When do you NOT carry a firearm?

[allaroundhunter]

Interesting to hear people say they don't carry when they know they will be drinking. I am in the process of obtaining my CWP now and I always imagined that knowing I am carrying would be a blessing for me when alcohol is around because I will force myself to drink moderately.

I guess a lot of people have no interest in moderation sometimes (understandably so) so they leave the piece at home.

Here in Texas there is not a "legal limit" to be carrying. If, in the officers opinion, you are "impaired" then you are in trouble. Whether it took you half of a drink or 10 drinks to get there.

 

[BemidjiDweller]

In Minnesota the BAC limit to carry is .04. I drink in moderation, but that still leaves me with a BAC above the limit here.

 

[BADUNAME30]

In the shower.

 

[bigdaa]

Carrying is a moot point in California.

For the most part, as the Bible states :"Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

So goes the procurement of a CCP.

 

[gym]

I carried my gun even when I didn't own a gym, like now in a fanny pack. Everyone used to carry them for gloves wraps etc. and many LEO's who worked out at the club I owned did the same thing. I found that the fanny pack, although is a hated article of outerwear, it serves many purposes, and frankly I don't car if someone thinks you look like a dork for carrying it that way, at least I have a weapon available when needed. Same goes for many other situations, especially if you wear sport clothes around the house, like tee shirts and nike pants. The other way you can always carry is in an ankle holster, often overlooked. I would buy a pair of low boots, that cover the entire holster and gun. I did that for 20 yrs. at work, it may not have been the fastest way to get your gun, but at least you have it on you. If something happens you may easily have a second to bend down and retrieve it.

 

[9mm+]

I don't carry wherever the law prohibits it here in NC, but then again, I also try to avoid going to places where carry is prohibited. I certainly don't patron ANY business where CC is not allowed. Those damn places are still in business, though, so it just goes to show that we have too many yellow-belly, progressive, anti-gunners in Cary.

 

[MedWheeler]

I carry to and from work, but not while on the job. Not illegal, just not permitted by employer policy.

I skipped carry at Disney World a couple of weeks ago just because I had not been there since being licensed to carry, and figured it wasn't worth the concerns.

Aside form work, I pretty much carry wherever lawfully permitted.

Regarding drinking, I don't drink enough to be concerned (carry in bars not permitted), but Florida does not have any restrictions on BAC while carrying. State law only prohibits "use of" a firearm while under the influence, but actually makes an exception specifically for cases of lawful defense of self or another.

 

[Warp]

I am wondering what times or circumstances cause you to leave your carry gun behind.

Swimming. I rarely do that, though.

When I MUST go through a metal detector to get where I am going, and my carry license isn't good enough to retain my firearm while passing through said metal detector.

In my own private residential yard. I do most of my yard work without a firearm on my person.

 

[Roy Weber]

Always

 

[Frizratz]

Hi,

shower, sleepin ( but the weapon is in reach )
in Delaware ( for the moment )
In Maryland ( prolly fornever )
Swimmin
Where customers won't allow.
Where the Law won't allow.

I might be green but I stopped drinkin when I got my LCF, about 1 yr ago.
I think even one drink, if you hadda use your weapon, your BAL might sink you, just like a car accident, if you were drinkin, you'll be in the wrong.

As said earlier, it's like my wallet or pocket knife, I feel nekkid w/o it.

 

[420Stainless]

When I want to go someplace where the property owner has prohibited them.

When I'm horsing around with the kids so they don't inadvertently get whacked in the head by a heavy metal object, however it still remains in fairly close proximity.

 

[John G C 1]

I am so glad to hear so many of you say you do not carry in people's homes unless you ask to.

I am not antigun; I own several pistols and revolvers, but a friend of mine brought over her boyfriend and after we sat around the living room for a bit I noticed he had a gun on his hip. I asked and he whipped out a revolver loaded with .357 and one under the hammer and offered to let me handle it. He does not know me well and has no idea if I know anything about guns.

There is no reason to take a loaded gun into someone's home on Sunday afternoon in small town, USA and never mention it! I grew up with a military historian father who had lots of guns, but no one ever carried around loaded weapons in the house.

Do what you want in your own home. No problem with that.

Thanks to those sensible enough and polite enough to ask when it is someone else's home..

I think I need better friends.

j

 

[Warp]

I am so glad to hear so many of you say you do not carry in people's homes unless you ask to.

I am not antigun; I own several pistols and revolvers, but a friend of mine brought over her boyfriend and after we sat around the living room for a bit I noticed he had a gun on his hip. I asked and he whipped out a revolver loaded with .357 and one under the hammer and offered to let me handle it. He does not know me well and has no idea if I know anything about guns.

There is no reason to take a loaded gun into someone's home on Sunday afternoon in small town, USA and never mention it! I grew up with a military historian father who had lots of guns, but no one ever carried around loaded weapons in the house.

Do what you want in your own home. No problem with that.

Thanks to those sensible enough and polite enough to ask when it is someone else's home..

I think I need better friends.

j

That individual had a lot of issues beyond carrying in the home without asking permission.

Not everybody lives in "small town USA" and visits people only on Sunday afternoon.

 

[444]

This for some reason seems very strange to me.

I carry everywhere I go. I even carry on Sunday afternoon. Nobody knows about it but me (that is the concealed part). I can't imagine being invited to someone's house and asking them if it is OK if I carry a concealed gun.

For that matter, if I thought someone would have a problem (if they knew about it) with me carrying a gun, I simply wouldn't go there.

 

[Hit_Factor]

I can't carry at my day job. But I can at my other jobs, so I do.

I don't go places that I can't legally carry.

The pistol I carried during the day goes on the headboard when asleep.

 

[orionengnr]

Shower, sleeping, hot tub. But it is within 2 feet.

Work...cause they say so.

 

[John G C 1]

There is a thing called politeness and another thing called respect.

It means when you go to someone's home----especially if you do not know them well---- you ask them before you smoke or before you go to the refrigerator to grab a drink or wander room to room or try on their coat or let your dog run into their home or bring in a gun or do anything else that you think the person might object to because it is out of the ordinary or is potentially dangerous or might be seen as invading their privacy or sense of decency. It is not a "gun issue" but a basic respect issue. All you have to do is ask, and then if you do not want to go in that is fine.


I have asked a lot of people around here how they felt about this. Most the few people I have asked, gun owners and others, have said a person should ask before showing up with a loaded gun.

 

[paintballdude902]

on base... i live on base

 

[oneounceload]

Regarding drinking, I don't drink enough to be concerned (carry in bars not permitted), but Florida does not have any restrictions on BAC while carrying. State law only prohibits "use of" a firearm while under the influence, but actually makes an exception specifically for cases of lawful defense of self or another.

To clarify - in FL you cannot carry in a place that is just a bar; however you can carry into places that have a bar - like a sports bar - that also has food service that compromises the majority of revenue

 

[Warp]

To clarify - in FL you cannot carry in a place that is just a bar; however you can carry into places that have a bar - like a sports bar - that also has food service that compromises the majority of revenue

That's the key.

Of course, if in doubt, you're going to have to ask the owners/operators information they may not know or be willing to divulge.

Silly law is unnecessary

 

[JRH6856]

I'd rather not say on a public forum...

 

[gym]

In the 43 years I have carried, "every day", unless in a restricted area, even to the beach.
It has never been an issue when going or traveling to an unexpected place, "as long as it was legal to carry". I neither informed or asked permission from anyone. I would never tell a stranger that I had a gun, nor would I trust them to decide if it were safe for me to be in a strange home. Just as I would not ask to inspect their home and see their financial records before entering.
If I am invited to go to a persons home, I am invited as I am, without having to ask their permission on how I live my life, 'especially if I don't know how they live theirs ", or who may be after them while I am in their company.
My close friends all know I carry all the time. It has never come up.
If you feel that it is something to concern yourself with, then you must ask everyone who enters your home if they have any weapons on them, "which I would find very strange. Otherwise you really can't expect a stranger to trust you with that kind of personnel information. They may be an Agent or undercover LEO, or several other kinds of things that would not make it wise for them to entrust a stranger with that information. I am indeed curious how many people have entered home that you would never know carried a gun.
In some businesses I have been in, it was essential to have a handgun available to you at all times.

 

[Zardaia]

College campus and on base, illegal. Carry everywhere else.

 

[MICHAEL T]

In the shower Hate it when my pistol and leather holster get wet Other wise I am armed

 

[Grmart]

I don't pack when I'm playing golf as well, but it's in my golf bag! I carry just about everywhere else though.

Cheers,

George