Do you care if you "print"?

[wow6599]

I am, by nature & training, a discreet person. I keep secrets. Responding on this forum, even with semi-anonymity is a small violation of my code. So, yes I care, very much.

Is that you Gecko45?

"We meet at the range every night and shoot 400 rounds each through weapons that closely resemble our duty setup. We also practice unarmed combat. I am a Master of three martial arts including ninjitsu, which means I can wear the special boots to climb walls. I don’t think any of you are working as hard as I am to be prepared. I asked a serious question about tactical armor and I wanted a serious response. If you want to laugh at somebody, try laughing at the sheep out there who go to the mall unarmed trusting in me to stand guiard over their lives like a God."

- Gecko45

 

[Jeff F]

I don't stress over it. Most of the time you could open carry and most people won't notice.

 

[Dr_B]

I'm not concerned about printing unless I'm in a certain context. I switch to a well-hidden smaller pistol when I'm around people I know are very anti-gun. Otherwise, large gun.

 

[RinkRat]

I try not to because I don't need the hassle it might cause in my area of daily travel and 99.999999999999999999999999999% of the time no one is non the wiser but if it does it does. My main concern is not to peez off the Queen !!! Though I've carried for several years she STILL doesn't care for it much, that is until that day when she'll be glad I did. So if she doesn't sneer at me which doesn't happen too off-tin though she knows it's there, I know no one else will.

 

[almherdfan]

LOL-the joke is on me. I do take concealed carry seriously, though. I've spent a good deal of time & treasure to become a more responsible citizen.

 

[SFsc616171]

Ah, yes, Portland, Oregon. As I recall, the only city I've lived in where you can bet a cup of coffee upon the regularity of some deluded individual stopping noon time traffic at the parking garage, across from the downtown mall, in their attempt to mimic Icarus!

In this greatly enlightened day, where WalMart employees are solicited by the Department of Homeland Security (who says the KGB/GRU went away?) to be 'the front line on homeland security', and that gentleman that ended up being shot in the WalMart parking lot by a gazillion cops, yes, printing is not an option.

 

[deadeyedog270]

it don't bother me, if i feel i can not cover it well enough i just open carry

 

[Odd Job]

I carry a pistol when in South Africa.
I voted yes.

 

[FruitCake]

Do not care if I print. Used to care but I don't anymore because open carry is legal in CT. More pistol permit holders need to open carry if its their thing. An NRA instructor that I know is always afraid to do anything. He thinks that if he even prints a swat team is going to appear out of nowhere and put him in federal prison for life.

 

[NavyLCDR]

95% of the people never notice my openly carried firearm. If I want to carry in a shopping mall or place like that I just move my shirt from behind the gun to over the gun so 99.9% of the people won't notice it. I could not care less about printing or not.

 

[BADUNAME37]

Wow, pretty close votes!
I am one of the ones who could care less.
I make it a point to not show my stuff, however if someone sees what they think is a gun-shaped thing in my front pocket, and it is my pocket gun in its Robert Mika Holster, I'm not going to worry about it. In fact, I sometimes wonder if people see the kind of square shape, then I figure they might just think it is a wallet or maybe a wallet and/or cell phone, or any other number of miscellaneous things people might have in one of their front pant pockets!

 

[JellyJar]

Print no, Cursive yes!

 

[Doug b]

I make my own holsters so yes I care.

 

[Mike1234567]

I don't care... I just don't make it overly "obvious".

 

[TimeIsRunninOut]

I prefer not to when possible, otherwise I just open carry.

 

[bcp280z]

I think less of it now, there have been times at work or social functions with a gun in my pocket or on my hip that I thought for sure someone would notice some printing and no one noticed. Society as a whole, kinda want to say dumb or inattentive. It's normally only the gun guys and LEO's that inform me of it. I still try to be discrete but just let a little printing slide, it's typically the corner of grip printing, not outline of whole gun.

 

[Ally]

Does anyone know about legal problems with printing in NC? We have open carry in this state, but I'm not sure if there is any correlative relationship between OC and CC with regard to printing.

I thought that printing here was a huge no-no; but I don't know if it's "unlawful". I'd like to know what could/would happen if someone noticed what they thought was a gun and called the police; even though the gun itself was never visible, and there was no intent to make it so?

Anyone have any intel?

 

[Mike1234567]

I called the police the other night when a neighbor threatened me for about the sixth time. I came to the gate with my firearm under my shirt and it was printing a bit. During the discussion one officer reached over and lifted my shirt to verify his suspicion that I was carrying. I lifted my hands and told the officer he could take it if he liked. He said no because he understood why I was carrying in my neighborhood.

 

[Flfiremedic]

I don't print...or at least do everything possible not to. To me its one less thing to bring attention to you and your family...and less chance of being target...but I dress like a bum most of the time, so it isn't all that hard to do.

 

[walker944]

I'm not overly worried about it. Some people get a bit tied in a knot over it, but not me. But, then again, I don't carry anything that's excessively bulky. But these days there are so many gadgets that could be put on your belt, that a GUN is not the first thing I think of when someone shows a little bump under their untucked shirt.

 

[JohnBiltz]

In Arizona, I care but I don't worry about it.

 

[Jonah71]

In Arizona, I care but I don't worry about it.

Kinda that way for a lot of people in Mo. too.

 

[jimsieben]

I don't get too concerned about it. I wear and IWB Kingtuk and it does a nice job concealing my firearm, but other than that, I don't worry about it too much.

 

[aryfrosty]

CAre about printing...

I do care and it has nothing to do with paranoid police officers... It has everything to do with paranoid ME. I have carried over 40 years and nobody has ever seen me carrying. Those I have worked with "know" I am carrying but I don't want any criminals to be able to see where resistance will be coming from. If ever in a place that is robbed or terrorized I want the first warning to be their, "well, lookee here, where'd you come from, moment."

 

[Rexster]

I am not legally required to conceal, as a Teaxas peace officer, in contrast to a Texas CHL licensee, who must conceal, so I can be sloppy about it with no legal consequences. I do wear a badge for a PD that mandates concealment when not in uniform.

That being said, I cannot think of anything good that would happen if someone saw me printing, so I try to keep my weapons concealed under most conditions, particularly in urban areas where a leftista might start screaming, or calling 911 or fetching a security guard. Texas has almost no legal provision for open carry, so it is best to not visibly seem to be carrying a gun.

I will use what is virtual open carry, which is a Safepacker mounted on my belt, or occasionally hand-carried or even slung. Nobody except a few of my co-workers, who know I am packing, have made any connection between a Safepacker and a firearm. I have walked right past security guards at places where CHL licensees cannot carry handguns, and which are full of leftistas. (Keep in mind I carry on my badge, not as a CHL licensee.)

A Safepacker is a very well-made nylon flap holster, but is squared-off to resemble a normal nylon pouch/bag, as would be expected to contain electronics or other gear.