"35 Years of Concealed Carry" by Massad Ayoob

[harrygunner]

I have a copy of the 1997 Annual Guns & Ammo edition that has a article
called "35 Years of Concealed Carry" by Massad Ayoob.

I reread it last night.

The techniques and suggestions in that article were very helpful to me over
the decade+ that I've carried concealed.

Massad, if you are reading this, in my opinion, the community could benefit from
a new article titled "45 Years of Concealed Carry".

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

+1
I'd like to read the original one too. Maybe with his permission it could be posted here (or does G&A own the rights to it)?

 

[romma]

And still nothing in IL and WI...

 

[Zundfolge]

Massad Ayoob posts here, PM him and ask (I searched for the article online and didn't find it anywhere ... too bad it wasn't in Guns or American Handgunner or we'd find the article on www.findarticles.com)

 

[harrygunner]

I also have not found an online version.

It gets a beginner up to speed with the logistics
of carrying. For example, a while back, someone on packing.org
was asking about the best way to draw from an ankle
holster. Massad's article has pictures of the process.
A link would have been worth a thousand words.

 

[harrygunner]

'romma', you may be referring to another article
in that magazine about "Carrie A. Gunn's" northern
and southern trips across the U.S. attempting
to carry concealed as much as possible.

I'm a "glass half full" kind of guy and was happy
to see a dozen states that are now "shall issue"
since that publication.

On the other hand, Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska
would still make a decent northern route difficult
due to their recognition policies.

I'm surprised Iowa has not gone "shall issue". I've
only been in the northwestern portions. Guess the
side near Illinois dictates public policy or perhaps,
farmers don't care about carrying concealed.

Once we overcome Chicago, NJ and NYC wanting to keep their
gangsters safe, the northern route could improve a bit.

The southern route is still good. I happen to have
a Cali permit along with Florida and Utah. So, I
could jump on the 10 Fwy in Santa Monica and drive
to Jacksonville, FL, legally concealed from one
ocean to the other.

 

[Langenator]

Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska
would still make a decent northern route difficult
due to their recognition policies.

Wouldn't that be a central route, I-70 or I-80?

I-90 goes through ID, MT, WY and SD. Not many issues with those four.

 

[harrygunner]

Langenator -

Has to do with the original article. Their northern route
was not very far north.

I believe the writer wanted to make it clear that
wildly varied state laws can lead to difficulty for
the law abiding. So, a relatively easy route and
a route with land mines were chosen.