Have you ever been "made" by personal contact?

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Once, yes. By my current girlfriend after our third or fourth date after giving me a hug. She bumped my pistol by accident and said "what's that?"

"A USG Five-seveN pistol"

"Ooh, I've only seen the IOM, can I see it?"

Yep, she's a keeper. :D
 
I was made once by my niece who was only 3 or 4 at the time when she ran up to me to give a hug.
Ran head first into my 1911 and thumped it pretty good. LOL
She rubbed her head and gave me the strangest look.
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ROFL thats probably the only time I wouldn't mind being made!:)
 
Yep. At work, a girl I work with hugged me before I left for the day and with her being short, and me being tall, she ended up bumping it. She lifted my shirt and gave a sly smile before lowering my shirt. She's a pro-carry lady too :D
 
I was momentarily terrified that she would run into the butt of my CW9.
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Why were you scared? Because CCW is against the rules of your work-place? Or scared at the social awkwardness? And whats up with the high school feel-up? Where do you work anyway... a night club?


The thing I am amazed at is how quick many of you are to assume the average person in public (who decides to run their hand down your back or hip) will instantly recognize its a CCW pistol and get angry or alarmed. Or of course, if you are carrying against the rules of your work then you're rolling the dice and its not our problem.

* In many of these situations, the initial physical contact itself is the more questionable part. You could easily put it back on them and say "hey Suzy, easy with the happy hands there or I may have to email HR." :eek: She stammers "oh but I was only being playful..." and you leave it at that. She should feel like she did something wrong, not you.
 
* In many of these situations, the initial physical contact itself is the more questionable part. You could easily put it back on them and say "hey Suzy, easy with the happy hands there or I may have to email HR." She stammers "oh but I was only being playful..." and you leave it at that. She should feel like she did something wrong, not you.
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Sorry, but I have to disagree with this.
She should not be made to feel guilty for a simple hug any more than I should feel guilty for carrying.
All of this horse manure about hugging and showing a little affection is one thing that's got this country in the shape it's in.
We should all get and give more hugs. And we certainly shouldn't feel guilty about doin it.

Sorry, the subject is a pet peeve of mine.
 
sort of.... One of our corporate specialists came to town....I had to take him to his hotel....on the way to the hotel at a stop light, a street urchin came up to the window to beg for money...not knowing if we were about to be carjacked, I pulled out the Sig Sauer at my feet..... I kept it low so the the street urchin did not see and luckily he went away....but my visitor did ask me if I was going to shoot the guy.... I told him "If I have too" Nothing more was ever said about the incident.
 
I was made by a female coworker when I was putting a sweat shirt on at the end of the night to leave and she just started walking out with me every night as we always parked near each other anyway. The only thing she ever ask is "do you prefer I walk on your left side" I said yes.
 
Slightly off topic, I was watching my brothers band play last weekend in a crappy part of town, my niece wanted her coat from the car, and my sister n law said "ask Uncle Romma" to take you out to the car, he's probably armed"... She got wide eyed and then asked me to teach her how to shoot someday.

I will post pics if she does not mind. You'll probably thank me for sure.
 
Why were you scared? Because CCW is against the rules of your work-place? Or scared at the social awkwardness? And whats up with the high school feel-up? Where do you work anyway... a night club?
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Yes, I am young and don't like the attention. Its very akward when an older person confronts you about your right to carry.....

I'm a graphic designer at a sing shop. When you work with people long enough, you develope a personal bond. This women displays this bond with physical contact. I have no problem with it, with the exception of this one situation where I was almost "made"
 
I must have been printing really bad in church one day, to kids came racing down the hall and slapped the butt of my gun then ran away
 
i pocket carry, because it's easier. if someone asks me what it is. i say it's my journal and i don't want anyonr to read it. no ones asked me yet.
 
Not as yet but I don’t really care one way or the other. I can’t carry at/to/from work as I work for the fed.gov and they frown on having one in your POV. Most every where else is fair game.
 
I was made by a female coworker when I was putting a sweat shirt on at the end of the night to leave and she just started walking out with me every night as we always parked near each other anyway. The only thing she ever ask is "do you prefer I walk on your left side" I said yes.
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That's neat. I like that response.
 
Not yet.

I've been carrying off and on for over a year, but went to 'everyday' about 4 months ago. My wife knows that I have a permit, but that's about it. She was shocked about 6 weeks ago when we were discussing crime rates and I lifted my shirt to show my MK9 IWB. I was CERTAIN that she'd brushed against it enough to know I carried often, but she'd never noticed.

After seeing it, she totally embarrassed our 18-yr old daughter by choosing her words poorly - "Did you know that your dad has a gun in his pants?"

I work in the local office of a foreign-owned business and I can't afford to be made. At present, there is no corporate policy but I'm sure that a report of someone armed in the office would result in a new 'anti-gun' rule. The new LCP 380 gives me a little more comfort in that setting.
 
Once.
My wife's aunt gave me a big hug at a wedding last year and "made" me. She just gave me a grin and said "Ah, what do you have here?" then went off to hug my wife.
 
An old friend that I bumped into at work during a summer job made me. She took one look at me, and later after work when we went to hang out she asked me if I was packing. I said yes, she said "cool, waiting turn 21 so I can get mine too." Other then that, never, or at least no one ever said anything. Have to giver her credit it was a keltec in an IWB under a t shirt and a long sleeve shirt left untucked.
 
I was just "made" last night in the ER.

I took my wife in and while we were waiting for the Dr. one of the nurses recognized me and we hugged hello. I tried to go for a low strongside arm hug so she wouldn't be able to feel my gun, but she out manuvered me. She placed her hand right on my 1911 in it's IWB Holster.

Oh well, all is not lost, as I'm legal to carry in a hospital as an LEO. This nurse has known me for years and it was nice to be able to "catch up". The gun didn't even faze her and she never said anything about it. I actually think she was so insistent on where her arm when because I think she had a "Hide Out" gun on her person herself. ;)

BikerRN
 
I got made at the JUNKYARD the other day. Apparently, when I went in without a toolbox in hand, it looked a little odd, so the lady at the desk asked me if I minded having my coat checked when I came back out. Not a problem to me, they are in a bad area and were losing a lot of small parts in toolboxes and such. I couldn't find what I was looking for, came back to the desk, and she gave me a quick pat-down. She felt the butt of the XD and said, "What's this?" I showed her my CHL (since we were in a somewhat crowded area I didn't want to reveal a pistol). She looks at me with a PERFECT little pout and says, "And here I was thinking you liked me!"
 
This is an interesting thread to me because I was asking this question to CCW people the other day. I'm female and I get hugged all the time - especially at large social gatherings. Most women hug at the end of an evening, and some men do, too. I can't imagine how I'd get away with carrying anything.
 
A year ago, one of my co-workers did a fake bump into me "Oh, sorry, excuse me, haha" while I was clocking out. He bumped the bottom of the pistol I was carrying IWB about 3:30 and asked what it was. He somehow bought that these jean make my wallet ride high and I need to replace them and blah blah blah. A couple months ago he ran into me again (not just me all the time, he's a bit spastic and rambunctious) and almost hit it once more. I now instinctively pull my arm back along my side when he gets close :p

Our company doesn't have a weapons policy, but it's probably just because we're a small business that hasn't gotten around to it yet. I'd rather not bring the issue to the forefront.

I'm female and I get hugged all the time - especially at large social gatherings. Most women hug at the end of an evening, and some men do, too. I can't imagine how I'd get away with carrying anything.
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If you always put your arms low first so that the other person has to hug high, you can get away with it.
 
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