I hate carrying a gun

[rmt22]

I am in and out of courthouse all day..

trial attorney so although I have a carry permit can't carry from day to day. I do keep a heater in my car, office, and of course at home.

Attorney forgot he left his gun in his briefcase and walked through the metal detectors and of course these idiots are charging the guy w/ a crime. Say so long to his carry permit.

 

[sw686plus]

I don't hate carrying a gun, but I hate that the world has become a place where I feel the need to carry one.

I think it's just population though. There has always been a steady percentage of the population that are criminals, molesters, etc, but the overall population has grown so fast over the last 3 decades. That bad percentage is still the same, but appears to be more because the overall numbers are larger.

 

[Wild Bill]

"the guy who killed all those nurses" ... Checkman

Ted Bundy.

Evil has indeed always walked among us - but "back in the day" it seemed more the exception than the rule. Seldom felt the need to carry then. Often do now.

 

[280PLUS]

I carry a lightweight hammerless J frame in my pocket. I forget it's there.

 

[ShelleyB.]

""the guy who killed all those nurses" ... Checkman

Ted Bundy.
"

Wild Bill:

The nurse killer was Richard Speck. It was during the 1960's in Chicago. One survivor, small enough to squeeze under a bed and hide until the carnage was over. Knife was the weapon.

 

[walking arsenal]

It breaks my heart that my daughter and my grandchildren will never have the quality of life that I and my friends had.

One of the problems with living a long time (69) is we have lived long enough that we have seen what a cesspool our country has become.

I hate to be cynical but the generation of people that make, vote for and pass the laws that have made this country the way it is today, well, it isn't mine.

I agree it's sad and i can sympathize with the the fact that having to carry a gun is a pain in the butt.

My wife and i will be living far out in the country and IF we have kids they WILL be home schooled to keep them as far away from all this lunacy as possible.

As long as generation ________ keeps wanting to make the world better for themselves under the guise of making it better "for the children" it'll only get worse for those children and their children. Ignorance breeds ignorance.



On a lighter note, use this as an excuse to go buy a new and lighter rig.

 

[CapnBald]

I can remember when I was a kid, yes I can remember that far back, I roamed the woods all day long and no one ever worried about it. Later when I was old enough to hunt, about 12 maybe, I always had either my rifle or shotgun with me. I remember the first time I was allowed to shoot my Grandmother;s 32 Savage auto I went to the hardware store and bought a dozen rounds of ammo for it. The clerk gave them to me from a box of ammo they kept for small sales like that. Never a question about why I wanted them.

Now things are so much different. Permits and licenses, ID's to buy ammunition, don't let anyone see you carrying any kind of gun down the street. Times have changed. Sure we had some bad people back then but it seems so much more common now to have these scum bags every where. At my age and with a disabled wife I feel the need more than ever to always carry. Our lives could very easily depend on it.

 

[1BLINDREF]

Whitewolf-
Maybe you're carrying the wrong gun. Try a 642 in your pocket, it won't pull your pants down or dig into your anatomy.
Like somebody else here posted, I feel like I'm naked or forgetting something when I'm not carrying.
It's to the point where its almost our civil duty to carry a gun.

 

[Soybomb]

What I really hate is that because of the way society has gone, I feel the necessity of carrying.

Oddly though crime rates probably aren't much worse now than then. I think we sometimes just want to think the sky is falling.

I couldn't quickly find a nice graph for assault over the same period but its still better than its been during my life

 

[Ala Dan]

I have been carrying for the better part of 40 years; and I see NO NEED
to leve home without it~!

 

[Whitewolf 508]

Equipment

In answer to a response about trying a S&W 642, I currently carry either a Walther PPK/S or a Colt DS. I do not think a 642 would make a negligible difference in the comfort level.

My employer just passed out a new manual stating that having a weapon on company property is grounds for instant dismissal. That means not even in your personal vehicle. Funny thing is that the owner has an UZI in a display case in his office..and it is a preban semi-auto version. He and his daughters and sons-in law are all shooters but the change is due to insurance regulations.

If I may go back a little bit to society, I agree with another poster that our society has become feminized. My daughter and her best friend jumped all over my future son-in law because he is proud that he beat the tar out of a bully that had hospitalized him.(My daughter had swatted the same bully on the school bus for grabbing her butt). Their reasoning was that he should have called the police or gone to a teacher. I tried to explain that when you do that, you are preceived as a weakling and make yourself even more of a victim. They could not understand that reasoning. The attitude that my daughter has seems to be prevalent in our society today - go to the authorities-do not try to handle a situation yourself- let someone else protect you..It is unrealistic.

I will still have the DS under my shirt on a regular basis even though it is not comfortable. I will still shove the PPK/S in a pocket when need be. I realize it is not cool : just a necessity in today's world...:banghead:

 

[lanternlad1]

"I (illegally) carried a GI 1911A1 in my car and later when I was a city policeman I knew people that illegally carried handguns."

M2 Carbine,
You never ILLEGALLY carried a gun. As a United States Citizen, you have the right afforded by the Second Amendment to Keep and BEAR arms.

I realize you were speaking of a CHL, but it is important never to forget that CHL or no, law abiding citizens should never be made to think of carrying as "illegal". Period.

If "right to carry" were abolished tomorrow, I would still carry on, carrying.

As long as the Constitution stands, so do our rights.

BTW I do have a CHL (for convenience sake) and carrying in the hot Texas weather is a REAL PITA. But it IS appreciated...


I went to a Bass Pro Shop in Katy TX recently. They have a sign there that says "All guns and bows must be checked before entry." So, I walked up to the man behind the counter, pulled out my CHL and showed it to him, and asked if he needed to check my carry piece. He smiled, said no, that in the future I could ignore that sign. THEN HE THANKED ME FOR CARRYING! (he must be one of us ) I smiled, shook his hand, and told him that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance - to which he agreed. It made the PITA of carrying a little easier to bear. Food for thought...

 

[floridaboy]

I'm a couple months shy of being 50. And grew up within 30 miles of Washington, D.C., which was the country back then. I thought nothing of riding my bike 5 miles from home, or wandering in the woods all day long. My mother didn't worry about me either. But times have changed, greatly, and for the worse. I think mostly because then most folks didn't believe that government could do no wrong. People generally agreed with whatever the laws were, and tried to follow them. But look closely at the chart provided by Soybean. Notice that the upward trends, and peaks of violent crime co-incide with Prohibition. The in late 20's and early 30's it was alcohol. the later 60's, 70's and since it has been the War on Drugs. My guess is that because the LEO's are so focused on crime that pays dividends through confiscation and federal grant money, they haven't enough time to focus on truly local crime. Such as the child molesters, B&E artists, ect.... Now I'm no expert, but the facts usually do not lie, look them up. See for yourselves. And then decide which laws YOU think should be rigorously enforced.

 

[obxned]

I hate paying for fire insurance.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

At my age and with a disabled wife I feel the need more than ever to always carry. Our lives could very easily depend on it.

Same here. It is the main reason I carry. But I've gotten to love the reassurance it gives me, rather than just a poke in the ribs.

 

[The Canuck]

Carrying a gun.

I have to admit that I did think that carrying a firearm was a cool thing back when I was a kid. But after a stint in the Army I changed that tune. After I mustered out, I took a break of about 10 years from guns and then I came around again. Now that I see my society becoming less able to protect the law abiding citizenry and the criminals becoming more aggressive and dangerous I can't help but feel that I will have a need for that piece of steel (I'm old school about my guns ) sticking into my ribs someday. Unfortunately, my society seems to think that it can't trust me (with an honourable service record and absolutely no hint of a criminal record) with the responsibility of carrying a defensive firearm. In fact it would rather I die at the hands of a crack-head than protect my God given gift of life.

 

[38SnubFan]

When I first started carrying, I didn't find it as much of a pain in the a** as I did just feeling "weird" or "nervous". I used the IWB method and although it was a pain in my side, I remembered what I had read: a gun isn't necessarily as comfortable as it is supposed to be comforting. Although it would dig at my side and sometimes even leave a mark, I carried it keeping that in mind.

Since I've now found a comfortable and very well-concealing Owb holster for my snubbie, IWB doesn't even get used anymore.

Unfortunately right now, working on-call driving a commercial vehicle throughout the Middle Atlantic States, Federal Law, as well as other states laws don't allow me to carry full-time like I used to.

However, when I can carry, I usually do. It's just like others have said: after carrying regularly for some time, it just becomes natural habit and you don't feel "fully dressed" without it.

My advice: take some time, try some different holsters, and just get in the habit of carrying regularly. The more you do it, the more comfortable you become with it.

 

[Igloodude]

It is obscene to me that now days it's considered normal to have registered child molesters living in your neighborhood.
It's obscene that a mother must worry that her little girl doesn't get ten feet away at Wal Mart.

Just a thought, our buddy John Stoessel noted at one point (I think it was a special on "fear") that the rate of child abductions is and has been vanishingly small over the years, but because of breathless media reporting people are much more scared about it nowadays than they used to be. And it's only recently that ex-con child molesters had to register and could be looked up on the internet, so I suspect that what has become normal is not for them to be there, but for one to know they're there.

 

[DomMega]

Remember, carrying is supposed to be comforting rather than comfortable. But if it really is getting to the point where you're thinking about ditching the piece, perhaps it's time to try a different method of carry. Tuckable IWB would allow you to remove your jacket. Ankle, pocket, or shoulder holster carry would remove the gun from your waist entirely. Any may slow down the draw, but at least you'll still have it with you.

Exactly. There are plenty of comfortable ways to carry a weapon out there. I buy the majority of my stuff from www.masterofconcealment.com and maybe its time to upgrade some of your rig. I really like the belly bands for small to even large handguns. You can carry a full size 1911 with that thing, albeit not all day, but you could. There's some really great IWB holsters that are quite comfortable, it all comes down to what you carry and how you carry it.

I WISH I had the priviledge of carry out here in communist California but I don't. Consider yourself lucky for being able to preserve your life, I'm not allowed that luxury.

 

[Lennyjoe]

All of my IWB holsters have the body shield to prevent the gun from diggin in on my body.

A pancake or belt holster is used during the winter time but its too hard to cover up one during the summer in Arizona. For that I use an IWB.

I have only been carrying since 2001 but I feel naked without it. Especially now being in Vegas for the last 3 weeks without it.

 

[surjimmy]

I agree our country's seem's to be going to hell in the fast lane. Still it's the best thing going. You might go through your whole life and never need to pull your weapon, but what if you do. A little discomfort is worth it, just in case.

 

[Joe the Redneck]

I know what you mean. I carried for about 7 years. I spent 3 years traveling across the country and naturally, I didn't bring a gun because I was never certain of the law in any given location.

Well, having not had a gun at times when I REALLY would have felt safer with one (such as the LA Greyhound Station at 3 AM), I don't really feel any level of threat in my little home town. So I stopped carring.

So now I decided that I need to get back on track and carry. I run out of places to put things. My phones now lives in the pocket where my pistole used to ride.

Now I know why people get those little belt holders for their phones.

Joe in Redneckville