[firestar]

I thought it meant "concealed carry weapon" but in a gun rag they said it meant "carrying a concealed weapon" also I have seen people here use it for all types of things.

[MisterX]

i thought it was Carrying Concealed Watermelons. this site is about....watermelons....isn't it?????????? :neener:

[chevrofreak]

mmmmmmmmmm watermelon

[mrt]

Hey Firestar
This list should get you by for a while...TFL abbreviations (http://www.thefiringline.com/Misc/library/TFL_Primer.htm)

some misters just have melons on their mind.

[Joe Demko]

Melons rock. Especially big melons.

[22luvr]

The only thing more fun than eating them is BLOWING THEM UP!
Whoopee.

[QuarterBoreGunner]

As Freud said: 'sometimes a melon is just a succulent piece of fruit, ripe, round, juicy and delicious…and sometimes a melon is a, a, hey? What was I talking about?’

[Country Boy]

Melons? :scrutiny:

Depends on context I suppose.

Take a look at my CCW. (concealed carry weapon)
Doesn't everybody CCW? (carry a concealed weapon)

And some people use the initials to stand for the license itself. My CCW fell out of my wallet!


CWP = concealed weapon permit, not Cingle White Phemale
CCP = concealed carry permit

[Zundfolge]

Don't listen to those jokers.

It stands for Cweedence Cwearwater Wevival

:neener:

[Jedi_7.62]

I thought it was Cold Chicken Wings. :D

[Jedi_7.62]

Cute and Cuddly Warthog.....:D :D :D

[Mal H]

Looks like we're just about ready to close this one. ;)

But, I've gotta ask if anyone else gets a little peeved when their CCW license is called a "permit"? I don't mind having a 'license' to carry my own weapon, well actually I do, but that topic has been well covered in these pages by many of us. However, my permission to carry came from James Madison and many others of his age and ilk. When I went to pick up my renewal last year, the clerk of the court said something like, "here's your permit sir, please sign here ...". I went over the "permit" vs "license" with her and she actually agreed and said she would try to use the word license from now on (the license itself unfortunately says "permit" on it). A nit? Not really.

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Mal H- It doesn't really bother me; I look at it as a "clip" vs. "magazine" issue. I understand your frustration on the issue though; I don't need a permit to carry. I'm an American citizen. That's my permit.


And incidentally, here in Kali the little piece of paper they give you says 'license'

[anchored]

I don't see a problem calling my permit a permit. I don't see it as a permit to carry a weapon, I see it as a permit to conceal a weapon. I don't have much problem with that.

[Mal H]

Very good point, anchored. Trust me, it doesn't bother me all that much. I just wanted to see what others thought about it.

[Stevie-Ray]

Here in Mitchi-Gun, they are not CCWs. They are CPLs.
Concealed Pistols License.

[Navy joe]

Where is Jim at? Concealed Carry Weasel

[P95Carry]

''Crazy Criminal Whacker''!! :p

[C. H. Luke]

Certified Cracker Wacker..........

[Jim March]

Heh. They sometimes want to UNconceal themselves at the dangdest times. Like while standing in a crowded city bus, crammed in like sardines, and this little fert-head pops out your jacket and starts licking some gal on the nose :D.

In Mass. it's an "LTC": "license to carry".

[philhir]

Mine says it's a "PENNSYLVANIA LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS".
I guess that makes it a PLTCF, not a CCW.

[MPFreeman]

in INDIANA its a License to Carry Handgun. LCH.

[arinvolvo]

Normally it means Concealed carry weapon....

However when people use the word "CCW" as a verb, such as: "I only CCW when I am around gorillas." I suspect it stands for "carry a concealed weapon"

[Thumper]

Here in Texas the actual license is called a CHL. In Georgia, it's colloquially known as a "toter's permit."

[samualt]

Don't listen to the print magazines and the people above.

CCW stands for Counter ClockWise guns. It just means that some weapons have a tendency to tilt CCW when firing. There are also CW (ClockWise) guns that tend to tilt clockwise during recoil. None of this, of course, is to be confused with CS (CorkScrew) guns that tend to corkscrew when you fire them; That is why you see so many people in the movies hold their guns sideways!


:evil:

[Country Boy]

http://www.THEHIGHROAD.ORG/showthread.php?s=&postid=241285#post241285

[chevrofreak]

soon to be CWMDL


Concealed Weapon of Mass Destruction License

[Jamie B]

In Ohio, it stands for Cannot Carry Wilbur (anywhere).

Yes, I am still bitter!!

Jamie

[grampster]

As an old retahred LEO, the term CCW, in my state anyhoo, came about from LEO lingo used in the enforcement of the felony statute which prohibited "...carrying a concealed weapon..." IE: You are under arrest for CCW.

The term sort of evolved into the common use for the license that allowed one to carry an approved weapon concealed either in a restricted manner or generally unrestricted. Although even the unrestricted license had some no no's. Since Michigan became a shall issue state, there is now only one license, the Michigan Concealed Pistols License, which is highly restricted to prohibit one from carrying concealed in places where it actually would make sense to carry... Sigh..

grampster:fire: :banghead: :rolleyes: