pouches and walk down to the 7-11 right now without anyone particularly caring or raising an eyebrow.
 
"Photographer" vests are quite scarce nowadays...real photographers cannot buy 'em as they're all scooped by newbie (usually) FBI and USSS Special Agents. Truth!

As with fanny packs, they simply SCREAM "I am carrying a gun!"

Be safe.
 
The new "big thing" is various and sundry man bags made by Maxpedition, 5.11 and countless others. These have somewhat replaced the fanny packs of old. They don't necessarily scream gun so much as "that guy carries a lot of junk" since many people use them to carry their notebook computers, netbooks, Kindles, what not owing to the popularity of "24" (and the "Jack sack") plus a desire to appear as masculine as possible while still carrying a purse.
 
I've tried and have yet to spot anyone. I doubt I would say anything to them though unless they have a bad tuck or such, just as a courtesy.

.As for myself being spotted, apparently I have the "concealed" part down unless I have to get really low. I was surrounded by LEO's for a while last night (casually, nothing going down) and not one even raised an eyebrow.:cool:
 
i was bending over working on my truck and a cop (whom i knew) walked up behind me and said in a real quiet voice : i see your gun big boy
 
our office recectionist is a cool gal, we talk guns and stuff.....she asked today(it was in the 90's) "you dont carry a gun when you wear shorts?"(which I do for 6 months of the year)

she was quite suprised(and pleased) that indeed I did....a 340PD

I work with a TON of women, when any have problem or worries about meeting someone, I go along for the ride. Last year we set up some folks doing a home scam....I waited for them to get to the porch, hit the speeddial on my phone and GHPD rigs pulled out in a matter of seconds, the gal just stared at me like I pissed in her Cherios :D

we have, for a Real Estate office, a very open policy, many CWP holders, no problem talking guns around anyone(I have even tought a few to shoot, even a gay guy, he turned out to be a amsome shooter) We have dogs running around, babies all over the place and me Landpimp watching over the flock :)

all my clients know I pack or am a gun person, all the local PD know, they actaully had me block the road by my house when there was a burglerly down the street. I stoped one of the cops on the way down, knew him, told me to grap a gun and watch the road(after I clearned my yard) So I grabed a HK 93 and a bigger USP

Backed up a Park Ranger just last month, spoted some bad folks in the park(which I drive thru to get to a listing) went and grabed the Ranger, he had me hang out in case things went bad, they didnt

have has some really wierd stuff happen selling Real Estate, keeps it entertaining if nothing else

not at all gun related but we came home one day to find the nieghbors goats out loose......they made it to the city park and were muncin away, 3 GHP were on the road and none had a clue what to do(one was scarred to death, he had his taser out) But I got with Fred and said we can herd them back, just do what I do.......it was a riot, we got them all back in and Fred got a lesson in goat herding :D I asked how your going to write this up.......they just laughed
 
well I spotted an off duty SO today in the parking lot of McDonalds, and he was obviously CC,(if that makes sense) but he was carrying IWB but you could tell he didn't give a damn, half the time his lower half of his holster was showing because his shirt had caught on the gun! lol, didn't talk to him though he is a known 'not very nice guy to be around' and I left him be
 
I wear shorts & tee shirt all year even in the winter and I'm always packing. Most of the time I wear elastic band shorts which works well with my smartcarry and when I'm not I just wear my holster strong side with my t-shirt untucked. It just looks like a cell phone under my shirt but if people know who cares. In my state I can open carry anyway and nobody ever pays attention anyway.
 
I only strike up conversations with other CCWers in public bathrooms. If I can see their gun on the floor, I give them the "wanna talk guns" signal which is a tap of my foot three times....if the guys doesn't answer, no big deal...I just read the paper.
 
You'll see my fanny pack. I don't care, it legally meets "concealed". If you know it's a holster you know, if not you'll think I'm out of fashion. They generally "scream" gun to other shooters. You may or may not see the shoulder rig, it depends on the jacket and gun. I open carry once in a while. I don't like IWB and nothing that rides below my belt (thunderwear etc). I don't like a loose belt. If you see me and ask if I have tried a particular holster we'd probably have a good conversation.

Usually I see the "I'm cool because I carry" flash or the "I think can hide a 1911 under a white tee shirt". I had a friend whose attitude was since Virginia allows open carry who cares if my jacket doesn't cover it. Not quite in agreement with that.
 
As far as I know, I've never been made. I have noticed at times others with a tell tale bulge under their Hawaiian shirt, or wearing a fanny pack that they're constantly fondling, photographer's vest in 100 degree heat in the middle of suburbia, etc. I don't think I'd ever walk up to anyone and ask what they're packing. What happens next if they aren't a CCW permit holder and not packing for "legal" reasons...
 
2000Z-71 said:
As far as I know, I've never been made. I have noticed at times others with a tell tale bulge under their Hawaiian shirt, or wearing a fanny pack that they're constantly fondling, photographer's vest in 100 degree heat in the middle of suburbia, etc. I don't think I'd ever walk up to anyone and ask what they're packing. What happens next if they aren't a CCW permit holder and not packing for "legal" reasons...
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they deny the hell out of it and leave ASAP, they are packing for protection too, and there are way too many witnesses in a public place, they want to get out of there before the cops get called
 
Laughing.....

because this reminded me of a time back in the mid 80s when I was in London, England. I parked my car and noticed a uniformed Bobby standing on a corner. As you may know, the Brits didn't carry, at least then, but being a cop, I "made" his revolver in the front pants pocket. Being curious, I approached him, ID'd myself, and asked him why he was carrying since I was under the impression that they didn't. I thought he was going to choke! He said, "How do you know I'm carrying a gun?" I told him because I saw the "print" when I was parking my car...about 100 feet away! When he settled down, he admitted that there was a foreign embassy nearby and that "some" Bobbies carried in "special circumstances." He was clearly embarassed. We chatted a bit more and I left wondering who was being fooled. I would hate to have been that man, on that duty, with only a S&W J frame in my front pocket.
 
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