Serious question - public restrooms

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Paddle holsters, IWB with clips are good alternatives or compromises for being able to leave the gun holstered but still being able to remove from the belt. If your belt holster has a retention strap or mechanism there isn't much worry of a drop but otherwise it is possible if left hanging on the belt. I use my jacket pocket if available and just hang that on the hook.
Serious but humorus problem for any method that connects to your waist and trousers.
I am considering a shoulder rig.
 
Don't let the gun leave your person, i.e., don't lay it on the toilet tank or other fixtures. Even (supposedly) trained LEOs have left their guns in the restroom this way. If you should drop your gun, just let it fall; don't grab for it.
 
bigfatdave said:
... carefully undo your belt**/pants. Lower them below your hips and re-buckle the belt. Lower pants and hold in place with spread legs or by hand. If you're paranoid or have biggish gaps under the stall walls, or are somewhere with a lot of kids*, lower your underpants in a way that covers the gun. Your gun is now safely in the holster, in a only slightly awkward reach, and still 100% under your control.
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This for me.
 
Shoulder holster isn't really an option the way I dress. I use pull-over hoodies, not jackets.
 
9mmepiphany said:
In order of preference:

1. Use your restroom at home before going out. The restroom is a tactical nightmare if you become a target.

2. Find a business which has a single use restroom with a locking door...my favorite when traveling is Starbucks

3. Use the unisex/family restroom...like at Target. It will usually have a fold down changing table inside. It is a great place to put your gear when you take it off.

4. Use the disabled/handicap stall...more room, more flat surfaces for your stuff
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Same here. You sir, know your restrooms.

If it's not a single restroom with locking door I also choose the handicap, I can usually rest in/on the bars in there.

I can also say that when I was traveling for work Starbucks were my restroom of choice, lol.
 
You know, I got away from hoodies when I started carrying IWB, because they're a hinderance to my draw and seem to always be snug, causing some grip-poking-out printing. I really don't care about minor printing, but that got annoying. Also a few motorcycle rides where I would arrive and find out that the hoodie had ridden up over the gun, causing me to OC as I rode around town.
Luckily the public is entirely oblivious/apathetic, or my local po-po didn't care about calls regarding a big scary biker with a gun.

What are you using for carry gear, Skribs? I can seriously say that I don't have major trouble with a SuperTuck and a BeltMan belt, the holster stays pretty much upright or leans in a bit ... and the belt is doing all the work.
 
4. Use the disabled/handicap stall...more room, more flat surfaces for your stuff
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Choosing to go armed is not a handicap. Among non-handicapped persons, lots would say they "need more room" for whatever reason seems valid to them.

Leave the handicapped stalls for the handicapped. I don't think that gun-owners circulating the advice that we are entitled to the handicapped stalls marks us as good citizens.

JMHO.
 
Could be, dave, that those stalls aren't designated or reserved for the handicapped. They are just specially configured in case a handicapped person needs them. A handicapped person just has to wait like everyone else.

Perhaps the same should apply to close-by parking spaces. Many of those go unused most of the time, too. If a handicapped person shows up while I'm parked there, well, he can wait, I'll be back soon. Right?

We all will do what we want. Me? I recall that many of the handicapped are recently so, perhaps from service in OIF/OEF. I don't need a handicapped stall, and it would be nice if I never do.
 
I have a Galco instructor belt and a bladetech IWB holster.

Recently, if I'm not going far and I'm wearing my baggier hoodie, I've actually been just putting on the XD paddle holster (the one that comes with the gun) without even bothering with a belt. My cargo shorts have a drawstring that supports the paddle holster well enough. I may even start to OC because of how much more comfortable it is.
 
Leave the handicapped stalls for the handicapped.
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Good grief. There is no offense, discrimination, social faux pas, stigma, or fine associated with using the handicap stall in the restroom. Lots of folks use the big stall for lots of reasons. There's no definition or classification of individuals who are allowed to use it as there is with the handicap parking permit.

The handicap parking space is left unoccupied by law for the use of those entitled, specifically as that location is close to the building, the individual's mobility (not continence) is the issue being addressed, and the person wanting to use it would have to wait hours to obtain that space if the law did not force it to remain vacant.

The "handicap stall" isn't even called that. It isn't specified as provided for the disabled. The ADAAG require that a space be provided that is larger, but it is not even MARKED as reserved for the disabled. The handicap stall is not provided so that it is always clear at a moment's notice. It is merely provided as a larger facility with better grab-rails. It has to be there in public spaces, but it is usable by anyone, and those who require its special accommodations are not unduly put out by having to wait a moment for them to be free, just like anyone else.

When the law is changed so I have to have a handicap pooping pass to use the big stall, then I'll consider this a valid concern. And as they say, on that day, Satan will be skating to work.

That's an issue which has gone from "a pretty decent idea" to "blown way out of proportion" in the last decade or two. Now we're afraid to use the handicap commode? Good grief indeed.
 
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Loosedhorse said:
Choosing to go armed is not a handicap. Among non-handicapped persons, lots would say they "need more room" for whatever reason seems valid to them.

Leave the handicapped stalls for the handicapped. I don't think that gun-owners circulating the advice that we are entitled to the handicapped stalls marks us as good citizens.

JMHO.
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I would offer that the stalls are designated Handicap Accessible ...they are not marked Handicapped Only. That means that they sized to accommodate the mobility limitations of handicapped people, but may be used by non-handicapped persons just as they use Handicap Accessible doors and ramps.

I would not interfere with a handicapped person is waiting to use a Handicap Accessible restroom stall, door or ramp...but would find it pretentious accommodation to avoid them if they are not being used
 
I had absolutely no idea I would stir up the hornet's nest regarding handicap-only vs. handicap-accessible by posting this question.

9mm, when I was 10 I thought you had to be handicapped to push the button to open the doors on the handicap accessible doors.
 
when I was 10 I thought you had to be handicapped to push the button to open the doors on the handicap accessible doors.
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I just used those the other day. It was very windy and the rec center double doors are very heavy any way. It wasn't that folks couldn't get them open, it was that folks were having a hard time holding them open against the wind. It was looking pretty silly as folks were being pushed back into the building by the doors
 
I'm right handed so I unholster my gun and stick it in my pant leg to the inside of my left leg. I won't walk off and forget it and it's quickly available should I need it.
 
Is this really an issue? Seriously just take off your belt and gun and hang it on the coat rack. Alternative is to hold them on your lap.
 
Really now, if ya can't figure this out on your own should ya really be carrying a gun?
Did ya not practice this at home?
Did your mama teach ya nothing?


tipoc
 
pocket carry snubbie in front pants pocket or jacket breast pocket: no problems in restroom.
 
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