chaim
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I know I've read here before that most people say you shouldn't have anything else in your pocket if you pocket carry, and for a while I agreed. I'm starting to think though that it may not be necessary.
If you carry with a holster than covers the trigger you won't have to worry about a AD/ND due to something getting in the trigger guard.
If you fold up a piece of paper or two or use a thin piece of cardboard and use it as a partition you won't have to worry about fumbling through your pocket trying to find your gun. I do this with my defensive folder and pepper spray, putting those in the rear against my leg and my other stuff in front where the other stuff is what prints. It does a good job of separation and if I ever need my knife or OC spray/CS gas (the spray contains both) I shouldn't have trouble getting to it quickly. You could do the same thing with a gun.
With a larger gun it obviously wouldn't work, but if you carry something smaller why not?
Anyway, I started thinking about this after having a chance to carry recently (I can carry when out of state sometimes). I'm used to having a lot in my pockets. When I carried my 21oz Taurus 85CH in my pocket I felt fine. When I used my 15oz S&W 442 I really felt that I was carrying something, I felt different because my pockets weren't weighted down as much as usual. Well, there are times when something even smaller (which might also be even lighter) may be called for and before I'd want to do that I'd probably want to carry with something else in the pocket (a knife, chap stick, cell phone, whatever) to help weigh it down a little, or make the pocket feel more full. Also, people are used to seeing me with a bulge in both pockets, it may be more suspicious if some days I didn't.
So, what do you guys think of carrying a holstered gun in a pocket that also contains some other stuff? What do you make of my idea of a makeshift partition?
If you carry with a holster than covers the trigger you won't have to worry about a AD/ND due to something getting in the trigger guard.
If you fold up a piece of paper or two or use a thin piece of cardboard and use it as a partition you won't have to worry about fumbling through your pocket trying to find your gun. I do this with my defensive folder and pepper spray, putting those in the rear against my leg and my other stuff in front where the other stuff is what prints. It does a good job of separation and if I ever need my knife or OC spray/CS gas (the spray contains both) I shouldn't have trouble getting to it quickly. You could do the same thing with a gun.
With a larger gun it obviously wouldn't work, but if you carry something smaller why not?
Anyway, I started thinking about this after having a chance to carry recently (I can carry when out of state sometimes). I'm used to having a lot in my pockets. When I carried my 21oz Taurus 85CH in my pocket I felt fine. When I used my 15oz S&W 442 I really felt that I was carrying something, I felt different because my pockets weren't weighted down as much as usual. Well, there are times when something even smaller (which might also be even lighter) may be called for and before I'd want to do that I'd probably want to carry with something else in the pocket (a knife, chap stick, cell phone, whatever) to help weigh it down a little, or make the pocket feel more full. Also, people are used to seeing me with a bulge in both pockets, it may be more suspicious if some days I didn't.
So, what do you guys think of carrying a holstered gun in a pocket that also contains some other stuff? What do you make of my idea of a makeshift partition?
). Otherwise, one option is to further overload my other pocket but I already have a lot in there (my car keys, home keys, some misc keys, work keys, money clip, credit/debit card holder, pen, etc) so it may not fit, and if I load more in there the pocket will be even heavier making my lighter gun pocket even more noticable. A final option is to start carrying a "man purse" but I'm not sure what I think of that idea.
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