Just curious, how long have you been carrying? I would check the laws/penalties, you might be pleasantly surprised (or unpleasantly disgusted).
Not too long. About 2 years. All the laws I have been made aware of have been within that time.
I see a CCW faux pax here in carrying in a situation where you WILL be "outed" because of close contact. Think about it - dance class with a CCW? Any belt holster could be made in that circumstance, and was. Pocket carry would be preferable. Not carrying at all may be the only resort.
At this point, being invited to walk along as a known gun carrier in a bad neighborhood looks manipulative. Would they walk alone under the same conditions? Like Mas Ayoob has said, the last thing you might need is one of these ladies shouting "You have a gun, DO SOMETHING . . ." Their tactical timing is not to be trusted, if it's just a property loss, introducing lethal force won't be good.
It's possible I might be found out, but that hasn't happened yet. I told the teacher, who touched something at my lower back, that it was a music player for when I ride my motorcycle. The girls do walk alone now, without me joining them, so I don't see them inviting me only because/if they knew I carry (they don't know now, just to be clear).
Park you car by the bar. Than walk back to the studio. After wards when you walk with the group to the bar go to your car to get smokes or drop off your dance shoes or what ever pretense disarm join your party in the bar. At the end of the evening drive home carefully or get a cab depending on your consumption rate
That is a very good solution. The last part would not be necessary for me, but I understand why that was added. I drink less than 1 drink per hour when I am carrying or may need to drive.
my take is you are not thinking.is this group your kind.the mind set of the girls
does not appear to be your mind set.if you have an eye on one of the girl,may be you better think again.how about the women that marry murderers who are doing life.they like the excitement of danger,expecting to be safely away.I dont do drinking as I am into firearms/reloading.I have been in many bars in past BUT there was not the culture that is prevalent now.think aabout it is it worth it.
I am not thinking? I disagree... I always try to be thinking
First, I read back and I think I exaggerated by labeling the neighborhood "bad". I have to admit, part of the area is bad; the girls walk about a block away from a drug dealing area. "Potentially bad" may be a better term (but aren't all areas "potentially bad"?). If you are questioning me spending time with the girls who would walk in this "not good" area, then according to that, there are probably very few girls in this state who would be "my kind" (i.e. my exact mind-set). I imagine that NONE of the girls have my mind-set. I'd bet none of them carry a gun or a knife or multiple flashlights. It seems girls just don't tend to do that by their nature. Does that mean they cannot be educated?
...A shooting event when you are walking to the bar surrounded by a group of people is asking for accidental injuries, that someone will blame on you. If you are being attacked you may injure someone else in the group....
This advice does not support a reason to not carry. Do you support the laws/rules that prevent a licensed individual from carrying on a college campus? If you do, that means that, IF there is a gun brought onto a campus by a killer, you'd hope that the only gun present is the one in the criminal hands.
If I carry, I retain the
option of not using the gun.
