How often do you carry?

[Technosavant]

I've been increasing my frequency of carry. Once I get my pocket holster for my 642, I expect it to be near 100% (exceptions being when headed out of state or just going to be spending a lot of time at places where it is not allowed).

 

[sgb]

24/365

 

[SomeKid]

75%, just because I go so many places where I cannot.

(College, dates to actual restaurants...)

 

[springmom]

Hmmm

Every single time. No exceptions, UNLESS I am going someplace that is specifically forbidden, not only the building but the parking lot. And the only place like that is my son's school, and he'll only be there until May (I hope I hope I hope!!!!!) at which point there won't any "unless" at all.

You know, Murphy's Law, the one time I leave it home will be the ONE TIME IN MY LIFE I'd ever need it. Sure as a bear s%^@s in the woods.

Springmom

 

[mbs357]

I never carry a gun because I cannot (19 years old).
I do, however, carry up to five folding knives on me...
Two in pants pockets, three in various pockets in my coat.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Only times I don't is when impractical/illegal, so 75%

 

[Hypnogator]

My "always" gun is a Kel-Tec P-32. It ain't called an "always" gun for nothin'.

I carry my Taurus PT-145 Millennium Pro whenever possible, with the K-T as backup.

 

[Lupinus]

No carry yet for two reasons, one being I am only 20 and the second being I as yet have no suitable carry weapons, I own two old handguns neither are nearly reliable enough that I would trust my life on them even if I could legaly carry. That isn't to say when I leave the house I am not armed...just not with guns

 

[Ala Dan]

Man 100%

 

[Zundfolge]

I picked I am a man. When I leave the house, there is a gun with me 100% of the time.

But in reality: I am a man. At home or away, there is a gun with me 100% of the time.

 

[Invisible Swordsman]

I figure I'm at about 98 or 99 percent, so I rounded up.

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

Always.

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[roo_ster]

I voted 100%. The only times that is not true is when traveling ot states by air that do not acknowledge RKBA.

My work does not allow CCW & I obey that rule, but I leave the house with CCW anyway.

 

[fletcher]

If I didn't attend college and work on a college campus, I would be able to make that '75% of the time' a '100% of the time'. Otherwise, unless I'm going somewhere where I'm unable to at least keep it in the car, it goes with me.

 

[seansean]

I said 25%, to cover those times I've carried in a "non-permissive" environment. My problem is, I spend the majority of my life in places where it's illegal to carry(I live/work in CA, I'm from NY, and family is in NJ). I rarely go to places my utah permit is valid. Guess I need to travel to more places.

 

[DirksterG30]

Man - I carry wherever I legally can, so 75%.

 

[Missashot]

Call me a cheapskate, paranoid, or whatever, but I think that since getting a CWP isn't too cheap, I tend to carry every where I go.
I even have one of my .45 stuck on me while sitting here on the computer in my living room.
Besides, in the last year or so, I have bought several guns, so I am trying them all out to see which ones are most comfortable to carry and how I should try to carry each particular gun.

 

[Rock45]

Being a Federal Employee I am prevented from carrying at work :banghead: ...I am armed when I am not at work.

 

[ball3006]

I am a man so I carry my "gun".....

all the time. Otherwise, I carry a firearm every where I go except to/from work and at work. They fire your for that.........Retirement is anytime after this coming March.............chris3

 

[TIMC]

Every time I walk out the door there is a gun near by. I usually carry most of the time but if I am not carrying because The wife and I are going out and I will be drinking she will have my back because she does not drink and also has a CHL. Oh and she does carry 100% of the time!
It's nice to have an armed designated driver!

 

[Herself]

I have a gun with me 100% of the time, not including occasional airpline trips or visits to government buildings. Sometimes it would take longer to get to it than other times: "with me" is not always "on my person or in my purse."

I've got pocketknives all the time (except planes TSA!). I'd like to claim it's because I am such a tactical ninja, but the truth is, a good knife is a real fingernail saver! My "one-handed deploy" knife is a Japanese carpenter's knife, ideal for opening shipping cartons or whatever... http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=51165&cat=1,51222&ap=1 or http://www.garrettwade.com/shopping...RODUCT&iMainCat=0&iSubCat=0&iProductID=106053

The straight razor in my purse is just for old time's sake; when I was younger and didn't own a gun, I carried one of those. They're not actually good weapons but they're a remarkable deterrent.

--Herself

 

[waterhouse]

I'm surprised at the number of 100%s. Do you just not go places that don't allow guns? Do you leave the guns in the car if you have to?

I go to the post office a couple times a week. I go to bars for a darts league, and sometimes even to drink. The other day I had to meet a background investigator for a gov't job at a federal building, so I left my gun at home that day too.

I wouldn't mind carrying TO most of these places (the drinking being an exception) but I'm not really comfortable leaving a gun in the car . . . is there a good, safe way to do this?

thanks in advance.

 

[Optical Serenity]

Well, considering I'm a cop, I carry 100% of the time I work and then when I'm off I carry even more (three guns when possible on me) so yes, 100%.

 

[Herself]

Waterhouse, in Indiana, one carries only by (must issue) permit and "concealed is concealed;" there's no way that I know of for businesses to disarm their customers, no magic sign wording or dimensions. If you're carrying openly, they can ask you to leave.
Employers can make carrying a weapon on company business and property a termination offense; they can establish rules that do not allow carry on their property, so one must take care to not flout such rules. (ahem).
"Off-limits" places, like the combined court/city government/police building in Indianapolis or the House and Senate chambers in the Capitol building, usually have a sign listing what can't be carried in...right in front of the metal detector you must pass through to enter. The airport is the same way, though I would strongly caution against open carry.

If they want you disarmed here, they take steps to ensure you are. If there isn't a checkpoint, as far as the law's concerned it's more of a suggestion, a reminder to be discreet. "No guns" signs mean "No visible guns."

--Herself

 

[TexasRifleman]

I'm surprised at the number of 100%s. Do you just not go places that don't allow guns? Do you leave the guns in the car if you have to?

I go to the post office a couple times a week. I go to bars for a darts league, and sometimes even to drink. The other day I had to meet a background investigator for a gov't job at a federal building, so I left my gun at home that day too.


thanks in advance.

Actually that's exactly it, I avoid places that don't allow guns.

As for the post office, that's a fun thread we haven't had in a while
The Fed regs say you can't have a firearm unless it's for "other lawful purposes" and many will say that if you have a carry permit in the state where the post office is located then that's certainly a "lawful purpose". No one has been the test case yet because the point is CONCEALED. For a while that one was as regular a topic as the "9mm vs .45" debate.....