So what do you do if youre put into a position where you might have to give up your coat, or take it off and put it somewhere its out of your control? Its not all that unusual a situation. Same as not thinking ahead and wearing something under your coat but over your gun, so you can take the coat off if you need to.
I always found it interesting, that the companies that ban you from protecting yourself, which is most of them these days, do little if anything to make sure youre safe when they put you in that situation. Ive worked for companies that put us in some pretty hairy situations over the years.
I always just ignored them and did what I thought was best for me (hey, somebody has to
), and that required carrying in NPE's for most of my life. The only places I wont carry, are places with a metal detector and/or pat down.
We all do what we have to do, and if you have to do it you figure it out. Some things give you a bit more incentive to make sure you do it right too.
About the only thing good about a carry permit is, its basically a learning permit that allows you to learn to carry without much risk from the law side, so when youre told by the PTB you cant, youve already got it figured out and just go about your merry way.
eBay is a great place to recover some of that holster money.
OC is permitted here, but you cant carry the gun loaded in your vehicle, unless you have a carry permit. Kind of stupid, but, it is what it is. So if youre going anywhere, you either unload and load every time youre in and out, or you risk arrest if you get stopped.
Personally, I never got the OC thing, but whatever. Decoys are nice to have around.