Taking a CCW gun on a first date.

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I've got an AZ resident CCW, and was wondering if I should carry on a first date. Anybody have any experience with this situation. Don't know how they feel about guns. My usual carry piece is a Ruger SP101 carried in a fanny type pack, in front on the left.

In AZ we can open carry, but showing up with a 1911 on the hip might be a bit too much.

I guess I could take her to a range and cut through all the cr*p right away.
 
I think the idea of going to the range is a very good one. One thing for certain-you'll find out really quick if she has issues with firearms!
 
not a bad idea

I like the idea of the range, good way to open the subject.

In Ohio you never have to worry about letting a date know you're a permit holder, remember we have to have our weapons in PLAIN SIGHT. So, you open the door for her, then as you get into the driver's side, you expouse your pistol.

Gee honey, nice toy :evil:
 
If you carry a firearm for protection, are you sure that you won't need to protect yourself or your date? ( This is not meant THAT way) In other words, If you care enough about yourself to carry other times, why not now?
 
1)She'll need to know eventually if she's going to be involved with you.

2)You probably won't be doing any huggy-huggy on a first date anyway.

You might ditch the fanny pack though. Just my opinion.
 
On 1st dates etc...in college, I would just be careful to go arms low while hugging so they don't notice. If things were progressing in the relationship then I would tell them before they discovered it accidentally. I private, not such a big deal, but in public I would never want to hear "What is that? is that a gun?" in earshot of anyone else.

Not carrying never entered my mind! :cool:
 
If it is important enough to carry not on a date, it is important enough to carry on a date. However, please, please don't carry in a fanny pack unless you are over 40 and have a mullet. If you are over 40 and have a mullet, the fanny pack will enhance your image. :evil:
 
Since no one has said it, I will. "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" :evil:

Since you cannot predict when and where you might need a gun, I say carry it. If something happens and you need it, she may be forever beholdin to you for saving her life. If not, move on.
 
If you wear a fanny pack on a first date, you probably won't have to worry about what to wear on the second.

I don't know about carrying on a date though, unless your date knows you are doing it and is ok with it. I mean, if your date was to somehow unexpectedly see your gun on a first date when you two are alone, at night, in a car, I bet things could get a little freaky if she doesn't know you very well.
 
However, please, please don't carry in a fanny pack unless you are over 40 and have a mullet. If you are over 40 and have a mullet, the fanny pack will enhance your image
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A real knee slapper to start off my day. Thanks El Rojo. :D

Definitely lose the fanny pack.
 
bring it, but follow their advice, no fanny pack. those things are ridiculous and not even very good carry options. get a galco iwb. galco makes comfy, high quality leather at decent prices and they're an az company. can't go wrong.
i'm an az resident too and i've carried on first dates. i have some funny stories about that too, but not appropriate for this forum. suffice to say it was dark and a river was involved.
seriously, carry. i know you want to make a good impression and you don't want to be labeled as a gun nut without having a chance to prove you aren't nuts, but you don't want to date a woman who's against guns anyway. seeing as how it's az and you're over 40 (i'm assuming she's close to your age) she is probably pretty conservative too and you won't have any problems. she might even show you a thing or two at the range.
 
From mulletjunky.com

* A mullet is a hairstyle which is popularly described as "Short on top, Long in the back".
* Common names for the mullet include (but are not limited to) : The Ape Drape. The Tennessee Waterfall. The 10/90 (the proportion of hair in front to hair in back). The Mud Flap. 7 (shape of the #) The Long Island Ice Teased. Business on Top-Party Out Back. Achy-Breaky-Big Mistakey. Yep-Nope. (Please don't e-mull me more names for mullets)
* The term Mullet(hair context obviously) traces back to the 1967 prison film Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy, in which Kennedy's character refers to Southern men with long hair as "Mullet Heads."
 
don't use a fanny pack... get a shoulder holster, waist, whatever...

i would carry on a first date, but casually bring it into conversation. or, i'd bring it into conversation before we went out. that way, if she's an anti, you won't have to waste time, gas, money, etc.

~TMM
 
I would carry. As the date goes along and you get to know her and she you, you might want to take a moment and explain to her if you feel it necessary. If it looks like the date is not going well, why even bring it up? If you go to a range, it's kind of a moot point isn't it? LOL

Definately loose the fanny pack idea, very uncool!
 
Would you consider changing from boxers to briefs, or vice versa, for a first date
Would you dress right instead of left ,or vice versa,for a first date

Why would carrying be any different. It's either what you do or it isn't.
 
I'm one of those advocates of 24/7 carry so of course your first, second and 437th date you should be packing.

If she doesn't like it then bye bye
 
THIS is a mullet. :neener:

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