Twisted Chemist
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- Nov 23, 2021
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Yes, I said it and I'd say it again.
The issue at hand was uncovered yesterday while taking a family walk, including two large dogs, on the walking/biking paths in our town. Being a smaller city we have a generally low crime rate but there are always exceptions. I've had my CC permit for several years now and carry whenever possible, per the laws in our State. So being a State employee I can't carry at work. Can't carry when I pick our daughters up from school, soccer practice, Beta Club, dances, Mexican donkey shows and so forth.
Anyway...
Back to the walk. On the way out the door I shoved my M&P Shield, wrapped in a De Santis pocket holster, into my pocket. Also grabbed a collapsible baton to keep other dogs at bay. Did you know that it is illegal for a civilian the use a baton against another person? That is my understanding anyway.
So off the six of us go! It was a lovely spring day, one of the two or three we get before summer rolls in with oppressive heat and humidity. As is my habit I will practice a partial draw of the handgun while I'm out. Just to make sure it is accessible and will reliably lift from the holster and smoothly exit the pocket. As the oldest daughter was falling off her bike and the wife was being dragged across the grass by one of the said canines, I slipped my hand in my pocket, grasped the firearm and attempted a partial draw.
It wouldn't come out of my pocket.
The pockets in the pants were stitched so that the butt of the grip caught a "void" between the seams and would not come out no matter how hard I pulled. 
Finally had to fold the holster taco style and extract it from the offending pocket, remove the firearm, shove the holster in my back pocket and drop the pistol in a front pocket. This could have gotten someone, or someones, shot if it had been a life or death moment. Truthfully it was quite a shock, this had never been an issue with any other style pant.
Moral of the story, practice drawing in the clothes that you wear out into the real world, just to be safe.
The issue at hand was uncovered yesterday while taking a family walk, including two large dogs, on the walking/biking paths in our town. Being a smaller city we have a generally low crime rate but there are always exceptions. I've had my CC permit for several years now and carry whenever possible, per the laws in our State. So being a State employee I can't carry at work. Can't carry when I pick our daughters up from school, soccer practice, Beta Club, dances, Mexican donkey shows and so forth.
Anyway...
Back to the walk. On the way out the door I shoved my M&P Shield, wrapped in a De Santis pocket holster, into my pocket. Also grabbed a collapsible baton to keep other dogs at bay. Did you know that it is illegal for a civilian the use a baton against another person? That is my understanding anyway.
So off the six of us go! It was a lovely spring day, one of the two or three we get before summer rolls in with oppressive heat and humidity. As is my habit I will practice a partial draw of the handgun while I'm out. Just to make sure it is accessible and will reliably lift from the holster and smoothly exit the pocket. As the oldest daughter was falling off her bike and the wife was being dragged across the grass by one of the said canines, I slipped my hand in my pocket, grasped the firearm and attempted a partial draw.
It wouldn't come out of my pocket.
The pockets in the pants were stitched so that the butt of the grip caught a "void" between the seams and would not come out no matter how hard I pulled. Finally had to fold the holster taco style and extract it from the offending pocket, remove the firearm, shove the holster in my back pocket and drop the pistol in a front pocket. This could have gotten someone, or someones, shot if it had been a life or death moment. Truthfully it was quite a shock, this had never been an issue with any other style pant.Moral of the story, practice drawing in the clothes that you wear out into the real world, just to be safe.
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