What percent of time when you are out in public do you carry concealed?

[Logical]

I don't have my license yet, waiting on it. But not sure how often I will carry it yet.
Just curious how often people here carry.

[onehandle]

1. Wow. That's really important tonight. nt

[TheWraith]

8. Because, clearly, we can only talk about one issue at a time.

:eyes:

[cleanhippie]

30. You obviously had nothing better to do, so why are you complaining about it?

[Logical]

2. So no one is watching TV or reading tonight either? n-t

[tularetom]

3. Carry what?

I usually have my wallet, my keys, and my knife.

They're all concealed except when I'm using them.

So I guess my answer is, maybe 75% of the time they're concealed.

[burrfoot]

37. Hey- which forum is this again? Thanks. n/t

[Incitatus]

4. most of the time

[nevergiveup]

5. Posts like this blow me away.

No pun intended.

[lutherj]

6. I carry it 100%. In my pants. That's how I know I'm a man.

[pneutin]

34. You must have room in your pants. I don't.

Lucky you.

I bet women carry to know that they are men too. Oh wait...

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[Logical]

9. LOL! A little anti-gun I assume! n-t

[bowens43]

16. everyone who is resonable opposes concealled carry.

There is absolutely no justification for it.

[Logical]

19. Really.....ok.......

1. So do you think the criminals ave guns? Yes/No?

2. Do any Concealed Carry License holders prevent crimes?

[gejohnston]

25. really?

Is that a bandwagon fallacy? The only absolutes are the speed of light, death, and taxes. Please explain your reasoning.

[RSillsbee]

39. The speed of sound is absolute too no ?

as is the lunacy of gun control

[chibajoe]

97. Actually, the speed of sound varies based on the density of air

;)

[RSillsbee]

98. And the lunacy of gun control?

Does that vary by the density of the skull of the person proselytizing it?

[chibajoe]

99. Don't know the answer to that one.

You'd probably have to cut a bunch of them open in order to measure the speed at which sense travels through a variable density medium.

[cleanhippie]

31. Oh, ok, glad you cleared that up for us. Now we know who is reasonable and who is not.

Sheer genius, I tell you.

[armueller2001]

40. Really?

Can you elaborate?

I'd submit that a woman preventing herself from being raped is ABSOLUTELY a justification for allowing fingerprinted, background checked, and licensed individuals to carry.

[Glassunion]

45. Everyone who is reasonable opposes chocolate ice cream.

There is absolutely no justification for it.

[aikoaiko]

46. Such strong advocacy for open carry...

:rofl:

[Oneka]

55. I suppose

that you would like to be the arbiter of what justification i need to exercise my freedom of speech and religion. Or maybe you would like to
decide what justification we all need to vote too? Thats a great plan, turning rights into privileges,
I'm glad to see that tyranny is still alive and well in the little utopia we call America.

[slackmaster]

57. Poisoning the well..

http://www.fallacyfiles.org/poiswell.html

[rl6214]

69. what makes you decide what's reasonable?

I can say the same thing, anyone who is reasonable carries concealed.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

84. So I assume then you support open carry? That is a bit controversial

[PavePusher]

85. Really? Just how do you define "responsible"? n/t

[rl6214]

68. No, more like juvenile I would say

[TheWraith]

10. Wow that statement is offensive in about fifty fucking ways.

I'm glad you're "a man, and not a pussy," and you've apparently NEVER had to face a physical assault from someone stronger than you, or been outnumbered, or had to deal with someone who was just fucking crazy.

Please tell the 110 pound woman facing down the 250 pound rapist that she's "a pussy" for wanting a gun to defend herself.

Please tell the gay man being accosted by two or three guys to be beaten up, maybe killed that he's "a pussy" for not just fighting them off bare-handed.

Please tell the guy who walks home at night from his job, through his bad neighborhood, that he should just trust on faith that he won't be robbed of the money his family survives on, maybe getting injured or killed in the process, because he's not allowed to exercise self-protection.

Please tell the woman dealing with a psychotic, abusive, possibly murderous ex-boyfriend that a paper restraining order is all she's allowed to make sure that she doesn't disappear forever.

[Logical]

23. Great examples and great logic. Thanks! n-t

[rrneck]

11. Mall Ninja. nt

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[AtheistCrusader]

14. I don't carry a Glock, am I still a Pussy?

[YllwFvr]

89. everyone knows only real men carry glocks!

:D

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[Logical]

20. Who flamed you? You got angry first. n-t

[rrneck]

28. Boy howdy!

You ain't no pussy. No sirree. We are all in awe of your lack of pussy!

:rofl:

[gejohnston]

18. Why Glock?

What is this obsession antis have with Glock and AK-47s? Are those the only ones you can think of while reading Brady talking points? Why not say, Walther and G-36s once in a while? Vary the calibers too please.
Didn't Rambo have an M-60 and a big knife? Or was it just the one movie?

[friendly_iconoclast]

32. In anti cosmology, Glocks and AK-47s are infused with evil 'mana' (or muti)

Own a 30-30 deer rifle? You're probably a hunter.

Own an "AK-47" (which 99.999% of the time in the US is really a KalashniKlone)? You're a depraved, drug dealing gang banger

who will use your assault weapon to slaughter a van full of special education students during a botched assassination attempt

upon one of your business rivals.



Own a M1911? You might be a rural homeowner.

Own a Glock in the same caliber? You've got a shrine dedicated to Gerald Loughner in your basement (right next to the Nazi flag...)



Gotta understand the mindset, dontcha know?

[sylvi]

63. Gotta disagree on the M1911

It has one of those scary, military-sounding alpha-numeric names, like the AR-15 or P22 or G36, so that automatically makes it bad. You know, the kind of gun that sits there drooling oil in anticipation of killing something, until it casts its spell on some unwary buyer and forces them to shoot up Disneyland.

They need to rename them in order to put the antis at ease. For example, the AR-15 could become, say, the Black Fluffy Bunny Slipper. The M1911 should be the Love Handle. The AK-47, Countess Petranova.

And "Glock" is all Aryan-sounding with harsh consonants and stuff. Let's soften it up and call it a "Golly gee!" instead.

You have to know how to soothe the nerves of the highstrung.

[jeepnstein]

64. That's a very good point.

"The Love Handle", isn't that kind of suggestive? I'm not too sure that would do anything but cause the "guns as penis extensions" crowds' heads to explode.

[armueller2001]

42. I've found here in TX

sometimes there are business owners who also have the same anti-Glock bias. The "no guns" signs have a silhouette of a Glock and a red circle with a slash through it. Of course I walk on by these signs without skipping a beat because they do not hold any legal weight, but still. Why the Glock hate?

[sfwriter]

12. Zero

[bowens43]

15. if you carry at all , your ass should be put in jail....... nt

[Logical]

21. So you think licensed citizens should go to jail for carrying a gun? n-t

[Union Scribe]

24. Lol

Yeah, let's make some room in our overcrowded jails for people who are...obeying the law. Good policy, you should run on it.

[Logical]

27. The Dems do run on it. That is our problem. n-t

[Zoeisright]

33. Yep!

I'm fucking sick of thousands of Americans being killed every year by the gun porn crowd.

[burrfoot]

36. facepalm.

Who do you define as "the gun porn crowd?"

Who do you believe is responsible for the thousands of deaths you mention?

How do you suppose that either of the answers to the questions above relate to Logical's legal, licensed carry of a concealed weapon?

[Hoyt]

51. If the "gun porn crowd" weren't buying these things, they would not be manufactured.

Gun stores wouldn't hang the dang things on the wall because criminals can't buy them.

Sure, they can steal them or buy them under the table from some guy who claims he's a law abiding citizen. But they wouldn't be available if we didn't let manufacturers and their marketing department pander to the baser instincts of gun porn purchasers.

[NewMoonTherian]

60. Is there any place in your reckoning...

for people - not a part of any "gun porn crowd" - who make an informed, carefully considered choice to carry a gun? If not, why not?

[Hoyt]

73. I've just come to believe we'd be better off without as many guns, particularly in public.

I don't get too concerned if someone is carrying in a remote rural area, or in high crime area walking home from work. But, when folks start carrying in crowds, around kids, in parks, etc., it's gone too far. When the public is asked to accept some fool with dual shoulder holsters or a hi-cap mag sticking out of his pants, it's gone too far.

Plus, every gun that remains unmade is just another one we won't have to deal with down the road.

I also don't get real concerned about women carrying because they aren't out to save the world with their gun. You read stuff on here about carriers who think they are society's protector. Then there are the folks saying that guns help prevent an oppressive government -- maybe in some countries, not so much here. And, until the revolution comes, those folks can leave them at home.

I do get concerned about folks who gravitate toward tactical weapons and guns clearly being marketed to appeal to folks' baser instincts. The folks I've known like that should never have been allowed to buy a gun, much less carry one in public.

[Logical]

78. i understand your feelings.....

I was there also not long ago.

I came to the conclusion guns are here to stay and the bad guys will always find a way to have them.

And my research showed very little issue with Conceal Carry as they are very law abiding people. The gun fights between CC license holders never materialized.

So I think the good guys need them also. So I took my class about three weeks ago and am waiting for my CC license.

I doubt I will carry much unless in downtown Kansas City. Or other places I feel worried. But I at least have an option.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

83. You misogynist views are noted

It would also be interested to know which weapons you think are "clearly being marketed to appeal to folks' baser instincts".

I assume you realize that your position is legally quite untenable.

[PavePusher]

88. Patronism, misandry, accusation, assumption, and lack of familiarity of history...

without a single speck of evidence, all in one short post.

How is it that you get mistaken as any form of legitimate journalist?

[RSillsbee]

92. legitimate journalist?

C'mon Pav ehe posts on HuffPO that's not legitimate journalism

[PavePusher]

93. Heh, my bad. Was trying some of that "civility" stuff.

It's harder than it looks....

[rl6214]

94. You are just beyond ridiculous with the made up crap you spout

" dual shoulder holsters or a hi-cap mag sticking out of his pants"

"You read stuff on here about carriers who think they are society's protector."

Then it should be pretty easy for you to find and link something that's been posted here where someone has said they want to be society's protector.


You said it, now back it up.

[rl6214]

71. Juvenile insults

Awesome debating tactic.

[oneshooter]

79. Did you really expect better? n/t

[rl6214]

95. No, not really

[PavePusher]

87. Oh, so you want to punish the innocent for the acts of criminals....

Is that what Progressivism has sunk to these days?

[armueller2001]

44. If you wear a shirt which is deemed offensive by any figure of authority

you should be put in jail. If you check out a book at the library that a member of congress doesn't like, you should be put in jail.

Etc, etc. People usually aren't put in jail for NOT breaking the law.

[Oneka]

56. But sometimes they are.

Just ask this guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olofson

[aikoaiko]

48. Thank you for revealing the true anti- right to keep and bear-arms zealotry on DU

Please, keep posting. You make the NRA look reasonable.

[rl6214]

70. It's up to YOU to decide already settled law?

I don't think so.

[PavePusher]

86. Glad to see your contempt for Civil Rights.

Noted for future evidence.

[RC]

22. None. I have never felt the need to carry a gun anywhere.

Not even after I moved to Kansas City MO.

[Logical]

26. I am glad. I used to live there also. Nice city really. n-t

[armueller2001]

43. That's awesome.

I haven't felt the need to wear my seat belt or use my smoke alarms in my house either but it's still nice to know they're there. As for the firearm, I haven't felt the need to carry it either but I still choose to. Hopefully I'll never need it to defend myself or my family, but if I do it will be an immediate and urgent need and unfortunately I can't teleport myself back home to retrieve it.

[petronius]

29. 0% of the time - that's my choice*, and I'll defend it just like I'll defend the rights of others

to make their own choices in the matter.

(*Well, it would be my choice, if the laws of my state hadn't so helpfully made the choice a foregone conclusion...)

[Logical]

76. No one is trying to make you carry a gun are they? n-t

[burrfoot]

35. Wow. I've never seen this many rude/idiotic answers to what

I assume is an honest question.

Must be all the frustration over the other stuff going on today.

I've had my permit for about three years. I know a lot of folks will tell you "always carry it or never carry it," or "always carry it because you never know when you're actually going to need it;" but I'm going to go ahead and say that for me, what works is to carry it when I think, after a reasonable assessment, I might be a little further than usual from help. (Help is not likely to get there in time no matter how close; but I personally feel that in the assessment of the assailant/criminal, the further you are from other sources of aid the safer his job is likely to be) That usually works out to if I'm out camping/hiking; or when I used to take my dog out the to park well after dark.

I completely support the position that people who carry all the time take- since violence can occur in any place, at any time, you should always be prepared to respond if necessary; but I'm just not personally at that point.

[RSillsbee]

38. 100% NT

[armueller2001]

41. When not at work, running errands on the way home from work, home, or drinking

it's 100% of the time legally allowable. That excludes professional sporting events and race tracks which have a blanket ban on carrying per TX statutes. I have yet to see a 30.06 sign on a private business that prohibits CCW holders from entering with firearms. They must realize that turning away one of the most vocal and vigilant fractions of their customer base isn't good for business.

[Big Al Mac]

47. I never

leave the house without either my .40 cal CZ RAMI or my .45 ACP 1911 on my hip.
So my answer would have to be 100%

[RSillsbee]

66. Welcome to DU

Any FTF issues w/ your RAMI?

[MineralMan]

49. Less than 5%.

Only when I'm going to be somewhere that there have been serious crime problems. Otherwise, I leave it at home.

[jeepnstein]

50. Same here.

Problem is I work in a town that is literally overrun with serious drug addiction right now. Murders, home invasions, property crimes, robberies; all off the charts and the police have simply given up on trying to fight it. It's all due to prescription pain killers being passed out like candy by some doctors. I can't even answer my door after dark without considering the possibility that the person on the porch is bent on robbery. This was all unthinkable just a few years ago when my little town resembled Mayberry more than some kind of zombie movie.

Even with all this, I live a relatively comfortable and safe life. I'm aware and keep boundaries between my family and the people who would draw them into their web of misery. Carrying concealed is perfectly legal in Ohio and I use it when I feel the need.

[Logical]

59. That is the mode I think I will be in also.

[oneshooter]

52. My SIG 220 is my constant companion, at home or away. n/t

[NewMoonTherian]

53. Between 90% and 95%.

I only really go without it accidentally, or when attending martial arts class. Of course, this isn't including the time spent in places where carry is prohibited(the post office, etc.), but the time I spend there is insignificant, as I tend to avoid situations where carry isn't allowed. My church and workplace are both friendly toward concealed carry.

[onehandle]

54. Only when I'm really, really mad or particularly paranoid.

Wait... Carry what?

[Logical]

75. If you post a logical, fact filled post about stopping gun violence I will read it. n-t

[Oneka]

58. 100

Wherever and whenever i am legally allowed by my state, and federal statutes, to carry , i carry.
That is for me, a choice, the same as voting, practicing religion, or insisting on my personal privacy.
Having had deadly violence visited upon my family, the choice is a pretty easy one for me.

[GreenStormCloud]

61. 100%.

It is just part of my clothes.

[S_B_Jackson]

62. When I first got my CHL...

the reason I did so was mostly to make compliance the laws easier while transporting a firearm in my mid-size pickup. And I only carried when I thought it might be necessary. Over time as I began to seriously think about "Do I actually know where I might be criminally assaulted, or where I might witness someone else being criminally assaulted?" and more importantly, I began to think of the problem with habits.

Now every time I'm headed out the door, holstering a firearm is as natural as putting on my shoes, my watch, and remembering to put my wallet in my pocket. The default decision is that I'm carrying and only if I consciously make the decision NOT to carry - quick trips to pickup fast food through the drive-thru, or to supermarket to pick up a gallon of milk - can I be found without a firearm. If I'm going someplace where I cannot carry at my destination, I leave it in the console vault in my truck.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

65. about 95% of the time when I leave the house (65%-70% on my person... otherwise it's in my car)

[rl6214]

67. 99.9%

[timo]

72. I live on the mexican border

and I carry 90%.... rarely do I leave it behind.

[Logical]

77. Understandable!

[Euromutt]

74. Almost all of the time

I generally don't carry if I'm going somewhere where it's illegal (e.g. bars) and/or impractical (e.g. doctor's office) to bring a firearm, and if I'm not comfortable about leaving it in the car (though I do have a PacSafe mesh bag to store it in), especially if I'm going directly to the place in question and back.

I definitely do carry when I'm out and about with my kid, though. There's a few too many idiots who let their dogs run loose in these parts.

[LibertyFox]

80. Almost always

If I know I'm going someplace like a bank I at least make sure that I leave it in the car.

But I carry a .38 revolver in the glove box of my car and a Ruger LCP in the inseam pocket of my jacket.

Since its getting warm again I'll usually have the LCP in a pair of cargo shorts.

[Jonlovit]

81. 100%

I will be in DisneyWorld next week, yes I will be armed. I was armed during my daughters wedding, during my grandkids baseball games and during their birth.

[scrinmaster]

82. A S&W 638 in a pocket holster.

I carry it everywhere but campus and the gym.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

90. 200%...

I try to carry two guns at all times and make one of my companions carry one. So when I'm out in public, I carry 200% of the time.

[YllwFvr]

91. 95%

almost always, where legally allowed

[DWC]

96. 100% of the time

I can legally do so.

If I had a crystal ball that would tell me when and where I would have to defend myself, I would simply avoid the situation and change the future.

Semper Fi,