(I work in EMS now, so it is a knife pocket for me.)
Sure it is....
(I work in EMS now, so it is a knife pocket for me.)
I looked at my collection of pistols and realized with a couple tweaks I can upgrade my grab and go gun without dramatically changing how I carry and dress. My new G&G pebble pusher: View attachment 911150
This is one of those topics that come up over and over again and every time it does someone makes a comment to the effect of "I can't imagine being so fearful that I feel the need to carry a gun in my home.". They then go on to tell us they have multiple guns stashed all over their house. Wait, what?
I don't always carry at home because I'm not always dressed to carry. I'm currently sitting on my couch in gym shorts and a T Shirt and my Glock 26 is sitting on the coffee table. If I move to a different part of the house it goes with me. If I'm wearing clothes that will support a gun then I wear a gun.
I read a blog by Tamara Keel once that says (paraphrased) " It's not so much that I carry a gun at home as it is that I simply carry a gun." I carry at home 1% for "just in case" and 99% because if I have to take the dogs out or SWMBO sends me to Walmart I don't have to stop and put my gun on.
On a side note I also don't specifically answer my door armed. If I'm concerned enough about who's on the other side of that door that I won't open it without a gun in my hand I just don't open the door.
Does anyone else use what I call a “grab and go” gun? Specifically, a pocket pistol of marginal caliber for those short tasks, like walking dog, grabbing milk, etc. I have 3 guns that fill those niche and I’m curious what people thought of my options. They are a NAA .22 magnum, a .22 Beretta Bobcat and a Astra Cub in .25.
Before people start telling me to carry at least a .380, I’ll say that I own 2 .380 pocket pistols and I hate shooting them, so they don’t make it into my carry rotation. I also have a couple subcompact 9mms that I use for CCW most of the time.
Carry what you are comfortable with and what you can safely shoot and carry.
Have I carried a M27 tweenie barrel in a shoulder holster loaded with Dick Tracy engine block killers? yep
1911 and vairients inside the belt, shoulder holstered and Pouch? yep
but I have also carried .380s, .32s, even .25s and gosha a rooty .22 Short ( thank you Beretta)
At one point while I was living with a Colt Officers ACP my wife had a big event at a swank place in town and she expressed concern about my possible lumpiness or flashing. So an ancient Ortgies .25ACP I had been playing with of late went into pocket.
I was approached by two doctors at the party that knew my wife well enough to know I was a gun nut. A discussion followed and eventually I fessed up to having a .25 ACP on me to these two. Immediately they started with the "use enough gun" and telling me how ineffective the ,25 was.
I ask them if either had worked on a person wounded with a .25 and one said he had and the other was not sure "but either a .22 or a .25"
I asked if either of them knew anyone that would like to take even a chance of being shot with a .25 and it got quiet in that corner for a bit.
One said "But if you had to shoot a .25 would not be much" and the other smiled and nodded.
I then asked what they had to defend them selves with on the way to their cars tonight.
"Why, I am not carrying here!" again the second nodded in agreement.
I saluted them with my drink of soda and told them I at least actually did have a .25 in my pocket and asked who would be in better shape if a pair of thugs did stop one of us and a wife in the parking lot.
Lots of blinking. Fish mouth motions and "Oh...yeah..."
How about instead of ragging on one another for carry choices we encourage folks to be sure they can carry safely in a way that allows rapid and safe presentation with fast multiple shots at three yards or less and get back to hobby stuff?
-kBob
An oft-repeated cliche, and meaningless.ANY GUN is better than a sharp stick!
Horses for courses. Risk management does not ONLY focus upon severity of consequence, but also frequency. Such the concession that carrying something smaller and less accommodating, but which has been statistically proven to be as effective in real world events, is a viable option in a lower risk profile scenario.
By 'frequency", we assume that you intended to say "likelihood".Horses for courses. Risk management does not ONLY focus upon severity of consequence, but also frequency.
I'm not sure what you think that might be.Such the concession that carrying something smaller and less accommodating, but which has been statistically proven to be as effective in real world events, is a viable option in a lower risk profile scenario.
Risk management encompasses likelihood, the severity of the potential consequences, and the availability and practicality of possible mitigation strategies.
In cases involving potential consequences that are extremely severe, likelihood pales in comparative importance, and mitigation becomes extremely important.