Jeb Stuart
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Gone are the days of common sense. What next, Potty training for EDC.
Where do you place your firearm when you visit the toilet?
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Trey Veston
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Maybe TMI, but I don't poop in public restrooms. I go once in the morning and am set until the next morning.
Zaydok Allen
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I will admit that I have an unnatural paranoid fear that when pulling up my drawers I will somehow bang the grip of my gun in a way that will pop it out of my holster and into the fully loaded toilet bowl.
It couldn't happen because I use good holsters and a good belt, and I pay attention. But the fear is there none the less.
It couldn't happen because I use good holsters and a good belt, and I pay attention. But the fear is there none the less.
herrwalther
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I have something of the same fear. My solution is I use the holster to help lower my pants. Grab the butt of the handgun like you are going to draw it. If your holster has a swear guard of some kind, even better. Grip the gun against the holster, lower pants. Good holster + good belt, that holster isn't going to fly off. Might as well use it to your advantage. My wife used to carry her NAA mini IWB, without a belt. The NAA bumped out and slid into the next stall. The little girl was nice enough to slide it back with her foot to my wife's side...
Zaydok Allen
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That's exactly what I do! Stealth Gear Holsters and a Big Foot Gun Belt. Still paranoid!
The unshakable thought...…. what if? Ewwwww
Boomerang
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I recommend a zombie green holster with your phone number on it, so if you somehow put it down and don't see it before you leave, at least if I'm the next person in the stall, you will get your gun back.
Some ideas:
A stiff belt not only supports weapons better when worn, but can maintain its shape well enough when unfastened, that it may well be feasible to simply leave the holstered weapon in place, on the belt, when on the throne. The belt I am wearing at the moment has no label, but is one of several well-recommended belts, with Cobra buckles, I bought some time ago. I am wearing a JM Custom Kydex OWB at 0300, with a G17 inside it. I can sit on the throne with this particular combination; no unholstering required. Other good belts include Instructor Belts, from The Wilderness, and leather belts made by such makers as Milt Sparks, Kramer, and the late G. Wm. Davis.
The Cobra buckle, mentioned in the preceding paragraph, keeps the belt from slipping through the loops.
A weapon carried in an ankle holster requires no special attention when sitting on the throne, and may be A really good idea for those of us whose lives are oriented around the nearest throne room. (I have occasional bouts of I.B.S.) The usual caveats about ankle carry do apply, of course. (For me, ankle carry is usually for a secondary or tertiary weapon, and has been special-occasional since I retired from LEO-ing.
Many shoulder rigs are independent of the belt, and may be really good ideas for those of us whose lives are oriented around the nearest throne room. I do not wear a shoulder rig on a daily basis, due to the hot, humid local climate, but will wear an Andrews Monarch when traveling in air-conditioned vehicles, and on occasion during our brief winters.
A belly band rig, torso/chest band rig, and variations thereof, are normally independent of the pants belt, and can be really good ideas for those of us whose lives are oriented around the nearest throne room.
A well-pocketed handgun can work well when sitting on a throne, IF one pays attention to all the details. The usual tactical caveats about pocket carry do, of course, apply. (Best discussed in a separate thread.)
For those wearing dressier clothing, where a sturdy belt would be out-of-place, well, a tailor can reinforce and deepen pockets, as necessary, to accommodate larger and heavier items. A gun-friendly tailor can alter a suit coat or sport coat to accommodate a weapon worn in a shoulder rig.
Placing a weapon hammock-style, in one’s drawers, makes it less-likely to forget that the weapon is there.
I will end by saying I prefer my first-mentioned option; leaving the weapon in the holster, on a sturdy belt.
A stiff belt not only supports weapons better when worn, but can maintain its shape well enough when unfastened, that it may well be feasible to simply leave the holstered weapon in place, on the belt, when on the throne. The belt I am wearing at the moment has no label, but is one of several well-recommended belts, with Cobra buckles, I bought some time ago. I am wearing a JM Custom Kydex OWB at 0300, with a G17 inside it. I can sit on the throne with this particular combination; no unholstering required. Other good belts include Instructor Belts, from The Wilderness, and leather belts made by such makers as Milt Sparks, Kramer, and the late G. Wm. Davis.
The Cobra buckle, mentioned in the preceding paragraph, keeps the belt from slipping through the loops.
A weapon carried in an ankle holster requires no special attention when sitting on the throne, and may be A really good idea for those of us whose lives are oriented around the nearest throne room. (I have occasional bouts of I.B.S.) The usual caveats about ankle carry do apply, of course. (For me, ankle carry is usually for a secondary or tertiary weapon, and has been special-occasional since I retired from LEO-ing.
Many shoulder rigs are independent of the belt, and may be really good ideas for those of us whose lives are oriented around the nearest throne room. I do not wear a shoulder rig on a daily basis, due to the hot, humid local climate, but will wear an Andrews Monarch when traveling in air-conditioned vehicles, and on occasion during our brief winters.
A belly band rig, torso/chest band rig, and variations thereof, are normally independent of the pants belt, and can be really good ideas for those of us whose lives are oriented around the nearest throne room.
A well-pocketed handgun can work well when sitting on a throne, IF one pays attention to all the details. The usual tactical caveats about pocket carry do, of course, apply. (Best discussed in a separate thread.)
For those wearing dressier clothing, where a sturdy belt would be out-of-place, well, a tailor can reinforce and deepen pockets, as necessary, to accommodate larger and heavier items. A gun-friendly tailor can alter a suit coat or sport coat to accommodate a weapon worn in a shoulder rig.
Placing a weapon hammock-style, in one’s drawers, makes it less-likely to forget that the weapon is there.
I will end by saying I prefer my first-mentioned option; leaving the weapon in the holster, on a sturdy belt.
To anyone that finds it necessary to separate your carry from your person while answering the call of nature , I recommend this:
Devise and use a lanyard that will make it pretty much impossible to forget the firearm and walk away from it.
Tether thyself , lest your life be altered in an unpleasant manner.
Devise and use a lanyard that will make it pretty much impossible to forget the firearm and walk away from it.
Tether thyself , lest your life be altered in an unpleasant manner.
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I typically just leave my gun in it's holster on my belt. I do not see the need to have to take it out the holster or take my holster off.
The one and only reason or situation when I removed my holster is when other bathroom dwellers are in the stall to my right, and I do not want them to look over and see my firearm. I'll typically will rest it inside my pants.
The one and only reason or situation when I removed my holster is when other bathroom dwellers are in the stall to my right, and I do not want them to look over and see my firearm. I'll typically will rest it inside my pants.
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What do you do with the handgun until the holster gets cleaned out?
.308 Norma
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By coincidence, I had to visit the restroom in the grocery store right after we had breakfast at Denny's yesterday morning. And I was thinking about this thread as I sat on the throne.
I don't know what I do different - maybe I spread my legs farther apart than most guys. But I noticed my carry gun (a 38 Special snubby in an OWB pancake style holster) was just below my right knee, hanging straight up and down from the rather stout, 1.5" wide belt I wear.
There was someone in the stall to my right. But I reckoned they would have had to get down on their knees and peer under the partition to see my gun.
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