Wedding carry....

[carnaby]

appendix carry, with the cummerbund or vest to cover it up

 

[M2Pilot]

I guess this response is too late

but according for some of my friends, if you're getting married,you might as well just shoot yourself. Congrats & Good Luck.

 

[fast eddie]

Wedding carry seems perfectly reasonable...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcq8wWNOWDg

 

[zahc]

I'm getting married in a few weeks, and I'm going to carry, because I always carry. My 1911 is my usual dress gun, but then, I'm getting married in jeans and a coat so it shouldn't be a problem.

 

[roscoe]

Ivory-handled single-action Colt .45 in a black leather holster is the way to go.

 

[CAPTAIN MIKE]

Three Suggestions

#1 - When you go to hug someone 'go low' with your sidearm hand so the other person isn't likely to feel your weapon.

#2 - Consider ankle carry.

#3 - For a nice Wedding Gift, give the loving couple a 'matched set' of holsters.

 

[Mannlicher]

Arm your buddy in the crowd, and for your wedding, take a rest from 24/7 carry.

 

[ctdonath]

take a rest from 24/7 carry.

Why? Would you take a rest from wearing a seat belt every time you drive?

 

[elkhuntingfool]

Quote:
I got married in a gun free zone

Do you know that for sure? You don't know everyone wasn't carrying. You might be surprised.

I can guarantee there was nobody packing where I was at

I can understand the need to carry, I do as much as possible. I work for the Feds and no guns or weapons of any kind are allowed on the property. I do wish that rule wasn't in place - I work swings and in a crappy part of town no less. When I'm not here - I carry. But at a wedding? Nah. Like someone else suggested - let someone else carry it while you are getting married.

 

[Fisherman_48768]

Both the groom (me) and best man were packing on my wedding day 3 yrs ago. Wife and I decided to have a cowboy wedding. Pews were bales of straw,dinner was a BBQ'd pig, wet bar was a wall tent, flower girls were my grand daughters and wife's daughter dressed according to theme but in pink,music was by my nieces singing amongst the selections was Cowboy Take me Away, flowers were all spring wild flowers . Overal a pretty good day enjoyed by all. Best part was the preacher is a rabid liberal and he didn't know whether the guns were loaded or not.

 

[jwmoore]

My best man carried in a shoulder holster. His reason, to lay down a field of fire should I want to make a run for it.

 

[Big Boomer]

wedding

Well my family won the bet...to whether or not I would carry at the wedding and if they could figure it out or not. My tux has no belt loops so no belt, is fitted for me so no crotch carry, and no front pockets. Shoulder holster is waaay to obvious but I still did it.

Little NAA 22 mag in the inside pocket of the jacket.

 

[larry_minn]

Have to admit I didn't carry at my wedding. Now when I was best man...
I just KNEW there woudl be lots of hugs. Also photographer had me remove my jacket for some shots....
As said protecting the bridal party is Best mans job.

 

[revjen45]

"wait...why do you need to carry while being married?"
For the same reason you carry at any other time.

 

[lee n. field]

Speaking of weddings, you-all might get a kick out of this. (It's for the cake.)

If you flip through the site, that cute little item would cost $2500. A bit rich for my blood.

(Just married off my oldest daughter this month. That was fun.)

 

[oobray]

Well, to put an end to this thread...
Everything went well, there were not incidents, and there were several trusted friends in the crowd to whom I delegated the responsibility of security.
I am now married to a wonderful woman who was VERY disspointed when she couldn't wear this...

haha!! Thanks for the input!!

 

[devilc]

I had the same dilemma last year.
My sister in law was hosting an outdoor wedding at a rural location in which I was a groomsman.
We had numerous bear sightings on the grounds in the weeks leading up to the wedding.
I carried a snubnosed .44 special in a bellyband - which is awfully uncomfortable in a tux with that high waist-band.
My father in law cached his elk rifle and my M1A near-by just in case.

 

[larry_minn]

Wedding this weekend. (I am just part of crowd) So not sure what I will bring.

 

[busy_squirrel]

Will be bestman this weekend. Guess I'll be "expected" to carry by most people in the know, so I might as well.

 

[DnJ90]

I hate to be a stick in the mud,but, with the amounts of liquor that is consumed at a wedding do you really think carrying at a wedding is a smart idea?Sounds like an accident waiting to happen.The only exception to this of course would be for those who don't drink(Which was the case at my wedding)

 

[fletcher]

I hate to be a stick in the mud,but, with the amounts of liquor that is consumed at a wedding do you really think carrying at a wedding is a smart idea?

I don't see the connection, unless the one carrying is drinking.

 

[DnJ90]

I don't see the connection, unless the one carrying is drinking.

Thats exactly my point.

 

[larry_minn]

Why is there a concern of drinking? Do many people in wedding Drink at wedding (in church)? Also reception need not be at bar.

 

[DnJ90]

Why is there a concern of drinking? Do many people in wedding Drink at wedding (in church)? Also reception need not be at bar

If the groom or anyone in the wedding party is carrying then there is no ? that they will be at the reception.While the reception does not have to be at a bar most receptions have liquor at them,and a good portion will have an open bar or a bar serveing drinks.

 

[Sunray]

"...we all received..." Geezuz. The last time I was Best Man, I had to cook dinner. Paid for the rental of the BBQ and put up with the groom's da trying to tell me how to cook too. The time before I got nothing but drunk, before that it was a pen.
"...reception need not be at bar..." Receptions aren't in bars. They're usually in rented halls. Unless the people are teetotallers, there's drinking.
"...numerous bear sightings..." Yogi isn't stupid. He's knows when he's not invited. Slews of people alone will keep him away.
If a groom carries at his wedding, he'll never hear the end of it.