Have you ever wished you were NOT carrying? - Page 2

langenc · January 8, 2010, 02:03 PM

Ronbert- no need for the redface. He uses Charmin just like us. He also had several state troopers there, id bet.

El Paso Joe · January 8, 2010, 05:43 PM

Twice - First time when I was seventeen and living in Iran (it was a long time ago). I was out with a large collection of wannabe juvenile delinquents - self included - and had a pistol stuck in my waist band. We got rounded up by security in one of the hotels and ushered into a room downstairs. One of the youngster's dads was influential and bailed us before we were searched.

Second time when I was in the Navy at NAB Coronado. There was a random vehicle search at the gate and I was selected. They found a couple of pistols. We could go to Vietnam and have guns but not here. Fortunately, one of the guys at the base security office was someone I had know in Spec Warfare Group. He arranged a locker at the main gate for me to keep my guns in and nothing more was said about it.

In both instances I was very lucky - and pretty dumb...

tarheel34 · January 8, 2010, 06:45 PM

Since I retired, I try to make "loop" trips when I go out shopping, to the firing range, etc. Often, I would like to go onto the nearby military base to do a little shopping and it's almost within spitting distance of the range I go to. Unfortunately, I can never include a base stop with any trips. That always has to be a "go there...come back home" run, costing me time and gas money needlessly. Admittedly, I could go to the base and several other stops WITHOUT carrying but I refuse to do that.

Stevie-Ray · January 8, 2010, 08:53 PM

One time as I approached the Soo Locks, and realized it was a government installation where firearms were verboten. I had a long run back to the truck to lock it up as the family waited.

Mostly I was PO'd at the government nonsense.

Darsh · January 8, 2010, 09:57 PM

Only when I get invited to the bar on $1 beer night!

Nnobby45 · January 8, 2010, 10:46 PM

No, not one time in 15 yrs.

Rich Miranda · January 8, 2010, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Have you ever wished you were NOT carrying?

Generally, no, but there was one odd instance.

I was visiting with a friend who had picked me up in his car. We went out to lunch and hung out for a while. I then got a call from my wife: she was taking my toddler son to the ER because he had managed to cut his penis (no it wasn't cut off, and he is 100% OK).

Well, my friend and I agreed that he should drop me directly at the hospital, and off we went. When we arrived I jumped out of the car, said thanks and bye, then ran off. As I approached the hospital doors I saw the 30.06 sign and remembered my CCW. Kind of in a bind...no car to leave it in, and son inside with a floppy tallywacker....hmmm. After a moment of deliberation, I just went in.

After I found out that he'd be OK, I got my wife's keys and went to her car, unloaded and hid my gun.

bobn · January 8, 2010, 11:36 PM

yes. more times than not. bobn

Croz · January 9, 2010, 01:46 PM

Only time ever was at Christmas when I realized, after standing in line at the post office for 25 minutes, that I had forgotten to remove my gun in the car.

That feeling when you think everyone can tell you're carrying, it goes up one million fold when you are someplace you you're not supposed to be.

traumac · January 12, 2010, 08:18 PM

I went to the Miami Phish concert. Had my Glock 19 IWB. The "security guards" were sorta frisking all. I went back to car to dump the rather large friend. I have learned that a pocket carry would have been better, I think. Time to buy another toy.

reaperrecon · January 12, 2010, 10:06 PM

Nope, would carry in my swimming suit if I could keep them up.

Hard Ball · January 12, 2010, 10:08 PM

No, I never have.

Balog · January 13, 2010, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by traumac

I went to the Miami Phish concert. Had my Glock 19 IWB. The "security guards" were sorta frisking all. I went back to car to dump the rather large friend. I have learned that a pocket carry would have been better, I think. Time to buy another toy.

At some of the heavy metal concerts I've been to they make you empty your pockets then pat you down. Amazingly, people seem to get their weed and lighters in just fine...

Peru · January 17, 2010, 11:05 AM

while living in central america had a friend who was very fortunate that he was not carrying.

illegal construction workers working on a house adjacent to his had been eyeballing his very good looking sister. on the day he took her to the airport they decided they wanted a piece of his sister. fortunately they struck as he arrived home from dropping her off at the airport. he was not packing due to the trip to the airport.

he pulled up to his house and from the side of his house where his front door was located he was confronted by a machete wielding punk. had he been packing he would have drawn the gun. a few moments (seconds) later he had a shot gun pressed against his back by a second punk. he was taken into his house and him and his mother where tied up and he was beaten pretty bad because his sister did not arrive. They stayed all night and decided to split in the morning when his sister did not show. All in all he was very fortunate. there was a chance he and his mother and sister would have been shot after they had their way with his sister. he would have been shot had he pulled his gun. again he was very happy he was not packing.

The Tourist · January 17, 2010, 11:18 AM

Oh, yes, there is this one time.

For those who know me, it would be around mid-August in 1979.

Matt19 · January 17, 2010, 12:10 PM

Every situation has its own dynamics. So there are situations where not carrying does in fact work out. As in the case of Peru's friend.

Gary L. Griffiths · January 17, 2010, 04:39 PM

Not really.

Closest I came was when I couldn't go into the Smithsonian with my wife and mother-in-law, because they have metal detectors, and no provisions to store patron's weapons. I was carrying legally (retired Fed) but couldn't go in. OTOH, it was DC, and I wouldn't want to be unarmed there!

RickE · January 18, 2010, 03:04 PM

37 years with CWP, occasional carry. No times I was sorry, more than a few where I wished I had was carrying. If you suspect it will be warm/hot, carry something smaller that fits IWB. A t shirt or polo will cover well enough. Take a look at the Walther (slim/compact 9mm) PPS. Perfect for summer carry.

JasonG · January 20, 2010, 09:06 AM

I don't get the whole jacket/sweater issue? Oh, that's right, you don't live in open carry states :P
Sorry that was juvinile.
Seriously, I use a "smartcarry" at work as I visit many clients in a tucked in polo shirt. Thin polos don't conceal well. Well I was climbing in a tight spot over some equiptment and, uh, "nutted" myself with my gun. Oowwwww.
But that was the only time I wished I wasn't carrying.

Malamute · January 26, 2010, 12:26 AM

Tent camping at 10,000 ft elevation with a lightning storm rolling in. No trees or cover. I put all the bear repellant hardware in the truck. Made sure I had plenty of plastic tent stakes after that also.

tcwvhw · January 28, 2010, 04:10 PM

Every time I strap on my gun I regret that I need to carry. It's a damn shame
in this country.

I thought the wild west days were behind us!

Tom

biohazurd · January 28, 2010, 08:40 PM

Nope, I'd feel bare without my CCWs, They complete me...

mdd · January 29, 2010, 10:37 AM

No. My wife and 8 month old son are paramount in my life. Possessing the means to protect them as well as myself is never a regret.

Doc Intrepid · January 29, 2010, 10:55 AM

Yup.

Pulled up in a van to the Atlanta Airport one day for a business trip. Opened my briefcase to get out my ticket. (Luckily the team was all checking our baggage at the curbside, not inside the airport...)

My Colt .45 Commander was sitting there on top of the files in my briefcase. I had forgotten that I'd put it in there a few days ago when I grabbed the briefcase to head to the airport.

(Fortunately I was able to unload it and stick it down in the foam rubber of one of the camera pelican cases, so no harm no foul - but it was definitely an "oh crap" moment...)

Hawkshaw · January 29, 2010, 12:52 PM

There was one time that a car load of drunks were making lewd remarks at my wife, we were in her car instead of mine. I did not transfer my pistol over when we left and I would have probably shot someone "if needed" that day. They seen how mad I was and they let it go especially when I about run them off the road.

January 8, 2010, 06:45 PM	#28
tarheel34 Member Join Date: August 19, 2009 Location: Cowtown Posts: 19	Since I retired, I try to make "loop" trips when I go out shopping, to the firing range, etc. Often, I would like to go onto the nearby military base to do a little shopping and it's almost within spitting distance of the range I go to. Unfortunately, I can never include a base stop with any trips. That always has to be a "go there...come back home" run, costing me time and gas money needlessly. Admittedly, I could go to the base and several other stops WITHOUT carrying but I refuse to do that. __________________ If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one. If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed. Retired USAF NRA Member

January 8, 2010, 08:53 PM	#29
Stevie-Ray Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: The shores of Lake Huron Posts: 4,783	One time as I approached the Soo Locks, and realized it was a government installation where firearms were verboten. I had a long run back to the truck to lock it up as the family waited. Mostly I was PO'd at the government nonsense. __________________ Stevie-Ray Join the NRA/ILA I am the weapon; my gun is a tool. It's regrettable that with some people those descriptors are reversed.

January 8, 2010, 09:57 PM	#30
Darsh Senior Member Join Date: August 13, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 203	Only when I get invited to the bar on $1 beer night! __________________ "We must all fear evil men. But there is another type of evil, which we must fear most. And that is the indifference of good men."

January 12, 2010, 08:18 PM	#35
traumac Member Join Date: December 6, 2009 Posts: 18	carrying the wrong one? I went to the Miami Phish concert. Had my Glock 19 IWB. The "security guards" were sorta frisking all. I went back to car to dump the rather large friend. I have learned that a pocket carry would have been better, I think. Time to buy another toy.

January 12, 2010, 10:08 PM	#37
Hard Ball Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 1999 Location: California Posts: 3,925	No, I never have. __________________ "I swear to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemeis domestic or foreign WHOMSOEVER."

January 8, 2010, 02:03 PM	#26
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	Ronbert- no need for the redface. He uses Charmin just like us. He also had several state troopers there, id bet.

January 8, 2010, 05:43 PM	#27
El Paso Joe Senior Member Join Date: July 4, 2006 Location: Spokane Valley Posts: 340	Twice - First time when I was seventeen and living in Iran (it was a long time ago). I was out with a large collection of wannabe juvenile delinquents - self included - and had a pistol stuck in my waist band. We got rounded up by security in one of the hotels and ushered into a room downstairs. One of the youngster's dads was influential and bailed us before we were searched. Second time when I was in the Navy at NAB Coronado. There was a random vehicle search at the gate and I was selected. They found a couple of pistols. We could go to Vietnam and have guns but not here. Fortunately, one of the guys at the base security office was someone I had know in Spec Warfare Group. He arranged a locker at the main gate for me to keep my guns in and nothing more was said about it. In both instances I was very lucky - and pretty dumb...

January 8, 2010, 10:46 PM	#31
Nnobby45 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2004 Posts: 3,150	No, not one time in 15 yrs.

January 8, 2010, 11:36 PM	#33
bobn Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2006 Location: midwest Posts: 1,105	yes. more times than not. bobn

January 9, 2010, 01:46 PM	#34
Croz Senior Member Join Date: December 9, 2008 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 307	Only time ever was at Christmas when I realized, after standing in line at the post office for 25 minutes, that I had forgotten to remove my gun in the car. That feeling when you think everyone can tell you're carrying, it goes up one million fold when you are someplace you you're not supposed to be.

January 12, 2010, 10:06 PM	#36
reaperrecon Junior Member Join Date: January 12, 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 1	Nope, would carry in my swimming suit if I could keep them up.

January 17, 2010, 11:05 AM	#39
Peru Member Join Date: December 29, 2009 Posts: 25	while living in central america had a friend who was very fortunate that he was not carrying. illegal construction workers working on a house adjacent to his had been eyeballing his very good looking sister. on the day he took her to the airport they decided they wanted a piece of his sister. fortunately they struck as he arrived home from dropping her off at the airport. he was not packing due to the trip to the airport. he pulled up to his house and from the side of his house where his front door was located he was confronted by a machete wielding punk. had he been packing he would have drawn the gun. a few moments (seconds) later he had a shot gun pressed against his back by a second punk. he was taken into his house and him and his mother where tied up and he was beaten pretty bad because his sister did not arrive. They stayed all night and decided to split in the morning when his sister did not show. All in all he was very fortunate. there was a chance he and his mother and sister would have been shot after they had their way with his sister. he would have been shot had he pulled his gun. again he was very happy he was not packing.

January 17, 2010, 11:18 AM	#40
The Tourist Junior member Join Date: June 20, 2005 Posts: 2,348	Oh, yes, there is this one time. For those who know me, it would be around mid-August in 1979.

January 17, 2010, 12:10 PM	#41
Matt19 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 1999 Posts: 315	Every situation has its own dynamics. So there are situations where not carrying does in fact work out. As in the case of Peru's friend. __________________ In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.-Bear Bryant.

January 17, 2010, 04:39 PM	#42
Gary L. Griffiths Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2000 Location: AZ, WA Posts: 1,466	Not really. Closest I came was when I couldn't go into the Smithsonian with my wife and mother-in-law, because they have metal detectors, and no provisions to store patron's weapons. I was carrying legally (retired Fed) but couldn't go in. OTOH, it was DC, and I wouldn't want to be unarmed there! __________________ Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own craven apathy; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the valor of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill)

January 18, 2010, 03:04 PM	#43
RickE Senior Member Join Date: December 18, 2009 Location: Kirkland Wa. Posts: 516	37 years with CWP, occasional carry. No times I was sorry, more than a few where I wished I had was carrying. If you suspect it will be warm/hot, carry something smaller that fits IWB. A t shirt or polo will cover well enough. Take a look at the Walther (slim/compact 9mm) PPS. Perfect for summer carry.

January 20, 2010, 09:06 AM	#44
JasonG Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2008 Posts: 209	I don't get the whole jacket/sweater issue? Oh, that's right, you don't live in open carry states :P Sorry that was juvinile. Seriously, I use a "smartcarry" at work as I visit many clients in a tucked in polo shirt. Thin polos don't conceal well. Well I was climbing in a tight spot over some equiptment and, uh, "nutted" myself with my gun. Oowwwww. But that was the only time I wished I wasn't carrying. __________________ "Bones, what killed him ?" "Acute lead poisoning Jim....." ST-TOS#61

January 26, 2010, 12:26 AM	#45
Malamute Senior Member Join Date: June 6, 2004 Location: Rocky Mts Posts: 859	Tent camping at 10,000 ft elevation with a lightning storm rolling in. No trees or cover. I put all the bear repellant hardware in the truck. Made sure I had plenty of plastic tent stakes after that also. __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt-

January 28, 2010, 04:10 PM	#46
tcwvhw Junior Member Join Date: October 1, 2009 Posts: 5	Every time I strap on my gun I regret that I need to carry. It's a damn shame in this country. I thought the wild west days were behind us! Tom

January 28, 2010, 08:40 PM	#47
biohazurd Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2009 Posts: 340	Nope, I'd feel bare without my CCWs, They complete me...

January 29, 2010, 10:37 AM	#48
mdd Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Posts: 626	No. My wife and 8 month old son are paramount in my life. Possessing the means to protect them as well as myself is never a regret.

January 29, 2010, 10:55 AM	#49
Doc Intrepid Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2009 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,037	Yup. Pulled up in a van to the Atlanta Airport one day for a business trip. Opened my briefcase to get out my ticket. (Luckily the team was all checking our baggage at the curbside, not inside the airport...) My Colt .45 Commander was sitting there on top of the files in my briefcase. I had forgotten that I'd put it in there a few days ago when I grabbed the briefcase to head to the airport. (Fortunately I was able to unload it and stick it down in the foam rubber of one of the camera pelican cases, so no harm no foul - but it was definitely an "oh crap" moment...) __________________ *Treat everyone you meet with dignity and respect....but have a plan to kill them just in case.*

January 29, 2010, 12:52 PM	#50
Hawkshaw Junior Member Join Date: April 25, 2009 Location: Dixie Posts: 9	There was one time that a car load of drunks were making lewd remarks at my wife, we were in her car instead of mine. I did not transfer my pistol over when we left and I would have probably shot someone "if needed" that day. They seen how mad I was and they let it go especially when I about run them off the road.