[telewinz]

Lets assume you are not a law enforcement professional and carrying a handgun is just a personal choice.

[Onslaught]

When I'm NOT at work, it's 100% of the time. But I voted 75% because of work... 33% of my day 5 days a week, I am unarmed at my desk. Once I get to my truck though...

[Trisha]

Yes.
Really.
Always.

[gbelleh]

No choice for:

I would, but my state won't let me!

[Chipperman]

This poll is gonna be skewed pretty far to the higher end with this crowd! ;)

[MikeJ]

I'm in the same boat as onslaught, can't carry at work. When I'm not at work I carry all the time but a lot of it is with a Guardian .32 in my pocket.

[CleverNickname]

I can't remember the last time I didn't have a gun either on me or readily available. It was probably last year sometime.

[Chris Rhines]

I don't carry (guns) at work; it's both illegal and contrary to policy, and the risk of detection is simply too high.

Everywhere else, I carry.

75%.

- Chris

[DeltaElite]

24/7 :D

[bikerp97]

I too carry everywhere but at work. I carry to work and home from work or at least have my P97 on the seat next to me. Any other time I am carrying . So I said 75%.

Kevin

[Zak Smith]

Same deal here: no-no at work, yes 80% of the time when out otherwise.

-z

[10-Ring]

I used to carry ALL THE TIME, then a couple of years ago, I started limiting the time & places I would carry. OVer the last year or so, I'd say I carry about 50% of the time.

[Sarge55]

98% of the time. The other 2% is when I'm traveling out of state to a state that prohibits LE officers from out of state to carry.

[blades67]

I don't carry at work, and I don't carry in a bar when I go dancing (I don't care for country all that much, but country dancing is a contact sport!:D ), so I'd call it at about 75-80% of the time.

[Correia]

No no at work for me. But I'm in the 100% camp.

Hey, concealed is concealed. :)

[Erik]

Everwhere, all the time, except when I plan on drinking away from the home, which is not very often.

[triggertime]

If I'm awake, I'm carrying. If I'm at work, I'm carrying too. As I see it, my personal safety is my responsibility and it is not something that I'd place into the hands of someone else, especially incompetent 'security personnel'. :)

[Charles S]

I always carry, except at work. Its kind of hard to conceal in a pair of scrubs.:D

Charles

[Hkmp5sd]

100% of the time at locations where legal.

[Airwolf]

My :cuss: state won't *permit* me to carry.

However, the great state of Arizona sees me as a responsible law-abiding citizen and has no problem with allowing me to CCW.

When visiting Arizona (and all states that honor their CCW permit) I carry 100% where legal.

[NJ3]

I said 75% just because I can't carry ar work.

[Poohgyrr]

It's surprising how well a J frame can be concealed, even in just shorts, a T shirt, and sandals.

[cool45auto]

All the time.

[priv8ter]

Man....I had to pick 25%, which is probably wishfull thinking. As I stated in an earlier post, my federal job makes it tough.

[ChristopherG]

Many, many restricted locations in NC. Maybe 50%, and that still includes a few spots where I know I oughtn't to have it.

[Standing Wolf]

I occasionally walk as far as the mail box without packing, but if it's cool enough for a jacket, I'll probably drop a gun in a pocket.

I never get in the car without my cigarettes, a lighter, my wallet, a pocket knife, my keys, a gun, and a speed loader.

[gbran]

My work will allow me to carry, but there are some places they send me that I can't carry, such as military bases, federal facilities and some state locations. When not working, I have a gun on me 75% of the time and almost always have one in my vehicle.

[jmbg29]

100% where legal.

[Soap]

I can't at school or work.

[JPM70535]

When I was active LEO I got accustomed to carrying 24-7. When I retired I saw no reason to discontinue a very good habit. I feel half dressed when I have to leave my gun because some bureaucrat decided that now that I am no longer a LEO I can't be trusted to carry in places where I always did before. Makes no sense.


First rule of gunfighting... Bring a gun!!!!

[Stevie-Ray]

24/7 What kind of holster you got for your PJs?:D

[444]

Seldom do and seldom did, got a CCW because I could would have been precisely the way I would have described it.

[Mike Irwin]

I can't carry at work, there's just no way.

The rest of the time?

Hell, I'm sitting at my desk, and I'm armed right now.

[P95Carry]

24/7 ....... lucky tho cos work for myself.

Recently was outa country to Europe ... 8 days WITHOUT ....... damn, that was rough! Soon as I was drivin home over my state border, on return home from airport, .... ''normalcy'' was resumed!:) :p

[Blackhawk]

When I can, which is most of the time.

[Mastrogiacomo]

Not allowed. :(

[MJRW]

Not carry? What do these words mean together?

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Getting shot at and being in a position to shoot back convinced me that carrying all the time is really cheap insurance.

[Tamara]

I'd carry all the time, but it makes an uncomfortable lump in the bedclothes... ;)

[voilsb]

I put 100% but the real answer is probably around 97%

[arinvolvo]

I recently recieved my CCW as noted in this thread:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15941&highlight=ccw

I have yet to carry the gun that is listed on it (steyr m9)...Most of the time I am @ school, and concealed carry in government buildings is a no-no....Even outside of school I have not carried the Steyr because it is a bit bulky for this time of year...It is getting hotter and hotter, and the clothes are getting skimpier.

I have recently however bought an Autauga MKII, which fits neatly in a zip around wallet, and slips easily into either my front or back pocket....I will carry this gun pretty regularly once I have it added to my CCW...I have already qualified with it, but I need to turn in my qualification, and have my card re-issued.

Here is a pic of my soon to be (25% of the time) carry gun..

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=207014

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=207013

[Schuey2002]

I'd carry all the time, but it makes an uncomfortable lump in the bedclothes...
I was going to say 100% of the time until I read what Tamara wrote. :D
So, I'll say 90% of the time instead.

[denfoote]

I can't carry at work. (It's a nuclear power plant) All other times, yes!! :D It comes out to just about 50%.

[JimC]

I voted 100% but it's actually about 98% because there are times that I just don't.

[charleym3]

I chose 75%. I'm never "very" far from a firearm. Unfortunately my employer requires that I leave it in the car. That's the only time it's out of arms reach.

[Smoke]

I voted 75% though 80-85% is probably more accurate. I always carry at work. And there is always a gun(s) in the truck even if not on my person. It's rare that I don't but there are times:(

[Kentucky Rifle]

I'm with Trisha.
All the time. At least two. One on my belt, one on my ankle. And sometimes, one in a Hedley "Back Pocket" model.
When I'm in bed, one on the top of the night stand, one on the second shelf of the stand. My wife is armed all the time, too.

KR

[yzguy]

again, the work thing, I could, but if caught would be fired.... :(

so I put 75%

[TIMC]

100% except for work with me too. My employer (large company) is pro gun and beleives you should be able to protect yourself going to and from work. They have controled entrances with security so I feel safe while at work. I stop at the guard shack when I drive in, they have very nice padded lock boxes for guns. you lock it and keep the key then pick it up when you leave.

[outfieldjack]

I can't carry at work either..... (State Employee working at a "state" building)..... but I do carry everywhere else.....

[pax]

If my clothes are on, so is my gun.

pax

If I won't protect myself, what right do I have to expect another person to risk his or her life for mine? -- Sunni Maravillosa

[SouthpawShootr]

I carry everywhere I go when I'm not at work. I need my job right now, but if I ever get shot up at work I'm going to sue their pants off for not providing a safe work environment.

[C. H. Luke]

CCWing is like putting on my watch in the morning.
It's 2nd nature and an unconcious thing.
It's 100% as not being able to CCW at work or in the Post Office, etc.
is relative as we don't have any personal control over those
restrictions parts of our Society places {forces} on us.

[TheOtherOne]

workplace is specifically prohibited, as are parks, playgrounds, schoolgrounds, churches, gov't bldgs, sporting events, bars, restaurants, any place where more than 500 people are gathered (who counts? Why?) any place posted as off limits etc etc etc etc etc etc etc.

Dang! What's the point of CCW with all those restrictions. I can see some place like California coming up with CCW finally and then adding, "Oh, everywhere is off-limits except your house and your grandmas house if she says it's okay".

[cratz2]

ALL THE TIME!

http://photos.imageevent.com/cratz2/guns//DCP_0936.jpg

Less often.

http://photos.imageevent.com/cratz2/guns//DCP_0908.jpg

[Ironbarr]

VA, while not Vermont, is reasonably enlightened therefore I shall.

These days? Always - except showering, sleeping, etc.

I've got reasons, beliefs, etc. - so I do. Open carry is available here.

[Safety First]

Like some of the others I can not carry at work...but I do carry most of the time otherwise and would carry near 100% if my employer would allow it..so I voted 50% which is probably fairly accurate

[WebHobbit]

I said 75% because I cannot carry at work. Everywhere else I go my .357 snub (if not my 4 inch 686) goes too.

At work I do manage to keep a fairly large "pocket" knife with me.

It's better than nothing!

http://www.webhobbit.net/pics/gunpix/trio3.jpg

[litework]

50%- Two Jobs and attending college.

[V-fib]

can't carry at work or even on the grounds of my workplace. :(

all other times between 25 and 50%:cool:

[faustulus]

I think of it as my American Express card. I have gotten to the point that if I do leave home without it I feel naked.

[Edward429451]

I put 100% but realistically it like 97 to 98% of the time. Cant really say when & where I cant. Gotta keep em guessing instead of spelling it out for them.:scrutiny:

[m.i.sanders]

I carry everywhere I legally can. Works out do to a ridiculous policy. Heck, the way the policy is written, I'm not supposed to carry my pocket knives, which I do use for work.:rolleyes: So I had to choose 75%.

[PATH]

I always have something with me even if it is the mighty mini p32.

Better to have and not need than to need and not have!

[LiquidTension]

I voted 75% because I'm in college and carrying in bars is illegal. I carry 100% of the time I am allowed to by law.

[Country Boy]

I teach at a school, so no gun at work. I voted 50%, but when I'm not at work, it's around 100%.

[Betty]

I clicked "100%" when it's actually 99%.

I couldn't carry into the courthouse - the one place I was going to be at the same time with my psycho-ex. :mad:

[Edward429451]

I couldn't carry into the courthouse

Wish we could, you never know. They always take my handcuff key on the way in too, whats up with that?:uhoh: I always rib the guys that I may need it upstairs...!:D

[Jedi_7.62]

It goes everywhere my pants go!

I'm a creature of habit. It goes on when I get dressed and goes next to the bed when I get undressed. It goes anywhere there isn't a metal detector.

When I get dressed before I walk out the room I check wallet, keys, knife, gun and ocassionaly forget my watch.

I carried a lighter for almost a year after I quit smoking.
Habbits are just hard to break.

Carrying at work isn't a problem since I work either for my Dad or my Uncle. Vietnam era vet's tend to look at things much more rationally. :D

Though...even when I worked for the University and it was strictly forbiden I did anyway. My view was this the only way they will know I have is if I need it. In that case that job doesn't mean all that much then does it?

[themic]

Though i live in VA, I spend too much time in DC, or on Metro.

Then I have a nasty tendency to go to restaurants in the evening, and that's a no-no here. :banghead:

so, not very often.

[themic]

...but the pocket knife has been on my side every moment i wear pants (cept for airplanes and courthouses) ever since i was 16. :D

formerly the spyderco civilian,
nowadays the smaller CRKT Apache III Limited Edition (teflon coated) :D

[Lennyjoe]

50% of the time.

That is when im back stateside.

Back at home in Arizona I cant carry at work since Im on base.

But rest assured that whenever I leave base for any reason Im armed.

So in reality I carry 100% of the time when I leave base. Whenever I leave the house the sidearm is with me just not on me.

But since Im here I cant carry anything. But thats all about to change in 51 days. Woo Hoo.

[FPrice]

I work on a federal installation so I cannot carry during the work day. But lately I have been putting my Charter Arms .38 Spl Undercover in my pants pocket as soon as I change clothes when I get home. I am trying to make it a part of my wardrobe.

[Texas Bob]

If you saw me on the "street", rest assurred this old man would have a primary, secondary, flashlight, knife and cell-phone, keeps me in shape 24/7. (:evil: must work as I've not changed my weight in over 30yrs, wife hates that:neener: )

[bowhnter]

always..even to work, even though I'm not supposed to. If I have to stop a workplace shooting, at least I'll be ALIVE when they fire me.

It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.