1) I'll have to buy a size larger pants {buy pants with some stretch or a skinnier gun}.

They don't make pants one size larger than I wear now.

So yer good....

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I would keep one in the truck, but they do far too many random vehicle searches.

A METAL DETECTOR.

Amen!
Bring a stout cane and wear a heavy leather belt with a heavy brass buckle if you do have to travel behind the unarmed curtain.

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

shirts), no place to carry it OR gotta go to a gun free zone (e.g. courthouse) and don't want to leave it in the car.

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Hobie

When I'm in court, I'm not allowed to carry under Kansas law. We have armed security in the Courtroom, and frankly, with some of the nutjobs I deal with, I don't want anything they could use as a weapon close to them.

For those who legally could but don't.

YOU MAY BE NEAR NAKED WITH T-SHIRT AND SHORTS (I REFUSE TO WEAR EITHER) BUT YOU ARE NAKED WITHOUT A GUN.

you have to carry all the time , even in the bath tub!!!

I am humbled...

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In the front pocket works great.

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legality might be questionable is the only excuse I can imagine. Just got back from riding the bike. With their random stop and frisk operations 'round here it's too much of a risk to carry since they've outlawed riding while armed. Even metal detectors don't always stop me, I've bluffed myself through more than one checkpoint by asking a question as to how to get where I'm going in the building. Only gov't buildings have managed to snag me so far, and they are all equipped to cache your weapon while on the premises. Ironically, I've managed to get into them with a pocket full of ammo (I ALWAYS unload prior to handing over my weapon) every time. The other situation is when the president comes to town so they declare a "no carry" policy for the duration, or elections or certain holidays the same thing happens. As mentioned above, a heavy cane and other items have to fill in during such occurrences.

Same here and they get WAY too excited to catch a fellow trying to provide for his own defense.
The sniffer dogs are just as effective as a metal detector by the way.

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but I invariably do.

About half the time - if he can conceal that, anybody can.

....at 8.8 ounces you have no excuse. I installed the factory pocket clip, which can be had in right or left hand.

I have mine stoked with a Glaser Safety Slug up the spout, followed by Silvertips. Been thinking about giving it to the wife and picking up a PF9, ala Byron.

In any case, Don't leave home without it!

Otony

but if I get caught doing to I will lose my pistols from anywhere from 6 months to forever.

I also work somewhere that it would be illegal, even if I could carry without bending the law.

So I carry rather sparingly.

........been wearing shorts and a t-shirt for a couple of weeks and manage the P32, a large Benchmade Griptillian, cell phone, wallet, pen, and keys.

The key is shorts that require a belt..........

Otony

leave it right there and add on something more substantial!

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Hobie

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Sincerely,

Hobie

That lets me off the hook right there.

'The rest of the story' is 'CLASSIFIED'...

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With no problem.

It's just another web belt but it is a lot more substantial.

.......the one I have is from The Wilderness, who I think may have been the originators of the idea, or at least one of the first manufacturers. They had (have?) some sort of "in" with quite a few of the Gunsite instructors back in the day.

Best. Belt. Ever.

I also have a sharkskin belt from Rafter S for dress occasions.......

Otony

Not legal for me to CCW now but just completed CCW training for Ohio and will be submitting my application at my July appointment time, then I will carry when I can. XD9C or PT380 or Star PD.

And you would be right, as usual. It is what I wear in the shop, as we have several Glock 21s stashed, along with a Mossberg 500. Outside it is usually replaced by a Glock 32, but the PF9 could serve in lieu of both for general hot weather wear.

The Glock 32 is still my out of town gun, that or a 1911. Been carrying an Ithaca LAPD 37 in the truck for awhile now too.

Belt and suspenders..........

Otony

Amen. Same gun, same place, every day.

I don't take tub baths, only showers, BUT - there is this small leather pouch in the magazine basket next to the "throne"......

Young man with exquisite taste in weaponry.....

The ones with elastic won't stay up with my car keys in the pocket, let alone a sidearm...

do I openly discuss when and where I carry.

Capisce?

And I would never go against policy.

-AaronB

...where Captain Koons carried The Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFtHjV4c4uw

...when I worked for many years at an office job in Nashville. We were located in a pretty bad neighborhood, and after a couple of employees were accosted by gangstas, the corporation's owner asked me directly if I carried a gun. I 'fessed up, and he said, "Good job, son, keep it up!" Company policy continued to dictate no weapons, but he made it clear to all concerned that I got a pass.

When I worked for the state, it was most definitely against policy to carry at work. Of course, none of us would ever violate policy, not even when, as we frequently did, we had to deal with unhappy and potentially hostile "clients".

We had a great boss. If he had ever asked if we were carrying, we would never have lied to him. He never asked, so we didn't tell, but he always knew who he could count on if things went south.

And never paid any attention to it. When I was working midnights as a cashier in a gas station, they said they would fire anyone who brought a gun onto the premises on the spot. I told them to go ahead and fire me, their job was not worth my life. They never did fire me, even made me employee of the month. Other employers never asked, I never told, they may have suspected, but if they asked me to go into harm's way, I did not go unarmed.

...but I especially would not advertise on the internet that I violated company policy. Posting from a work computer. While at work.

-AaronB

that Colonel James Harmon was a GREAT boss. I hope to see him again some day, in the sweet by and by...

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Hobie

Prove a point, not the legal or policy issues. You know who you are...

"It's too heavy."

"It's uncomfortable."

"I don't go to those places."

nothin' ever happens 'round here. Everyone is an upright citizen, not like over in Chicago and such. I got my carry permit for when I go to the big city, there's no reason to carry in this little berg.

front of the house, aimed at somebody (maybe) in the park across the street. Knife point robbery in that same park, not 200 yards from the house. Stolen bicycles dumped in the neighbor's yard. Drug arrest evaders trying to hide on the front porch. Hmmmm, yep, all loaded and ready to go.

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Hobie

Among non-gun people, the usual reason is their disinterest in firearms, which varies from mild to pathological.

Among gun people, the most common refraint is, 'I don't feel any need to carry in [INSERT PLACE NAME HERE].'

It's a 'free' country − and most certainly a personal choice.

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