Question of the Day: What’s Your Summer Carry Solution?

[Meiko]

Personally I use a belt slide holster that works well will all the different guns I carry, what's yours?



http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/05/daniel-zimmerman/question-of-the-day-whats-your-summer-carry-solution/kahr-cw9-in-a-n82-tactical-professional-iwb-holster-courtesy-dan-zimmerman/

Summer may not start for a few more weeks, but this being Memorial Day weekend with warmer temperatures, pools opening up and lots of people starting to expose more skin than they really have a right to (remember, Speedos and bikinis are a privilege, not a right), concealed carriers need to make some changes. Plenty of toters still continue to go IWB with an untucked shirt. I’m testing out a N8² Tactical Professional (above), hauling my CW9 around. It’s been surprisingly comfy in shorts, even directly against bare skin with just a baggy t-shirt or polo providing cover. Others take a similar route with a Remora. Lots o’ gunnies, though, can’t abide IWB. Some will go the hip-hugging pancake route. Others basically say, “screw it,” opting for a mouse gun in the pocket of their cargo shorts (tucked snugly in an appropriate pocket holster, natch.) What about you? What’s your hot weather solution? IWB, pancake, pocket carry or *gasp* au naturale?

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/05/daniel-zimmerman/question-of-the-day-whats-your-summer-carry-solution/

[Hoyt]

1. If you just can't go to a public pool without a gun or two, I'd suggest this

http://www.imao.us/archives/000638.html


Or, you could do like the prisoners in Papillon did.


Or, you could go like this fine law abiding fellow:

[bongbong]

2. Surgical implants

Nothing is too extreme for gun-religionists.

[Hoyt]

5. Exactly. Heck, now they are trying to figure out how to swim with the dang things.

[jeepnstein]

9. You never did show us how to field strip a 1911 under water.

[friendly_iconoclast]

10. I'm still waiting for video of his bicycle wheel/can of beans-fu.

Instead, we get a series of photos of others' nether regions- NTTAWWT...

[Hoyt]

14. Video? You guys are so dependent on your guns that you can't imagine self-defense without them.

[krispos42]

30. I can.

However, I'm not real fond how I think it would play out compared to the self defense with a gun.

[rl6214]

17. Hoyt carries his can of pork and beans in a plastic grocery bag.

That's his concealed carry.

[Hoyt]

12. That was many years ago, but I could still do it. Set up place with clean water -- and provide cash.

Also, leave your guns at home. I no longer interact with those who can't venture out into public without a gun.

[rl6214]

16. "I no longer interact with those who can't venture out into public without a gun."

You mean you leave your mom's basement?

[Hoyt]

18. Better there, than afraid to leave your compound and bed of guns.

[rl6214]

34. Don't have a compound and don't even know what a "bed of guns" is

[friendly_iconoclast]

37. I found a picture of one of those 'compounds' you keep blathering about

You're welcome!

[Hoyt]

39. Nope, I was thinking more along line of Randy Weaver's that so many in gun culture love.

[friendly_iconoclast]

40. Examples of this "love", please...

[Hoyt]

41. The RW apologists will be here shortly.

[friendly_iconoclast]

42. No evidence to back up what you said? Can't say I'm surprised...

[jeepnstein]

28. Provide cash?

That's funny right there. You're the one who professed this uber knowledge. I seriously doubt your ability to do it, or that you were ever taught such a thing. Your unwillingness to prove it speaks volumes.

[friendly_iconoclast]

38. Why? Video cameras are damn near ubiquitous these days. Post it to YouTube- if you can.

Otherwise, I call:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=goat roper

goat roper 116 up, 29 down

A goat roper is a wannabe rancher or a cowboy poser. Goat ropers have the 4x4 pickup and the cowboy hat, but no cattle, horses, brain, or land.

[spin]

3. The same solution that I use in the winter ...

I carry a S&W Model 642 .38 snub nosed revolver in a pocket holster in the front right pocket of my cargo shorts or pants.



But I live in Florida where in most months the temperature is warm if not hot.

[Oneka]

4. I wear untucked T shirts more often than not.

I have several choices for carry, i usually carry a SA XD .40, sub compact, in a Don Hume IWB retention holster, or occasionally a Glock
26 in the same brand IWB.

When i can't wear a belt, i carry one of these in a pocket holster,




or one of these in a pocket holster,



The smaller caliber is a compromise i'm willing to live with, since IMO, it's better to be armed with a small firearm then , be unarmed.

[Callisto32]

6. 3" J-frame

That's pretty much always.

[SGMRTDARMY]

7. Colt Delta Elite 10mm

IWB small of back, loose shirt. A little large but good stopping power.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

36. Glock 29 IWB SOB... 10mm FTMFW!

When it comes to ballistics, there is no such thing as adequete cover... only inadequete caliber.

[SGMRTDARMY]

43. I love it.

Alot of people don't like the 10mm because of recoil, but if I ever have to use it, it has the power to stop an attacker with one round no matter where it hits. And before you chime in Hoyt, no, I don't ever want to shoot anyone again.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Don't let it hang out of your shorts.

[my boy x dog]

11. Always m&p 9c IWB nt

[ileus]

13. LCP in a pocket holster or fobus paddle.

Right now I only have one belt slide, and it's for my compact Autos. I need to buy one for my LCP because I really like carrying it OWB.

[Simo 1939_1940]

15. As a resident of California, my summer carry solution is a cold water thermos.

[Hoyt]

19. And you are none the worse for it -- well, I can tell you are depressed about it.

[Simo 1939_1940]

20. How are you able to tell that I'm depressed about it?

Do pixels carry emotion? Of course not.

So as per your usual MO -- you lie.

[Hoyt]

21. Oh, so you are happy about not being able to pack in public?

[Simo 1939_1940]

26. Your "logic" astounds, Hoyt.

I'm neither "depressed" nor "sad" or even "disappointed" about the fact that I am disallowed from carry.

The fact that I am none of the above does not in any way suggest that I am "happy" that I cannot. Nor does the fact that my state is a corrupt-issue state suggest that I shouldn't be able to advocate for concealed carry.

[DanM]

22. I open carry.

It's no sweat. Literally.

www.opencarry.org

[ileus]

23. If only more people would open carry...

Welcome to the forum.

[Logical]

24. Not a fan of open carry. Worries people. CC does not.

[DanM]

27. It is a fact that OC worries some people, but...

...it is also a fact that CC worries some people, too. It is incorrect to say that CC does not.

The questions related to worries about OC or CC are:
--What are the worries?
--Are they phobias or are they rational worries?
--What does the evidence say about whether the rational worries are valid or not?

My experience and knowledge-base as both a CC'er and OC'er overwhelmingly indicates that lawful carry by a lawfully and peaceably behaving carrier (CC or OC) is neither a real public safety problem nor perceived to be a problem by a large majority of the public at large.

[Logical]

29. Well, no one knows you are CC......

these CC idiots at Obama speeches does not help the gun cause. It create more bad attitudes about guns.

I don't think open carry is a safety issue, I think it is a image issue.

[BiggJawn]

31. OC makes people nervous

Even though the State Fuzz here admit "on the issue of Open Carry, Indiana law is silent..." I'd no sooner carry open than I'd go to Kmart with my dick hanging out.

As an IPD plain-clothes told me in 1978 "Man, you're supposed to fuckin' HIDE YOUR GUN!" (I was carrying a S&W "Highway Patrolman&quot

Oh, almost forgot. Mark me down for a TCP in a pocket holster...

[Logical]

32. Great points! n-t

[shadowrider]

25. I carry two cans of beans in my pockets, hold my handy staff

while balancing myself on a single bicycle wheel rolling down the street. That scares the bad guys.

[G26]

33. 1st post!

Glock 26 in Blade-Tech Partial Eclipse OWB (uses 2 rigid belt loops). I originally bought the conventional wisdom that IWB was the way to go, but it is uncomfortable and unnecessary since OWB pancake holsters fit close enough (even with a thick gun like the Glock) that it works almost all the time.

[ileus]

35. OWB is the best for me also.

Welcome to the best sub fourm at DU.

[Scout]

44. same solution i use all year round

i carry my ovaries with me ... gonads are enough!