For someone wheelchair bound, what do you guys think about this one for CC?

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I spend more time than I want using a wheelchair. For times I am away from it using a walker I CC with a shoulder holster, gun under left arm.

For times one is actually IN the wheelchair, what do you guys out there think about this?

Concealed Carry for wheelchairs - YouTube

Thanks for any honest information / feedback you have to offer.
 
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I don't know if this question has come up more than the twice I've seen it, and it has got me thinking.
The youtube idea looks great, 'course now the whole world
knows about it. I should think that some varient would be as good.
That bag/cover is a target in and of itself. Needs to be under
the chair owners control more. Needs to be on/near the legs,
so that it is under the users hand. Seeing that clip brings out
the problems quite well. If I end up in a wheelchair, I just might
try putting something like the video showed, but have it built so
that it comes up off the side of the seat, like you had something
as a leg restraint. Just a Thought; I'll sit back and watch now.
TACC1
 
Well, TACC1, all they would get if they grabbed the bag is the bag. And by the time they realized it, they'd be looking down the barrel of that pistol in the owner's hand! :D
 
Personally, I would prefer a cross draw holster at my waist, or a fanny pack type concealment holster, also on my waist. That way, the gun is more secured to you, and maybe quicker to access.

Question: you mentioned a shoulder holster...why doesn't that work in the chair as well? If it does, you already have it and are familiar with it...and you wouldn't have to learn a new system of carry/access.
 
GKC said:
Personally, I would prefer a cross draw holster at my waist, or a fanny pack type concealment holster, also on my waist. That way, the gun is more secured to you, and maybe quicker to access.

Question: you mentioned a shoulder holster...why doesn't that work in the chair as well? If it does, you already have it and are familiar with it...and you wouldn't have to learn a new system of carry/access.
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The video mentions the disadvantage of shoulder holster in wheelchair, and they all make complete sense to me.

When in wheelchair, anything at my waist just does not work for me.

I always use shoulder holster with walker or out of wheelchair, but for IN the wc, I haven't seen anything better than this, but I am so new to wc (due to recent but permanent illness) that I am still looking.
 
This is just my opinion, mind you, but NEVER have your CCW anywhere but on you. Not in your purse, backpack, briefcase or anything else that would allow you to be separated from it. As far as the video shows, that is no longer a secret. To defeat that, bad guy just dumps the chair.

Stay with the shoulder holster, if you comfortable with it, or explore a cross draw. When I did my time in a wheelchair, it was the cross draw that went with me.
 
patrickinGa: I like the scots works system but you should consider ALL of your options but before you pick a Concealed Carry system or method for wheelchair use.
 
A friend just asked this question. He is w-chair bound almost 100%. his CCW is a 3.5 inch 1911.

The consensus of friends was the attachment of the weapon to the chair is not good. If you fall out or are pushed by the perp, you're SOL..

As to where on your person you put it?? It's all up to you, your mobility, and personal preferences.

I suggested something like thunderware.

The story line could go something like:

"Excuse me while I adjust my CATHETER BAG",,, POP POP..

I did a home made thunder-ware, using a velcro belt and an old slide style holster. Depending on the snugness, it can hold a J frame S&W or a full size 1911..

Here is a picture of the belt slide holster I use. It came with the thumb snap, but I carved it off.

The pic shows the holster with my CS9. For giggles, I tried a 5 inch 629, while dressed in shorts,, it worked,, but the girls kept starring..

Using the slide holster also gives you the ability to move the weapon around, should it become bothersome. Someone actually suggested a small of back style, but I think that would get old real quick..
 

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After retiring I worked part time as a Rehab Tech, which means I traveled the area and repaired or rebuilt rehab equiptment, mainly wheelchairs both manual and electric. Four of our clients had concealed carry licenses, three out of the four carried in a cross draw holsters, the fourth has a fanny pack on his lap. To me the cross draws were more practical due to the restricted movement of the shoulders while confined to the chair. But in the end it is whatever is most comfortable to the client.
 
My fun job is working as an NRA Personal Protection instructor.

My day job is working as an occupational therapist. That day job has taught me that the person with the disability will usually make the optimal choice for themselves when presented with sound information. The range of considerations for a W/C user will be even more broad than that of a CCW carrier that has normal mobility.

Persons with disabilities can be amazingly creative in their problem solving, and at least half of the solutions I have implemented in helping people accomplish routine activities of daily living have been taught to me by my patients/clients.

Trust me on this: if you are not the person in the wheelchair, then you don't fully understand the scope of needs and requirements such a person contends with. Not everybody in a W/C has the same disability, and each will have unique needs and preferences. If it works, go for it.

While I've never seen a study on the subject, I would bet that there is a much higher level of CCW holders in the disabled population than in the broader population.

Enjoyed the link to the chair-mounted holster. Most instructive.
 
I am more of a proponent of having a gun on the person rather than on or in something else. Reason is that a person could become separated from the platform that is carrying the gun, i.e. knocked out of the chair. Same with some of those shoulder bags and back packs that are marketed as concealed carry holsters.
 
THANKS for such good information...

My main concern is what is mentioned in the video -

As long as perpetrator is straight ahead occupant of wc is good to go, but if they step sideways - WHAT to do with gun while you manipulate wc to continue to face bad guy, or what id there are more than one?

Shoulder holster holds gun concealed, and works really well, I use one when not in WC.

But WHAT do you do with gun if you have to turn a manual wheelchair around to continue to face the bad guy.

Lanyard (with a hot gun) ?

Put in back into cross draw holster (seems like a lot of wasted motion while under so much stress, with holster already under a shirt or jacket) ?

Leave a hot gun lying in your lap ?

The bad guy is going to step aside or otherwise try to disrupt you, and I don't have the answer.

It might be worth attaching a holster to the wc in that position JUST SO you have a place to put a hot gun while you manipulate wc.

What to do, guys?
 
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