thou doest protest too much
Boy there sure are a lot of fashion critics,and homophobes eager to put nametags on things sounding more like Obamma, if you don't like the situation, then offer an alternative that is feasable. When I lived up North, I never actually saw a fanny pak, always able to get one of my guns and holsters to fit any occasion. Once I moved down to where it rarelly gets below 80 degrees, and summer is right around 100,every day, you really run out of places to "hide" a gun, I don't think our deputies would take kindly to the feminine references that a couple of the fashion police made. As far as it taking time to get to your weapon, it takes about 1 second, if you know the proper technique, using both hands. Until someone comes up with an invisible gun, it's either you carry the Pak, or you carry a very small pistol in your strong side pocket. Inside the pants holsters have the same problems with perspiration, and convience.I have worked inside and outside since moving here and would never go back to snow again, don't like it, miss it, and can't understand why I didn't do it earlier in my life, instead of going on vacation, I live there now, and they speak English, even though it's a second language in Miami, you wear jeans with your shirt out in the evening, or on days that you will be working inside, and it's cooler, it's about the only alternative aside from an ankle holster which never works out with anything other than a seacamp or a kel-tek, then you have the same problem of bieng able to get it out in time unles you wear a collar and carry a bible, (ask for a second to prey before the bad guy blows your head off), 'another urban legend', There aren't many alternatives that are comfortable and allow the use of the gun that you prefer , which I assume are either 1911's style, or tuperware type pistol, or a 357 mag. I would like nothing better than using a different type of holster but that bieng next to impossible, I would rather take the pak and know I have a "real gun" in an emergency, and some spare ammo to boot.I have a large box of holsters as many here have, and my wife dosen't understand why it takes me an extra 15 minutes to figure out what holster, gun. and belt, to wear, that dosen't print, when we are going to a nice place for dinner or out with friends. I have seen enough threads in here to know how many guys and ladies feel about always having a wepon, and that is the most important thing, if Mr Blackwell, is going to cut me from his top ten best dressed for combat list, then so be it. There is an idea for a new topic, for you folks who like polls, send in pictures of your "dressed for work" attire. That would probablly be funny to see. Each to thier own.I have been fortunate in life even though I have had some tough times, I have been fortunate in having two business partners in different businesses one was Gay, and one is straight. The gay guy was one of the most honest stand up people I ever met, and he died of Aids back around 1990, never had to wonder if he was stealing money, or that he was not going to show up. He helped build a business from 5 people to 35, came in earlier left later never complained and lived the furthes distance from the business than anyone. The straight guy who I am still in touch with, is a bully and a master thief, and very proud of that, if left unchallenged, he would find a way to help himself to anything that he could, at 300lbs and having been a security person, not many people stood up to him, never judge a book by it's cover.He had several behavioral problems Catagorizing people into social, sexual, or just about any other stereotype just dosen't work. I still do it, sometimes we do it to fit in or we have a brain fart, but I would rather have 1 gay guy standing next to me in a fight, that I could count on, than 3 big mouth straight guys who fold like an ironing board. Just my 2 cents I value people for who they are, not what I think they are because someone else told me how to think of them, or if they share my religious or sexual beliefs, I just want to know if they can do the job well. But if you start making a list of all of the qualities that someone must have in order for you to put a value on thier work, you will eliminate a lot of good people because of ignorance and limit your oppertunities in general. By the way Gays come is all shaprs and sizes, my businesspartner went out wit Cops, Garbage men, and lawyers, and the last one was a top surgeon, who let him 14 million, He never collected it due to his death, by try not to think out of the box, there are extremes in anything, you may have a married friend or realtive who is gay , and ne ain't going to tell you if he feels that you are biggoted.
