What do you carry when you cant carry a gun?

Pocket clip carry a Camillus titanium folder. In places with metal detectors a glass filled nylon delta dart. At work I carry a Gerber Yari II in my day pack.

Also to help if an active shooter happens I carry a Leatherman Raptor with glass breaker & strap cutter as well as in my pack i have my Leatherman Wave. The saw would be used to go from one room to the next quietly through drywall.

I have a hip replacement. And a card that states it. I carry my spectrum in my front pocket on the same side. Got into many places with metal detectors. I won't push my luck going into a federal building in-case they would do a pat down.

2 assisted opening knives and/or multi tool plus my ever present cane or
walking stick.

I Take stick classes every Saturday morning and confident I can put a hurting on a bad guy quickly!

Interesting that the basic drill is the old Army bayonet drill, thrust, butt stroke, slash.
Target areas are solar plexus, jaw, clavicle, on that drill.

Learned More advanced sweeps, and elbow knees, figure 8's strikes, and a bunch of other Kata's, including multiple assailants.
Canes are totally legal everywhere per the American with Disabilities Act, even TSA can't say anything. Best they can do is X-Ray it to see if it is a sword cane - that's a big no no!

Like the other old people, a cane. However, I refuse to cal it a cane, it is a walking stick!

Generally if I go a place I can't carry, but can carry a knife, it's a buck 345.

In the state of Kentucky, you can carry in private places with a no firearms sign, and if caught, have not broken any laws. So an example would be the hospital, or the mall here.

Places you cannot carry are, bars, schools without permission, federal buildings, general assembly meeting of governments, daycare unless you own it.

Places that are fine here but aren't elsewhere include church, banks, fairs, funerals, parades.

Those details vary considerably by state.

Legally we can open carry places that we cannot CC, such as the sheriffs office. However, the sheriffs office staff said they "don't recommend it".

I always carry a knife, a folding CRK, even when I can carry my Concealed gun. But when I can't have the gun I have my Monkey fist in my pocket. You don't want to get hit with that fist. In practice, I have put a 1" deep dent in a 2X4.

An assisted-opening knife, a pen knife and I'm considering carrying a walking stick again.

Left leg is acting up again... .

A Cold Steel Espada Large goes with me nearly everywhere. I dont carry OC spray though I should change that.

A 3" folder, but I try to look around for better environmental weapons when my spidey sense is tingling. Shovels, kitchen knives, fire axe, fire extinguisher, etc.

Never needed to grab one, thank goodness, when I was bartending, but we called Galiano bottles "The Bat" for a reason.


I usually had a muddlng stick handy too- think polycarbonate billy club.

My silver hair allows we to carry my Purple Heart Armory hickory cane anywhere. 1 1/8" of straight grain hickory impacts like a Louisville Slugger.
Oh, and I carry a Gerber mini covert where legal as a backup.

A smaller gun.

But really I'd say my next go to is a knife.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Never needed to grab one, thank goodness, when I was bartending, but we called Galiano bottles "The Bat" for a reason.
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When I tended bar the guy who trained me in said if it came down to it, knock someone over the head with a Champagne bottle. It likely wont even break.

Emerson commander. I have also been known to carry a padlock with a bandana tied to the shackle. And a mouth guard.

We're not allowed to conceal fixed blade knives in CA, so a folder.
Spyderco Delicta or Benchmade Presidio depending on the Jurisdiction.
Walking sticks are good too.

Depending on where I'll be, a folding knife between 2.6 inches and 4 inches.

One of my favorite quotes from this novel that is certainly in my top 10 favorite novels off all times.

“A weapon is a tool," she repeated, a little breathlessly. "A tool for killing and destroying. And there will be times when, as an Envoy, you must kill and destroy. Then you will choose and equip yourself with the tools that you need. But remember the weakness of weapons. They are an extension--you are the killer and destroyer. You are whole, with or without them.” Virginia Vidaura, in Altered Carbon, by Richard K Morgan.

I personally carry the same thing whether I can or cannot also carry a handgun. During the week its simply a Leatherman Skeletool and on the weekend its a Kershaw Cryo II and a Leatherman Surge. The kicker is most of the places were I cannot carry my handgun also do not usually allow the knives or multi-tools either. The important exception being work were my multi-tool and knife is welcome and my handgun less so.

Mn Fats said:

When I tended bar the guy who trained me in said if it came down to it, knock someone over the head with a Champagne bottle. It likely wont even break.

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In my paramedic days I responded to a call wherein a drunk had pulled a gun on a waitress because she refused to give him his car keys. The bouncer grabbed a pool cue from the wall and whacked the drunk on the back of the head with it, which essentially killed him right there.

I imagine a champagne bottle would do the same trick, but you seem like the kind of guy who might be holding a cue stick at any given moment, so...

I all honesty my two options are, carry a gun anyway or don't go.
Being told what to do is a real problem for me, plus it's an excuse not to go places that I did not want to go to anyway.

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I imagine a champagne bottle would do the same trick, but you seem like the kind of guy who might be holding a cue stick at any given moment, so...

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Haha, yes. Id have to lay down my cue and find a house cue or one smack over the noggin could cost me between $350 and $900. Now a bottle of Cooks or Andre...well that's under $10 haha.

.38 Special said:

In my paramedic days I responded to a call wherein a drunk had pulled a gun on a waitress because she refused to give him his car keys. The bouncer grabbed a pool cue from the wall and whacked the drunk on the back of the head with it, which essentially killed him right there.

I imagine a champagne bottle would do the same trick, but you seem like the kind of guy who might be holding a cue stick at any given moment, so...

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Our gameroom manager at the bar survived multiple Vietcong ambushes without serious injury, but almost died from a pool cue- got whacked AND stabbed with it.

Ive had pool cues, barstools, beer bottles and a shoe thrown at me, as well as two drawn knives and a near miss from a shotgun blast. Got lucky and survived with just a black eye and a mild concussion from all that.

Always had a blade on me, but never had to use it as a weapon. Came within a hair of having to blow one guy away with my Tomcat holdout once- hes only alive because there were uninvolved folks behind him in my line of fire.

I did break up a huge melee once with a blast of ice-cold seltzer water from my soda gun , but I wasnt a primary combatant in that one. Lol.

In addition to my firearm, my EDC always consists of a folding pocket knife, "tactical" pen that I use much more for the ink than anything, and a can of Freeze +p pepper spray. Most places that forbid firearms restrict the rest. Most I might get away with is the pen. I have one that doesn't look as "tactical" as my EDC pen.