Posted on 09/07/2011 1:35:39 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Do you know things about her that she would rather you not mention to people? Do it a few times, and maybe she'll get the point. Failing that, somebody like that is not somebody I would continue to associate with.
Think of information like a bullet: once you shoot it out, there's no calling it back. Treat your firearms-related activities like your sex life -- ain't nobody else's business.
Use a soft inside-the-waistband holster, cheated toward your strong side and slightly angled (right of center, if you’re right-handed). Make sure your belt is not so tight that you can’t draw properly, and practice the move frequently. I have found that location best to avoid printing, especially with short-sleeve cotton t-shirts.
>>> Now every time we are together, if someone new is in the group, she tells them I ‘pack heat’... Short of moving, how can I get her to stop telling every one she meets?
Make a habit of sharing ever more outrageous things about yourself with her. Make sure it’s juicy, scandalous, and only told to her because it’s just a secret between you two.
Have fun with your best new friend, Agent Double-ought-buck.
This part is VERY important -- always make sure to put the sock in the FRONT of your pants! ;-)
Unless, like me, you might have a novel in your pocket....
Carry openly and the problem kinda disappears: if she points it out she looks stupid for pointing out the obvious.
I've been 'made' twice: Once by a keen old police veteran at a gun show and another time by a little kid in a supermarket who saw me reach for something on a top shelf down the aisle.
My spring-loaded comment that I have ready to go for anyone who might see my carry piece in the future will be to bark "ARE YOU ON PAROLE?" with a furrowed brow. I haven't had to use it yet.
I don't carry myself (on my body) but last Thanksgiving when my grandma was still alive, my brother and SIL took off their holsters at the dining table much to my GM’s dismay.
Just to void any mistakes/problems, I think it would be pertinent to tell the love ones in close proximity that there a loaded weapon or 3 in the room. (Especially if children are around)
Bad idea. If you should happen to fall it puts a solid lump of metal right in pressure alignment with your spine. Crushed disc or worse? Also, think about this: There is an extreme risk that in the midst of your draw you will sweep your own body with the muzzle creating a critically dangerous situation under the pressures of a combat situation. You might just accidentally shoot yourself. How embarrassing! Maybe the bad guy will laugh himself to death before you bleed out.
I’m planning on a much small carry piece soon that I hope will be easier to carry.
If I sit there and stare at it long enough, I realize I never have seen a book with quite those proportions.
Octodecimo is the closest format, but very rare.
Sherlock Holmes would notice, that’s for sure (and it’d be just my luck to run into him), and after seeing me and my pocket novel around town for a year or two deduce that nobody, but nobody, could be such a slow reader.
Reminds me of a story about a few acquaintances that went shooting for the day (here in TX). They got stopped for speeding on the way home, and the officer asked if the driver had any guns with him (note that your plates are tied to your CHL in TX). The driver said that he had 5 guns, 2 on his person and 3 in the back of the truck, whereupon the others also chimed in, for a total of 23 guns in the car. The officer asked, "What are you guys afraid of?" and one guy said, "Not much of anything right now." Of course they were sent on their way pretty quickly with just a warning.
I'm certain that in my former residence of the PRNJ, even a joke about having a gun on board would be responded to by at least half a dozen local SWAT units...I'm very glad not to be there any more.
The best advice when someone asks you why you carry is to respond, “Because its easier than carrying a cop.”
If someone asks you why you carry a .45, respond by saying, “Because they don’t make a .46.”
Seriously, I’ve had a couple people notice that I’m carrying (mostly others who carry, and who actually pay attention). My response is simply to tell them that I’ve done that every single time that we’ve been together for the last X years - clearly answering their question about whether I can be trusted. Further, I also add, “so do 250,000 other people in this state who’ve been checked by the FBI and taken a class.” That answers the question about whether I am legal, and also about the fact that there is a process that everyone must go through to get a license. I have yet to be kicked out of anyone’s house, and a few that I know are quite anti-gun. The fact that you’re someone they know and trust makes it easier for them to swallow, I suppose.
My favorite question is really 3: “What are you carrying that thing for, what are you going to do - shoot someone? Why don’t you just have ‘911’ on speed dial?” My response is perfectly polite, even-toned and factual: “I mean to protect myself, my family and anyone with me against any threat. Even if I had the time to call the police, they wouldn’t get there in time to do anything but put toe-tags on our bodies and write up a report. To answer your question, “YES” I will shoot someone threatening me or mine with serious harm or death - THEY are the ones who will have made the choice, not me. I’ve carried guns for many years and never even pulled one out for self-defense - and I hope and pray that I never will have to do so. But if I have to, I WILL.”
Conceal better. Wear larger trowsers and get an in-the-trowsers holster and cover it with a shirt. I have been CCW for years w/o any problems.
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