How many guns do you carry?

Jeb21 said:
I carry one, with one reload. Crime in my area is low. On the few occasions when I have had to investigate a strange event on my property then a handgun becomes my bug and a long gun becomes my primary. My hat is off to those civilians who can regularly carry two or more. I find carrying one gun difficult at times.
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Ain't that the truth. And you don't hear people mention how much of a pain it is very much. But it is a pain isn't it?

I used to think that if a person didn't carry two or more guns they were just plain lazy and not serious.

That was a long time ago and now that I'm older and still have some brain cells left, I see where I was wrong.

I live in the Seattle metro area. It ain't a nice place. Any given day, I can be in downtown Seattle or up in the mountains and I feel that I need to carry some fire power.

I've been bit twice and assaulted twice. They weren't real serious incidents but couldn't have been.

One way or another, I'm going home at the end of the day. If someone steps over the imaginary line in the sand, they won't like the outcome.

But that's me. If I lived in Sleepy Hollow, maybe I wouldn't feel the need to carry more than one gun.

Actually, it's a shame that we have to carry guns in the first place. :(
 
Kanewpaddle:

No apology necessary. I have had many "experiences" both with other cops and gun/gun shop "experts" that I have crossed paths with that make me cringe too. In any profession, there are people that have degrees in their minds, rather than on paper, and "this gun is better than that gun" or "shoot them and drag them inside"......statements/mentality/comments are abundant. I know. I hear it all the time.

For myself, I carry what I feel is comfortable for me. I don't knock any gun (unless it is real junk) or caliber for anyone else.

I once went to a local range and when the attendant handed me my target holder, the first words out of his mouth were: "If you shoot the metal clip, it will cost you fifty cents!"
To say I was pissed at that statement.....was an umderstatement. Had I not wanted to shoot so bad, I would have returned the holder, spoken to the manager, and demanded my range fee back. I am no Jerry Michulek, but I don't hit target clips either. I have not been back at that range, ever since.

I once had a woman see me read a gun magazine at a local 7-11 while I was in uniform. She was in shock that I read those "kind" of magazines. I told her it is my life on the line and it is my right to read them. She looked at me a "second" time and left the store.

I also had an offender laugh at me when he saw me remove my ankle gun and place it in a gun locker, prior to entering the lockup. He could not believe that I was "that" paranoid of a cop.

Paraniod or not, I intend to keep on living and I don't plan on treating so-called "experts" as Gods either.

That's why I feel experience counts....a little.

Sincerely.......

TAKJR
 
And one more thing..........

I was a small arms repairman instructor at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, in the U.S. Army many.....many years ago. Never......ever did we ever.....have anyone suggest (or stated one ever needs to do this) that you need full-length pipe cleaners to clean out the gas tube (which are sold today) for the M16..A1..M4...series rifles. If there was EVER a problem with one EVER....it was simply replaced.

Hint: I NEVER needed to replace one in the field, way back when.

I understand changing with the times, but to sell anything to make a buck today?

Full-length guide rods for the 1911?

That's another money maker..........but not for me....obviously......

Amazing...but experience does count (saving you pennies for other things......).

Ok....I apologize. I forgot this is the Smith & Wesson forum.

A piston-driven AR....that's cool! A POSITIVE sign of the times.

TAKJR
 
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I have carried two handguns for over 35 years. I feel naked without my second handgun which is most often a 5 shot S&W 38. From time to time if the situation warrants it I also carry a rifle or shotgun in the car depending on where I am going or threats in the area. I would rather have the extra weapon and not need it, than need it and not have it.
 
Always two---or more

Today a 296 and a 642. Tomorrow? Because I have been a little puny since radiation treatments in the spring, mostly carrying Ti guns in 44 Spec or Mag or 45ACP for primary. My 625-10 has seen some carry time lately too.
 
I spent over 30 years on the Job. I carried at least 2 handguns every day, from the first day I Graduated the Academy, till the day I retired.

This included evfen when I was carryijng a rifle as my "primary" weapon, I always had 2 handguns.

Now that I am retired I still never leave the house with out 2 handguns on my person.

I carry a rifle in the vehicle and an extra handgun as well, as a lot of bullets.

Guns are TOOLS, designed to do a task.

For me that task is to save my life.

IF it ever becomes necessary I want to have the Tools on hand to do the job.
 
Only one for right now, if there was a situation in my area such as riots etc, I may carry more. If others want to carry 2 or more all the time, that's a judgement they make based on their situation, more power to them.
 
NE450No2:

You are a man after my own heart. I met a Chicago tactical officer once who was giving our (suburban) department some advice on how to investigate a triple-homicide that occurred in our town (in the Denny's Parking lot) in a well-off suburb.....NOT the West-side of Chicago! Imagine that! I was the officer-in-charge that evening and the paperwork that followed (along with the extensive investigation) was mind-boggling (to say the least). My first words to him when I saw him wearing two firearms were......"Two guns.......my man!" His response to me was......"Yup! Reloading sucks!"

Anything you do to increase your odds of coming home.......is paramount.

Ever watch the cable show "Gangland?" How many guns do you see the bangers carry, stash, or hide in a dope house?

If I can carry grenades......I would.

The era of gunfighting has not past. Bangers do it every day, without hesitation. Innocents are always victims. More African American criminal offenders kill innocent African American citizens than ever before. More innocent Mexican citizens are killed in Mexico by Mexican criminal offenders (normally Mexican drug cartel members) than ever before.

We need more people with the mind-set like yourself, or like (the gone but not forgotten) Bill Jordan, Jim Cirillo......etc., etc. They were "gunfighters" that fought for lives of honest, "law-abiding" citizens. They killed because they up-held laws, not denegrated the laws.

Yes.....I said "killed," not "stopped." Lets face the music.

Some people think Ted Nugent is crazy. Nope. He is a true American that believes in the right to self-defense from pure-scum of society, period.

Did you ever see the "Sons of Guns" episode where he visted their shop? They gave him a custom 1911 as a present and as they attempted to present it to him, Ted (politely) produced about four guns from his person.

So........beware of men that know how to use their tools.....(no pun intended.)

Thanks for your service in law enforcement.

When I finally retire...... I will still have a bunch of guns......and my dog....always at my side.

"You are either b a sheep...or a wolf." (From the movie Training Day.)

TAKJR
 
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I always carry Two Guns. I have carried Glocks but, the last few years I have been carrying Snub Revolvers. Usually A Sp101 and a LCR357. I have a few other Snubs I rotate in the mix. If I carry Three, I add one of my 442s.
 
Packard

Just to prove a point......and a "Clint Smith"-type joke here......grenades give you more bang for the buck. If you use grenades, you would save a lot on training time....too!



TAKJR
 
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Sometimes I go into to public without any gun at all! Talk about living life on the wild side. Going unarmed in public! Other times I carry one or two pistols and a SOG Falsh II Tanto bladed knife.
 
A friend of mine who was a NY City detective in the worst areas of the Bronx once said to me, "A back up weapon is one more gun than that bad guy thinks you are carrying. So the bad guys know that cops carry a back up weapon, I carry one more."

So, if you buy into the idea that you should carry one more weapon than the bad guys think you are carrying, then regardless of what you do for your primary weapon, the back up weapon should be kept secret.

Personally I believe it is best to keep all weapons secret, but I know that there are many out there that don't care who knows that they are carrying. But for the back up weapon, it should be kept hidden from all.
 
Never three, always one, sometimes two - MY choice. This is an option;

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On duty, two, always. Off-duty I generally carry one. The exception to that is in the winter when my main gun is covered by a coat. Then I will have my 642 in my pocket for easy access.
 
On duty - two always as mentioned above, and quite often a third for "just in case". Off duty - 90% of the time it's still two. The exception would be on vacation somewhere really hot and clothing dictates less - I'd still like to carry two, but just don't have the set up for it.

Yes it is a pain to carry at times, but it's a duty and one happily carried out. Imagine a world where you can't........
 
I never carried a backup pistol of any kind and still don't since retiring as LEO.
I did carry a S&W folding tactical knife as a tool more than as backup.

I still carry one concealed pistol (occasionaly an xtra mag) and nothing else.
 
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