Posted on 04/19/2023 4:43:02 AM PDT by marktwain
It was fairly quiet in Indy this weekend
4 shot, one killed
But they started back Monday morning at 6:30 AM with a murder by gunshot at a gas station
I prefer concealed carry even if open carry is an option. Currently Sig P365XL in a Desantis Nemesis pocket holster.
The reportter’s last sentence is the beauty of the whole pickle.
If a ‘seasoned eye’ cannot discern, with any surety, who is and who is not armed, then ‘the general public, both nefarious and well-minded, may not either, and be a bit more respectful on the street.
“An armed society is a polite society”. Robert A Heinlein
I don’t really have an issue with open carry in public, especially at the NRA Annual Convention, but I’d much rather see a retention holster used, even if it is only a thumb-break style like in the first picture.
It’s a security issue of not having someone sneak up behind you and snatching your weapon.
Not as big a deal in rural areas, or on BBQ night, but when in big crowds, or in a Walmart, etc., it can easily happen to even the most alert person.
“Discern” That’s the word he should have used in his last sentence.
Instead of “make”.
Other than that, the writer is very observant and knows his guns well.
The third carrier had a very good retention holster which did not look like a retention holster.
Agreed. No one needs to know I am carrying.
I have a Safariland ALS retention holster for my Glock 26 that looks very similar. It has a positive lock retention that has the release button on the back side of the holster that is released by the side of your third finger when you grip the firearm. Very discreet, and very hard for someone not familiar with the holster to know how to unlock it.
However, my sin is that I have the holster set up with a paddle, which is another open carry "no-no" due to the ability to snatch the entire firearm and holster. But it does retain on my belt very well, so I'm not as worried about it.
That model has become my primary as well but how the hell do you fit it in a pocket ?
Wonder why more people don’t carry their knives on the opposite side?
Lolz very true
The last open carrier in the article had a spare knife attacked to a pouch on the opposite side.
Cargo pants usually have pockets that are large enough. I wear 5.11 and similar brands alot.
If someone were looking to stir up trouble, logic dictates that they target the open carriers first because they have chosen to broadcast the fact that they carry the potential to disrupt their plans.
The gray man, OTOH, takes pains to go unnoticed, be invisible. When trouble breaks out, he has more options at his disposal because he has neither drawn attention to himself nor displayed his threat potential.
Yet.
However, if you choose to carry openly, what better place to do it than in the midst of a congregation of the converted?
Good
Over the years ve spent far more time (because I can while doing other things) practicing deploying knives both hands/sides until it become natural to have a pointy thing facing down/out in left hand under my pistol to deter anyone from grabbing it
Haven’t timed myself lately but confident I’m still under a second or two for both pistol and knife
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A coworker in the AF was kind of a weapons nut. We were stationed in Florida, and he hit on diver’s knives, with their retention system. One night at a party, we made it a mission to swipe his belt knife as many times as we could. We got over 30.
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