Do you hide your holster when company is over?

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My new girlfriend and some friends came over to my house the other day, and we were all having a nice time.

She's a gorgeous russian girl, and I'm totally into her.
The thing is, I'm pretty sure that russia has a "no guns" policy, so I didn't think she'd be comfortable knowing I was a gun owner.


Well, when giving her the tour of the house, I forgot that my IWB holster, two magazines and a box of cartridges were sitting on my dresser. My gun was locked up, of course.

I saw her eyeing these items, so I jokingly said it was my cell phone holder.

She rolled her eyes at me then giggled a little.

Well, she started asking me about it (guns), and after one thing led to another, I was showing her my 1911.

She said that her father owned a "gas" pistol, which I still don't really understand what she meant by.

It turns out that she was really interested in the subject, and had a very open mind.

She even commented how much she liked the classic design of the 1911 and called it "pretty" :neener:

I've got the perfect woman.




Anyhow, I was wondering, do you guys hide your carry stuff when people come over?

I think I will from now on if it's someone I won't high five or kiss on a regular basis.
 
Why would I hide it?

While I may discreetly relocate certain kinds of reading or viewing material if my parents are coming over, I would no more hide a holster (or ammo, or anything else gun related) from a guest than i would my coffee maker.

Its my house - if they don't like it, they don't have to come over :)

As far as hiding that stuff from a date, if I'm taking her home, I'm considering having her in my life for a while. If she can't handle the fact that I own guns, I want to know as soon as possible so I can move on to someone else.
 
Same here. If a guest is welcome in my house, it's because I trust them and they all own firearms as well. I'm the safety freak of the group unless it involves holding a beer and watching :). If someone new is over, all firearms are locked up except my carry piece (which is on or VERY near me).
 
There's a gun safe in the living room, a shotshell reloader in the corner and a muzzleloader on the wall. I doubt anyone thinks there aren't any guns around.:)
 
Heck no. when you come to my house. you go by my rules. There are plenty of times when i will be sitting on the couch and may do some polishing on a revolver. Well that revolver will sit next to me for a while. sometimes half the day. Just depends on when i want to put away. Parents will come by the neighbors will come over revolver still on the arm of the couch. The door swings both ways.
 
I'll bet by "gas pistol" she meant the Nagant. It does that thing where the cylinder moves forward upon lock-up and thus there is essentially no cylinder - bore gap. I think those have been called gas pistols from time to time because, I guess, the gas is prevented from escaping through the gap when a round is fired.

Who knows.
 
There's a gun safe in the living room, a shotshell reloader in the corner and a muzzleloader on the wall. I doubt anyone thinks there aren't any guns around.
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Sounds like your describing my place. Open the living room closet door and you will find about 12 inches of jackets next to my big safe.
 
I stash everything! Why...cause regardless of what it is...my wife makes me! I don't mean gun stuff...I mean everything! Heaven forbid there should be anything on my dresser. Wow...I guess not everybody is married out there.
 
I'm a neatnick anyway and believe there's a place for everything and everything in it's place and all that, so I usually don't have guns laying about anyway. Now, anyone who goes in the reloading room (my wife insists on calling it "the office" - but I insist on calling it "the reloading room" :)) will see the bench, safe, targets, little scaled silhouettes who've been blasted through with .223 etc :), and I don't apologize for it. Likewise, occasionally family / friends will come over, and if I've been to the range that day, I'll let them know that I'm going to clean my guns and make sure they're ok with that. If they're not, I tell them we can reschedule, but the guns are getting cleaned either way.

I do try to not make people feel uncomfortable, but beyond a certain point, I'm not going to break my back bending over in my own home. I am who I am and I expect my REAL friends to accept that.

Sometimes you start 'em off gently though, as it can take time to MAKE real friends, and there's no need to be rude :)
 
Well, she started asking me about it (guns), and after one thing led to another, I was showing her my 1911.

Hey now! This is supposed to be a PG rated site! kidding.
 
I am guessing that a "gas pistol" is one of the cheap tear gas projectors that fire blanks loaded with a small amount of irritant. Sometimes, these have been "allowed" by oppressive regimes.
 
No no no, you guys got it all wrong:

I'm not saying we should be ashamed of owning guns.

What I am saying is that I don't want Joe Dirte to come over to my house, see my holsters, then see me at school the next day and say, at the top of his lungs, "HEY DAVE, ARE YOU WEARIN' YER GUN TODEY!?!?"

That is not a situation I would like to be in :)


Deception is usually NOT the best way to start a relationship.

Keep everything above board and life will be MUCH easier.

Best of luck.

Hahah, I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be interested in a woman with that low of an IQ.

It's pretty obvious that it ain't a cell phone goes in my holster:

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I'm thinking now that by "gas" pistol she meant some sort of OC or CN device
 
My CCW, in it's holster, goes in my small safe when I get home. The safe is in the pantry, so even if people are over I can slip in the pantry for a few seconds and lock up. I don't carry a gun in my house.
 
Some people have some bizarre ideas of what a "gas pistol" is.

I am guessing that a "gas pistol" is one of the cheap tear gas projectors that fire blanks loaded with a small amount of irritant. Sometimes, these have been "allowed" by oppressive regimes.

Yep, that's most likely it. Russians are only allowed guns which shoot tear gas and/or rubber bullets.
 
I'm not afraid to tell my friends that I own guns. What better way to spread the word? So far, nobody has fainted or anything and I actually ended up teaching one family how to shoot.

Spreading the word can't really end in a bad way. People that would get offended and stop talking to you over it are people that I wouldn't want to be around in the first place, IMO.
 
I make sure things are out of sight if I have a repairman in. Strangers don't need to know. Friends I don't worry about. Of course my friends are unlikely to be poking around on my nightstand or in my closet either...there is that.

My holster is almost always my Jagwear belt pouch these days....at least when I'm dressed casually. And it's usually on me, not laying around anyway.

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If someone comes to my house chances are that they will see a gun. I open carry when in and around the house. If they do not like it, that's their concern, not mine.
 
I'm confused. Is the original poster actually equating a girlfriend to "company who comes over"?

I'm too old to get past a first date without revealing I'm a gun owner. I just don't have time.

As for "company who comes over", I do not advertise that I'm a gun owner. It's not that I "hide" my guns. It's just that I make it a habit not to have any gun related items laying around for kids, random strangers, random guests or burglars. I don't have a policy of fully trusting everybody who steps through my front door. I fully trust maybe three people...lol. I have parties and stuff, and sometimes I get to know people after they're already in my house having a good time.
 
Since I don't have any kids in the house then the only time I will hide or lock up my guns is if I'm leaving the house empty (woman not there too). When I'm in the house then the guns are accessible. If someone was to bust in through the front door would he patiently wait while I go unlock my safe and to retrieve my firearm(s)? If a guest has a problem with my guns then he/she is free to leave.
 
I carry, my wife carries and there's a Taurus stashed in the basement. other than that I keep my guns in the safe, that's what it's for.

Now that said I don't especially go out of my way to hide my carry gun but I'm usually carrying it.
 
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