Carrying on the right hip, it's not impossible to draw while sitting in the driver's seat of a car, but it's not easy. I have to thrust my hips out to straighten them and draw with the seatbelt in the way. If the seatbelt inertia lock is activated, I would have to unbuckle it first. I haven't found an alternative that I like, but I'm determined to have good access to a firearm when I'm in the car.
My state law allows for loaded handguns anywhere in the car, but I'm not willing to keep one stored there until my kids are years more mature than now. I could draw the handgun on my hip and reholster it in a vehicle-mounted holster but it becomes a hassle to move it so many times and it makes maintaining concealment difficult. I don't want to be drawing and moving handguns around my car in the Costco parking lot. No thank you.
It would seem that cross-draw hip or shoulder holsters are the easiest to access when sitting at the wheel. Maybe a leg holster, but I don't see how to conceal that.
I have an ankle gun and holster and it is marginally easier to access while at the wheel than strong-side hip, but the gun has its own compromises.
I'm looking for other ideas.
My state law allows for loaded handguns anywhere in the car, but I'm not willing to keep one stored there until my kids are years more mature than now. I could draw the handgun on my hip and reholster it in a vehicle-mounted holster but it becomes a hassle to move it so many times and it makes maintaining concealment difficult. I don't want to be drawing and moving handguns around my car in the Costco parking lot. No thank you.
It would seem that cross-draw hip or shoulder holsters are the easiest to access when sitting at the wheel. Maybe a leg holster, but I don't see how to conceal that.
I have an ankle gun and holster and it is marginally easier to access while at the wheel than strong-side hip, but the gun has its own compromises.
I'm looking for other ideas.