Plan to "up" your carry around the election?

I carry the same whether it is an election year or a rainy day. Never understood carrying different. But, in most races there is more than one horse for a reason.

Kevin

I plan to early vote today. I won't be able to carry for the election in this instance.

Well, given what's been going on up here (Seattle, Portland and the general state of anarchy around our cities) with the anti-conservative sentiment (don't drive your big pick-up truck with a Keep America Great decal in some areas), a couple buddies and I discussed turning our trucks into technicals (anyone got a lead on a lightly used M240?) ...

But seriously, though, it's difficult to not expect some urban unrest in a lot of areas, depending on events leading up to the election and the election results.

I don't really need to up my carry as I try to stay the hell away from the communist cesspool of King County, but I do know a lot of guys who've thrown an AR in their trucks, JIC.

Kind of funny title to me, as the only 9 minutes I have been disarmed, off our property, lately is the 9 minutes I spent voting the other day.

Yesterday, I was visiting a customer near downtown of the 4th largest city in the USA. One of the employees has a pickup truck with the back window filled with stickers, about a third of them gun related. That truck got broken into last week, but nothing was taken because nothing was in it. No other vehicle in that company parking lot was hit and no other vehicle in that parking lot has gun stickers on it. Everyone, including the cops, think the criminal sought out that truck for the likelyhood it had a firearm in it.

That has nothing to do with the election, but everything to do with putting a gun in your vehicle if you're carrying a billboard of gun stickers on the outside.

Be careful out there High Roaders.

I can tell you for a fact that in some areas around me, vehicles (for some reason, mainly pick-ups or SUVs that look like they may actually go off-road) that don't even have Trump, MAGA, KAG decals, or simply look as though a conservative, rural-type, white person owns them, have been vandalized. The anarchists/ANTIFA folks are engaging in profiling, for sure ...

I am gonna up my boat carry, though ...

I carry plenty so no need to "up" anything. Now is the time to be WAY more aware and trust your gut and your nose. The paid, orchestrated mob has a team to agitate and video, ready to catch you stand up for yourself. It's a no win for normal everyday Americans with jobs and a family. Many of the rioters have criminal records with very little to lose.

Instead of crying like they did last time after the election, we know they will riot and burn this time. I believe we should give a little extra thought to defending our homes from rioters and fires. It's nothing to lose sleep over, just be prepared if you live on the outskirts of a city.

Spats McGee said:

There's a reason I leave my car as nondescript as possible.

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Yep. Guy my age driving a ten-year-old white Buick is invisible. Reminds me to pick up another one of those -- they're also invisible to the highway patrol.

Voted Tuesday, curb-side.
Didn't have to disarm.
Won't change what I carry.

Um, guys, I don't think the OP was talking specifically about voting or going to the polls ... rather, the general state of current havoc and possibilities of more civil unrest.

chicharrones said:

Yesterday, I was visiting a customer near downtown of the 4th largest city in the USA. One of the employees has a pickup truck with the back window filled with stickers, about a third of them gun related. That truck got broken into last week, but nothing was taken because nothing was in it. No other vehicle in that company parking lot was hit and no other vehicle in that parking lot has gun stickers on it. Everyone, including the cops, think the criminal sought out that truck for the likelyhood it had a firearm in it.

That has nothing to do with the election, but everything to do with putting a gun in your vehicle if you're carrying a billboard of gun stickers on the outside.

Be careful out there High Roaders.

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I don't advertise anything. No reason to make myself a target. Prefer to be under the radar of various groups.

As to upping my carry, yes, I did. Went from a LCRX to a FEG High Power. This was because of the "pop-up " civil unrest. Most of the time not needed. But some of the travel to and around work can be iffy. As for voting, no. My area is rural. Has a tendency to vote conservative. Won't be any problems at our polls.

I live in an area where the biggest news in our weekly paper is that Mr. & Mrs. Jones and the Carson family over for Sunday dinner.

Old Dog said:

Guy my age driving a ten-year-old white Buick is invisible.

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I drive a Mustang. One of any 3 I choose. Both sides hate me. I apparently cause global warming (Even though one is 4 cylinder and gets 38 mpg. Slowly but surely) and I anger the right because I shoulda bought a hemi

I do have a newer jeep Rubicon but it's so unreliable that I wish some vandals would burn it to the ground. No chance of that here though. I can count 500 Trump flags for every 1 small Biden sticker....maybe a Big Biden sticker is just what I need. Lol


As far as upping my carry around election. Absolutely. I'll be carrying a minimum of 10mm. A 44 mag some. And a 460 some. Maybe even a 300 mag. It is deer season after all. Other than that no. I do not intend to be around a town. Nor a crowd. Nor a group of over 10 people I haven't worked with for 20 years. I do not envy those of you who are in different circumstances.

Other than that my Glock 27 is all I need.

CDW4ME said:

Plan to "up" your carry around the election?

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Nope.

I do not use my truck or my clothing for political (or any) advertising.

I would just love to get a My Governor Is An Idiot sticker for my truck, but that would violate my "no advertising rule" and possibly make my truck a parking lot target.

No endorsement stickers on my vehicle or my clothing either. Hell, my XJ Cherokee is so old, it only says JE_P across the front nowadays. Nondescript is an understatement and doesn't get much attention from LEO's because nobody would believe it could go the speed limit, much less above it.
Pretty standard carry routine regardless, except at work.

Election, no election - doesn't matter. It is all the same here. Usual carry will suffice. This is a quiet, safe, and I might add - conservative area I that live in.

yup, but made that change in March/April as the pandemic was ramping up - and I think the week they closed the schools solidified that strange things were more likely to go down. just moved from an old CZ-70 in 32ACP, / 8 round mags, to a full sized Beretta 92 with 15 rounds mags of 9mm. I don't usually keep a rifle loaded in the house, but will probably keep a 30-30 loaded starting a day or 2 before the election, and it will likely stay that way for at least a few weeks dependig on events or non events. If it gets nuts, the 30-30 will go with me in the auto.

GBExpat said:

would just love to get a My Governor Is An Idiot sticker for my truck, but that would violate my "no advertising rule" and possibly make my truck a parking lot target.

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Great minds think alike ... we have that same problem up here. At least his opponent is a die-hard 2A guy, hopefully he's got a prayer ...

Old Dog said:

Um, guys, I don't think the OP was talking specifically about voting or going to the polls ... rather, the general state of current havoc and possibilities of more civil unrest.

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The election topic appears to be simply an opportunity for the OP to start yet another thread of telling others that their carry choices are inadequate.

No and another here comes the Civil War thread isn't needed. If you don't carry a well though out gun all the time, that's your problem.

Closed.