Originally Posted By: mooretitanJust wondering how often do you actually carry. I am in the process of getting my CCW and wondering how often do you actually carry and how comfortable it is. Excuse the lack of knowledge
1. Do you carry at the gym
2. Do you carry at theme parks
3. Do you carry at sporting events
4. Do you carry while running
I know there are some places that don't allow firearms do you carry anyway.
Thanks
I would never give advice which condones carrying past a sign at a carry prohibited marked location. That's the law, and whether you agree or not, by carrying past signs, we're breaking the law. I generally drive by the front door to scan for signs before I use any given establishment, giving the me option to leave it secured in my truck if needed. I won't say I've never gotten a speeding ticket for breaking a "small law," and I won't say I don't expect to get more in the future for continuing to break the particular speed limit law. But the law is the law.
As a general rule - I carry every day, and I carry anywhere which doesn't have a carry prohibited sign, OR an implied prohibition law.
1. Depends on the gym. I use one gym which has locker rooms, in which I often do carry into the locker room and remove my pistol there. I train at a martial arts "gym," which we don't call a "dojo" since we're not a Japanese martial art, where there aren't (not really) shower facilities or lockers, so I leave it in the truck, instead of having it rolled up in my gym bag out on the floor.
2. Depends on my mood. I can't say I remember the last time I've gone to a theme park, but as my son is getting older, I'm sure we'll go to some soon. If it's not marked prohibited and I have been there, most likely, I have carried there.
3. It's illegal, so see preface. I don't go often to sporting events - used to keep K State season football tickets, but haven't gone in a few years.
4. Most of the time, yes. I usually wear a Nathan bottle pack, which comfortably conceals an LCP. Draw string shorts will usually hold up an LCP as well, but it's less comfortable than carrying in the pack. On my bike (Specialized Shiv), I have an X-Lab Wingman pack in my bars which holds my LCP too. I go back and forth with a triangular frame bag which can hold something much larger.
It's kinda like wearing a watch (or what wearing a watch used to be) - there are times I don't wear a watch and times which call for different watches to suit the activity.