Are there places you cover up?

[Uber_Olafsun]

In laws place is about the only one or heaven forbid I have to go to a mall.

 

[frommycolddeadhands]

Blowing out my rear window to check on deflection of bullet was worth it, cost me a power antenna from the skip but now I know to use the hinge and latch plate to remove the window quickly. .

Okay, that is a little odd, but I'm still with you here....

In three decades i've only had one chance to try my barricade evasion tactic and they got out of the way, but I am prepared for it if needed. .

Okay, I gotta laugh at "barricade evasion tactic, but at the same time I'm morbidly curious as to the why/how you ever got to field test it, I'm guessing you used a barricade of police cruisers as test subjects?

Good reason to OC on a bike, if you are thrown from it you can draw while flying through the air a lot easier.

I hope to the good Lord that you are joking. I don't even know where to begin with this one. Just because it happed on one of the Mission Impossible sequels does not make it a good idea, and certainly not a practical one. Why exactly would you be flying through the air from a bicycle?

I think I can take down a helicopter, can't test the system on one, but at least I have planned for the need since waco so I have a fighting chance.

Ah...oh-kay. If we were in a room together this is where I would politely excuse myself, slowly walk toward the door, and then run like hell.

Faster aircraft still have me stumped, things that will work are illegal so it is a catch 22. .

It's okay, just put on the tin foil hat so they can't read your mind while you plan it all out. It's posts like yours that paint gun owners of all types as paranoid individuals who are just waiting for the next waco.

 

[Riana]

I tend to OC more than CC (not counting work, where I OC 99% of the time).

If we're going somewhere I know carry is frowned upon, I CC (some restaurants, malls, etc).
I OC at some friends' houses, CC at others because I'm not sure how they'd react.
I CC at Boy Scout events because the boys would just become fascinated with the gun instead of paying attention to the task at hand.
OC in crowds makes me very nervous - I'll usually drop my arm over the gun, if not just cover up.

I actually keep a "camp shirt" in the car most of the time, so I can cover up if needed.

 

[Ruger]

OC in crowds makes me very nervous - I'll usually drop my arm over the gun, if not just cover up.

Same here.

I actually keep a "camp shirt" in the car most of the time, so I can cover up if needed.

Good idea - I think I'm going to start doing the same.

 

[Kirbinator]

If I am OC, there is nowhere I cover up. 1) Because I don't have to. and 2) because it's impractical to do so and 3) because it's still going to print like mad if I do cover it up.

Places I don't OC: Work (they'd fire me), US Property (Army bases, VA hospital, US Post Office, Social Security Buildings), state and federal courthouses. Everywhere else? If I'm carrying a gun, I'm OC.

I <3 Alabama if for no other reason.

 

[dukenukum]

Depends on where I am going if to the Doctor, or someplace I don't want attention CC which is good so I get some use out my license other wise OC for me. My dad and I did a lot politicking to get concealed reform in Michigan and he would come back from the dead and haunt me if didn't from time to time.

 

[t33j]

and just in case you think I wasn't actually inside...

Dicked around in the North East corner of NC, and the Back Bay area.

 

[rotty]

One customer could not take his eyes away from my belt... so either he liked my butt or did not like my gun.

Maybe he LIKED your gun .. who knows .. could have had a crush on your sidearm.

 

[Brimstone Baritone]

I only have one boss I need to listen to, everyone else is not my problem. If she has valid reason I cover up, if she doesn't I can chose to sleep on the couch.

+1. I CC where my wife tells me to CC. It's not easy to hide a 1911, but my love handles help.

Like Kirbinator, I don't carry at work. If the economy ever improves, I might keep a look out for a gun-friendly employer. If not, I may invest in a smaller gun and a good CC holster. If I don't need to use it, no one will know. If I do need to use it, better alive and unemployed than dead on the job.

 

[Ruger]

+1. I CC where my wife tells me to CC. It's not easy to hide a 1911

Same here. When I CC my 1911, I find that an all leather Blackhawk IWB holster works really well. I paid about $54 for mine new. I adjusted it for a rather considerable forward cant, which helps marvelously. I've even been able to carry atwork that way (office job).

I may invest in a smaller gun and a good CC holster. If I don't need to use it, no one will know. If I do need to use it, better alive and unemployed than dead on the job.

+1,000,000

My Ruger LCR is in my LH pocket as I type this - at work.

I Look at it this way: There is no sign on the door that bans weapons. Only a company policy regarding employees & weapons. I am violating company policy, but no laws are being violated (as I do have a valid CHP). Will I violate company policy to protect myself - you're darn tootin' I will. I handle LARGE amounts of $cash$ in an area that is visible to customers, some of whom are of ill repute. A few years ago, before I owned any guns, I once had a customer (a wacky, drug-using Vietnam vet with anger management issues) who was so irate that he got in his pickup & was on his way to my office with his gun. I found out about this several days after the incident when a different customer told me about how he ran into Terry at the gas station the previous week - apparently Terry started angrily spouting off about how he was "coming to see" me and he made some other inflammatory remarks, and let slip that he was bringing his gun. The other guy was able to talk Terry out of it. I have spoken with Terry several times since, and never had any issues with him (thank God), and I have never mentioned to him that I know what he had planned that day. As far as I'm concerned, this is pretty good motivation to violate company policy & protect myself.