Would you carry during a Wake/Funeral?

[yesterdaysyouth]

sounds like an excuse to buy a shoulder rig to me...

or at least that's what i did...

 

[GRB]

This is a really stupid question.

Actually it was a valid question by a person new to carrying a gun who was experiencing a feeling not to uncommon among such folks. He probably felt awkward carrying at the funeral, and his probably 'imagined' discovery by other funeral goers just goes to show how much so he felt that way. It is a normal kind of feeling for a new gun owner, or a person new to carrying, to feel that way at least a little bit. Your remark about it being a stupid question, on the other hand, was pretty rude, crude and, uncalled for. Funny how everyone else thought it a good enough question which deserved a respectable answer.

regards,
Glenn B

 

[Souris]

Guns are like parachutes for pilots.

If you need one, and you don't have one ,you probably wont need one again.

That said, I carried at my wedding, I carry at funerals. The only funeral that I will not carry at is mine (if I'm carrying at MY funeral I'm gonna haunt somebody for throwing away a perfectly good pistol!).

 

[thatguy]

Am I the only one who thinks that some of these concealed carry questions a just a little silly? I've seen posts about packing at ball games, business meetings, nudist camps, national monuments, bathrooms, walk-in freezers, ships and more.

Is there really a serious chance of being attacked at a funeral?

 

[buzz_knox]

Is there really a serious chance of being attacked at a funeral?

Let's see.

1. The death of a loved one is one of the most traumatic events possible in one's life;

2. Trauma tends to lead to an increase in any existing tensions and the reduced inhibition against irresponsible behavior;

3. Funerals bring together people who often haven't seen each other for some time, and can be the only occasion where people who would not otherwise be in the same room with one another will force themselves to do so.

Yes, there is a very real chance of being attacked at a funeral.

I've seen posts about packing at ball games, business meetings, nudist camps, national monuments, bathrooms, walk-in freezers, ships and more.

Never been to a nudist camp so couldn't say. I still have bowel movements when carrying so I've got to say that's a legitimate issue. Many restaurant workers have been murdered after being herded into a freezer so that one's good too. I've carred aboard ship so I've got to say that's legit (especially considering how much crime takes place on cruises). I don't go to ball games much but there have been enough attacks at them to justify carrying if you choose to go. And I've had to grab a metal trash can while attending a deposition and prepare to defend the attorney when a plaintiff started singing the praises of an attempted murderer while coming out of his chair. So, I'll go for business meetings being a real concern as well.

 

[geekWithA.45]

All kinds of wierd stuff comes out at funerals.


In "polite society" it usually manifests itself as some sort of snarky talking behind the back cliqueyness.


In less than polite society, all bets are off.

I've seen it firsthand, my wife's side of the extended family tends towards the thuggish and felonious.

A petty argument over a $300 cold cut post service luncheon nearly lead to bloodshed.

Nuff said.

(Her mom and dad aren't as bad...more like rogueish and misdemeanorish. The wife herself is entirely different: the first and only person in her family to graduate high school, and proceeded to graduate college and get a master's.)

 

[motoman]

Would you carry during a Wake/Funeral?

I have carried, and will continue to carry at funerals and wakes. You never know when you will need your gun.

 

[Andrew Rothman]

I carried at my brother's wedding, the birth of my two children, my last trip to the beach with the kids....

Well, maybe it would be easier to list the times in the last two years I haven't carried:

• Getting fingerprinted at the county jail (for my Florida CCW )
• Paying a ticket at the county courthouse (there's a court order prohibiting carry)
• Visiting the post office (Once. I now use a post office desk at a supermarket)
• Once I ran to the neighborhood pharmacy, and I forgot to strap on. It was weird, but somehow I made it home alive.

Yup, that's it.

I agree with P95Carry's philosophy: It's too much dang trouble to decide when to carry, so I carry all the time.

 

[Sam Adams]

I'd advise you to carry. I just carried my 642 to a wedding, and I've carried it to funerals and to Sabbath services on a regular basis. As others have said, you never know when you're going to need it, and it is far better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

By the way, why don't you carry the 642 in your pocket? I do that exclusively (its the very reason for getting that gun, so that I can carry in the long, hot Texas summer without wearing a jacket or having my shirt untucked). I have an Uncle Mike's pocket holster, which works very well - without fail, I can pull the gun out and the holster stays in the pocket. It costs less than $15 (around $8 from Midway, if you've got a C&R license). It is barely noticeable, and all that someone thinks is that you've got something in your pocket - they don't know what.

Being new to carrying, it's more than likely that the people you thought were looking at your CCW and figuring it out, were doing no such thing and had no idea or were even thinking about your CCW. You were probably the only one thinking about it and inferring way too much from their "looks." Anyone that did figure it out was probably carrying too.

Just keep wearing it and you'll get used to it. And keep in mind that you are not doing anything wrong or illegal

+1. Everyone new to CCW thinks about it constantly, until they done it enought that it becomes second nature. Most people don't even know that it is legal to carry, so they don't expect - or think about - what you're doing.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I have carried, and will continue to carry at funerals and wakes. You never know when you will need your gun.

If I had a crystal ball I could look into and know that TODAY I wouldn't be involved in an automobile accident, I wouldn't bother to fasten my seat belt. If I could know that THIS YEAR there will be no fire, storm damage and so on to my house, I wouldn't pay an insurance premium.

And if I could look into that crystal ball know that I wouldn't need it, I'd leave my gun at home.

But I don't have a crystal ball. So I carry everywhere, every day.

 

[Amish_Bill]

Ordered a special tuckable from Tucker Holster for this specific reason when my grandmother died last year.

 

[Greg L]

As I've indicated recently I just started to CCW ..... that several times I noticed someone looking at the small bulge on my hip

No they weren't. The first month that you carry is spent in extreme paranoia mode where everyone without a doubt knows that you are carrying a pistol. They don't. As was mentioned most people wouldn't even notice if you open carried.

Oh one more thing, it isn't going to fall out of the holster & it isn't dragging your pants down off your hips - QUIT PLAYING WITH IT .

It will get better in a little while, you just have to go through that same stage that everyone else has at first .

 

[MAURICE]

I recently got my CHL and have been carrying out in public. I thought people were sheep before. Now I see it with all new eyes. No one notices. Even when a little bit of the muzzle end of the holster accidentally becomes exposed (Colt 1991a1 in a Safariland paddle covered with a long shirt) while reaching for that item on the top shelf at Wally World.

 

[P95Carry]

Is there really a serious chance of being attacked at a funeral?

Sorry to further use this quote!

Is there really a way to guarantee you will not be attacked at a funeral?

Odds are probably similar to winning ''the big one'' on the lottery - but also one has to travel to and from such an event too.

Like Vern - if I had total precognition I'd probably save myself a loada cash on insurance and - have the ability to know all the times that I could be free of my carry piece.

Haven't found the secret yet

 

[Taurus 66]

It is better to have and not need than to need and not have.

 

[TonyB]

You'd be crazy not to carry at a funeral..everyone knows the ZOMBIES live in the basement of funeral homes
Seriously though,this is a good question....I'll be in a similar situation sooner than later..my Grandmother is dying in a nursing home..at her funeral there will be LOTS of hugging(we're Italian after all)...so I'll have to probably pocket carry,just to avoid loud Italian relatives from going"hey,what you got there?"

 

[armedandsafe]

When I got maried to FirstInLine, she reached around my back and yanked the work gloves out of the hip pocket of my suit pants with a resigned sigh. Then she leaned in and whispered in my ear, with a wicked smile, "I almost grabbed the wrong gun, didn't I?"

Pops

 

[deputy tom]

Rockrivr1 ,if you have a need to carry a firearm,then you need to carry it every waking hour.Funerals are no different than any other social event in reguards to CCW.I am armed anytime I am legally permitted to be.YMMV.tom.

 

[Jay Kominek]

The question that should be asked is "Why shouldn't I carry?" After all, carrying is a matter of preparedness, and should become the default.

 

[Rockrivr1]

Thanks everyone for the responses. I just got back home from the funeral and I did carry. It was very easy to conceal while wearing a suite. But it was HOT in a suite and I was sweating at the cememtary something fierce. I've noticed one very big disadvantage carrying in summer with an IWB holster. I rubs you raw!

I have the rest of the afternoon off so I'm heading to my closest gun store and picking up a Mike's Pocket Holster.

I've been a gun owner for a good long time, but this is only my second week of CCWing and it's a very different experience. Greg L, you made me laugh pretty good. I'm always messing with the damn thing when it's on my hip. My fiance asked me the other day why I keep checking out my "butt" when I walk past a mirror.

I'm sure I'll get used to it soon. Thanks again!!

 

[Bobo]

Carry 24/7 when/where legal!

 

[Double Maduro]

Also, weddings, Bar Mitzvah's, graduation ceremonies, etc.

If I have my pants on, I am armed, unless specifically prohibited.

DM

 

[Tom Servo]

Actually, a friend of mine attended the funeral of an old high-school buddy that he hadn't spoken with in years. Turned out the deceased had gotten into drugs over the years and died of an overdose. He'd been slightly involved in a distribution network, and guess who showed up to the funeral?

The "business partners" felt jilted because the deceased had owed them money and/or product, and they felt that this was the appropriate time to voice their greivances. Luckily, a relative was an off-duty police officer and the situation ended with arrests but no shots fired, BUT two of the three bad guys had been carrying.

With the emotional tension mentioned in the above posts already present, this was like throwing gasoline on a fire. If the excrement HAD hit the rotating apparatus it could have ended up badly, to say the least.

So, yeah, I'd carry to a funeral. But then again, I carry just about everywhere anyhow...

 

[jbrown50]

"Is there really a serious chance of being attacked at a funeral?"


http://www.wtev.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0DEC93DA-D0DE-4F90-AF51-9219D2E33056

http://www.antonnews.com/westburytimes/2005/04/01/news/robbery.html

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mn/press/major/major0006.htm

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Is there really a serious chance of being attacked at a funeral?

And in the parking lot, and at the restaurant where you stop on the way home, or when you walk into a burglary in progress upon your return home.