Do you carry while you are sick?

If I was THAT sick, no. The rule I stick to is what Utah law defines. (Somewhat.) The level of impairment for carrying is the same as the level of impairment for driving. If I am too sick, drunk, drugged, or distracted to drive, then I probably won't carry either.

If you have a hair-trigger puke at the ready, I can't think of a better repellant for bad guys.

...and if you are REALLY sick, after you puke on 'em you can engage your secondary defense system on them.

Yeah. That's the ticket.

I have had days where I felt so fatigued/sick that I decided not to carry. And then I promptly drove myself to work, and made decisions there.

Probably not the smart move on my part. If I'm too sick to carry, I'm probably too sick to drive.

If you are in that condition then No, however a little projectile vomiting should stop just about any BG in the world.

When I am sick, I call a "timeout", quit protecting myself and my family, and raise a white flag over my house. This stops the possibility of a home invasion until I am healthy enough to get back into "the game".

Well, it doesn't get much worse than recovering from neurosurgery AND being sick from the medications. I still carried, or I might better state, I carried especially then, because I was reduced physically from being able to use other forms of self-defense, i.e. TaeKwonDo. However, especially when ill, I keep all doors closed and secured. That way I have more warning of an attempted entry. Because criminals take no breaks and show no mercy, nor do I. JMHO.

Excellent thread!

i carry when i'm sick and have to go out.being very sick would prevent me from fighting off a bg so the gun is a good idea.

Being in the ICU, or being dead would keep me from having a gun within arm's reach. No offense intended, but, COMEON!!!!!

Anything that would effect my judgement is not a good time to be carrying.
Sick,Meds,Drinking just to list a few.

I don't see the point of this thread. If I am at home, and sick, drunk, on some meds, smoking crack, shooting some of the Yam-Yam, etc... My family will be protected by one, or both of us being armed! My judgement has already been made! I DO take on the responsibility of carrying a weapon, I WILL protect my family, and I WILL accept any consequenses of my actions! Sick, drunk, or crazy, that is my policy.

When you are most vulnerable, you are a very attractive target.

Whether that vulnerability is due to advancing age or physical disability of any kind, remember: the predator will naturally pick the slowest and the weakest as an easy target.

And the true predator will show no mercy.

Good question, I had wondered the same thing a while back but never remembered to post a thread.

In the condition you were in, bathroom to bedroom I assume. Just leave a gun easily accessible in both rooms and keep all doors secured. Maybe not so easy if others(children) are also in the house.

But as far as the typical cold and just feeling like crap all the time. I have not carried before just because I didnt want the extra weight on me. But that was before I bought some smaller, lighter guns. So now I would probly carry while feeling like crap.

How bout goin to the doctor while carrying?

sick carry

I have, do and will carry when sick. Criminals show no quarter to their victims. As a matter of fact it seems they pick the easy targets first. I don't drink or do drugs so I'm never impaired to the point of not carrying.

I hope you are feeling better. I hate that feeling. Yes I carry when I am sick. I keep my firearm in my nightstand and when I have to use the can I take it with me. You can't take any chances even when your feeling like you been run over my a semi truck.

On 8/27 I had shoulder surgery. I'm left handed...right, left shoulder. I still cannot bring my pistol to eye level strong hand only. In fact, i shot for the first time post surgery on 9/2. Recoil didn't hurt, the position did!

So, to the theme of the thread. Even though I wasn't sick, I was on some strong pain meds. I could not even think straight...so I had no choice but leave my gun alone. I did start carrying last week because I've not taken those type drugs since three days after surgery.

If I'm too sick or medicated to be safe driving then I shouldn't carry. BUT...when I was at home, it was close. My doors were locked and my friends knocked.

Mark.

^^^ I can relate. I had a motorcycle accident at a trackday 8/25 that left me with two broken knuckles on my left (dominant) hand and a broken right collarbone, surgery on 9/4 to install some pins and screws. Cast came off the on 22nd, I tried shooting my Kimber using my normal two handed grip last Wed. Oh my lord that hurt something fierce! Mostly in my wrist for some reason although the bones weren't real happy either. I ended up quitting after 3 mags because my right wrist is evidently slightly messed up too. I need to try my wife's S&W 19 with .38s next and then the model 39 if I have to rely on the Jennings .22 I'm gonna be bummed. I am hoping the bad guys take a vacation till I'm healed or I figure out what I can still shoot without whimpering. I think I'll pass on the 12 gauge for a couple more months.

Absolutely. If I'm sick my reactions may be slower, I may have weakness or fatigue. That's when I would most bennefit from a firearm, sometimes we need all the advantage we can get.

That's a toughie, and relevant as I've been sick for weeks now — the darned "Michael Travels Too Much" virus...or ebola. I'm rooting for ebola, 'cause it'll be over quicker!

There was one day I didn't carry because the flu drugs left me, for lack of a better word, fuddled...of course, I only went the two miles to the grocery store for liquids.

On one of the worst sick days I've ever had, I WAS carrying and I believe it saved my life. I was in Tennessee arranging my father's funeral...it was a nightmare, dealing relatives, blah blah while dealing with a stunning shingles attack that invaded my right eye. i ended up in the hospital in the middle of the night in East Memphis, where I grew up and not far from RangeMaster, with crippling pain, my right eye swollen shut...big fun. So the hospital tells me my symptoms are "consistent" with a late stage brain tumor, and I gotta get MRI'ed at 2AM to see whether I'm going to die the next day...of course, no brain tumor, so at 3AM they kick me out with a prescription for pain killers and a map to the closest open drugstore. Super...a 24-hour drugstore in a war zone. So I stop by my hotel and pick up my father's 1911A1 Remington Rand, the only thing of my father's that his new improved family would allow me to take (other than the bill for the funeral). I stick it in my pants Mexican style, throw on a vest and go get the dope.

I'm coming out of the drugstore and, as if on cue, an oil-slick black Impala rolls between me and the door of the store. There are four bangers in the car; the passenger, who I think of as "Snoop" because of the corn rows, says, "What in the bag white boy?"

Cliff Note's Version...I go to the gun and time stops. The old warhorse is still behind my back, my strong-hand thumb on the little safety bump; cover is four steps to my left; nobody — absolutely nothing — is moving. The horrific pain in my head has vanished, I actually feel my heartbeat slowing as I relax and let go of the pain. I know you're going to think this is stupid, but I remember laughing out loud. In my head — maybe I said it; I really don't know — I thought, Let's do this thing and go home...

The moment lasted maybe a couple of seconds, or maybe forever depending on where you stand. "Snoop" broke the moment. "You crazy, white boy," he said as the window slid up. "Have yourself a good night, y'hear?" And the shark rolled out of the lot and back into traffic.

I went back to the hotel and threw up.

Michael B

Crime doesn't take a holiday, so it's best to have the beast close by.

If I'm sick, whatever it is has probably gone to my lungs which means I can't breath, so I can't run away. You betcha I'm carrying!

having a knee replaced in November
right now i use a Bubbastik as an aid
three feet of hardwood with a brass knob on the end can have other uses
if i am under the influence of pain meds all i carry is the stik
even after the surgery, i may still carry the stik around - nobody ever questions it - airports , casinos, etc.

If you're too sick to defend yourself without a gun...

I cant think of a better time to carry a gun....