Are you always armed?

[mr surveyor]

I do carry knives when I have pants on. Actually at least four different knives, or devices with knife blade. In the field I also often add a fixed blade. But, I don't consider any of my everyday carry blades to be dedicated to SD uses. Been carrying pocket knives since 1st grade, about the time we added them other two stars to the flag, and probably not more than a handful of days in there than one of them blades or tools didn't see a useful need. I've reached that time in life that I'm more prone to carry a cane for SD uses

[Michael W.]

And here I thought that I was the only one that made long and complicated rationalizations when I want to justify that I "need" another gun.
Michael W. I say get the the new P32, it sounds perfectly rational to me that you should get a new gun instead of new shorts.
I know I'd choose the gun over the shorts any day.

Crap, you just burst my finely constructed bubble.......

M-

[CJB]

My PM45 is always on me

Good man!

[Michael W.]

Thanks for some ideas and hearing how you manage it.
(Although the imagery of Bawanna in the shower without his hearing
aid is a little disturbing....

Before I had kids I always had guns stashed around the house
but that practice had to be modified when the babies came along.

Right now my youngest is still only 10 and while I trust her, I don't
trust her little playmates that romp around the house on any given
afternoon.

The other catalyst to all of this pondering (aside from having a slight case
of GAS......Gun Acquisition Syndrome is that I recently got my wife the
Ruger LC9 and just installed a pistol safe in her scroll desk that lives in
the family room. So just going through that exercise and talking through
some scenarios with her has juggled me out of my complacency to start
thinking things through again. When the kids were little I had to put their
safety first, but they're not so much an issue anymore. Both of the
boys shoot...as will the daughter one day soon so everyone in the house
knows the 4 rules of gun safety and everyone knows both mommy and
daddy are usually armed and it's no big deal.

I suppose the easiest thing to do is just shut up and put some pants on

Sigh.......but my "spare tire" will miss those gym shorts!

M-

[mr surveyor]

pants a problem?... just buy 'em big and wear suspenders

it's a fashion statement

[Jeremiah/Az]

I live alone way out in the boonies with 3 big dogs that bark when they hear a mouse fart. The law is a long way away. I wear Wranglers with a belt & 'spenders. My PM9 & OWB holster are always on me if I have my britches on. It goes on the night stand when I go to bed. There are guns hidden in every room, yes, even the bathrooms. A little NAA .22 with snake shot in it goes in my pocket for rattlesnakes when I go outside.

[gwbiker]

I'm in Arizona, so many of us either CC or OC. For pocket carry it's the Kahr P380 - for discreet OC it's Ruger LC9 or SIG P239-9. And for home protection, SIG P220 or RIA 1911, .45acp.

[Dietrich]

If I leave my home I`m armed and that includes working in the yard,walking to the mailbox,etc.While in my home there is usually a firearm within a step or two unless I`m in the shower.The small fishing village I live in now has some of the nicest Christian people you could ever hope to meet.It also has the sorriest,most common pieces of white trash I have ever encountered.The upside of knowing these lowlife scum is that is has erased any thought of racial bigotry I might have been harboring.Compared to these vermin,any race,color or creed would be an upgrade.Except possibly the French...

[steve666]

I've been known to say "I'm sometimes armed, but always dangerous" but the truth is that I am almost always armed!

[hdsteve69]

I always carry a knife everywhere I go except places that you legally can't. Right now I dont have my ccw (should see it in the mail with in the next 18days) So I carry open everywhere I can with out people freaking out ,walmart,grocery store places like that I dont, when I do get my ccw I will carry everywhere it is legal including my place of employment seeing as there is no rules in the employee handbook that says I can't. When I'm at home I have a gun either on me or somewhere with in imediate reach.

[adventures47129]

I am usually armed all the time. I always wear big boy pants, so I do not have the problem you have in shorts. LOL... (just teasing). I wear suspenders around the house and keep my CW9 in my pocket. On my night stand, I also keep my Judge Public defender. There is usually a P380 in the drawer in the living room. The guns in the closet are not loaded. hmmm... now I sound like the weird guy down the street...LOL

[johnh]

First, you could always carry using a rig like this:

http://stellarrigs.com/gun_neckchain_rigs.html

Stellar Rigs makes exceptional holsters, and the neck chain option would remove your pants from the equation. On the subject of pants, I always wear cargo shorts in hot weather. They are plenty cool and have a lot of pockets for carrying stuff. You might adjust your wardrobe and gain some options. I tend to have a cell phone, keys, pocket knife, CCW stuff (when not at work), etc. Gym shorts just won't work for me.

[jeepster09]

Thankfully I live in a state that apparently is more safe than most.....I don't need to always be armed. I carry if going into an area that warrants it, otherwise common sense helps a lot.

[Ol'coot]

I live in a semi-rural area with a very, very low crime rates but I and my wife are armed if we are awake and not in the shower, A night there are weapons with in arms length of both my wife and I. If in the shower our weapons are close by and easy to access. We are firm believers that No mater how safe an area you live in crime and BG are still there, You may live your entire life with out either ever touching you but just like life insurance and a spare tire in my vehicle I keep both because I do not know what will happen tomorrow, today or even in the next 5 minutes and being prepared to take care of myself and my family in case of the worst and not needing it is a much better scenario that being unprepared as you my not get a second chance. Life is full of choices, we make hundreds each day and they each affect your life even thought they may not be noticed. I choose to have a plan, train hard and often and refuse to be a victim by being naive thinking that the bad things in life are always going to happen to someone else.

[Michael W.]

First, you could always carry using a rig like this:

http://stellarrigs.com/gun_neckchain_rigs.html

Stellar Rigs makes exceptional holsters, and the neck chain option would remove your pants from the equation. On the subject of pants, I always wear cargo shorts in hot weather. They are plenty cool and have a lot of pockets for carrying stuff. You might adjust your wardrobe and gain some options. I tend to have a cell phone, keys, pocket knife, CCW stuff (when not at work), etc. Gym shorts just won't work for me.

Hey John,

Those stellar rigs look pretty cool!

But you're probably right about just wearing some decent "big boy pants"
(as Steve put it around the house instead of my skimpy knit gym
shorts.

(I still want a new gun though........

Michael-