Anyone ever forget you are carrying?

[jim brady]

Just wondering if anyone else ever carried concealed and got so used to the weapon being there that they forgot it was there. Just wondering. Happened to me last weekend. Came back from working on the farm with my daughter. Had my .380 in a high-ride holster on my belt to the right of my wallet pocket, got kind of warm so I took off my outer shirt (that conceals the pistol). Forgot I had it on and went shopping, got gas, etc. My daughter commented how everyone was extra nice that day. It was only later that I realized what had happened. I certainly was not "brandishing" or openly carrying on purpose. Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else.

I carry a Buck 110 folding knife in the same position. I use that knife all the time when I'm working for one thing or another and I'm used to it being there, so I guess that I mentally assumed it was my working knife.

[Double D]

Jim, I guess I can say I have forgotten a time or two. I put my gun on before my socks go on every day and its just part of my wardrobe so to speak. If I didnt have it on, I would feel naked. So, I have had business in the courthouse and walked in the front door only to see the metal detector and be reminded I needed to return to the truck to disarm. But I have never gone anywhere without a shirt since I wouldnt want to make anyone sick or scare anyone.

[jim brady]

Kinda embarassed here. I was wearing a "T-Shirt". With my body folks would have gagged if I'd walked around nekked from the waist up.

[CampingJosh]

I have forgotten a time or two. Open carry is not banned in Indiana, and it's really rather common, so it doesn't matter much for me.

Anymore, I carry in my pocket all but maybe 5 times per year. I remember it's there every time I stick my hand in my pocket.

[geds]

My wife carried for 9 months on two different occasions. She never let me forget it during both times!

[Gabob]

Yep ! I went all over the capitol building in Wyoming once and did not remember the Tomcat in my pocket until I got back in the car. Probably would not have been a problem tho because the fellow who was showing me around was a close friend of the governor and had just bought the car we were in from the govenor

[howlnmad]

Here in Tn it's not mandated on open or concealed. I switch back and forth, depending on how I'm dressed. My wife always carries concealled and always forgets about it when she goes to the courthouse. Until she gets to the metal detector and then makes a mad dash for the door.

[hogger129]

no people would freak and call the cops around here in wisconsin

[howlnmad]

Originally Posted by hogger129

no people would freak and call the cops around here in wisconsin

When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

[Bigr Bang Thry]

Back when it was an easy thing to do, I used to cross the border into Canada frequently. I forgot that I was in posession a couple of times...OOPS ! Nothing ever happened, but it COULD have been ugly. I had a permit for Canada, because one of the clubs I belong to used to shoot at/against a few Canadian clubs. Still, entering Canada without reporting the weapon is/was a BIG mistake. Now, my biggest mistakes are when I go into a post office - I always remember that I'm carrying right AFTER I've already committed the felony.

[hogger129]

Originally Posted by howlnmad

When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

well i mean one of the things that really brought on the CCW law here in WI was those people who were carrying here in the East Side Madison Culver's restaurant near the mall.

Some lady saw them open carrying and called the cops and I guess the cops showed up in full force and detained a few who refused to show their ID.

The AG Van Hollen has said they can't give you a ticket for open carrying because open carrying is completely legal except in places like 1000 ft of a school zone, inside gov't bulidings & police stations or if a private place has a sign displayed. This place didn't.

Idk I just get sick of it when ignorant people don't know the law and call the cops and end up just stirring up a big sh**storm because of their ignorance.

They hate people carrying guns so they call the cops. Lol. A lot of people around here are Democrats. Some Party of Tolerance huh?

You go into a rural area like further north and you'll see people open carrying quite frequently actually. Up near Appleton where my friend lives I'll hang out up there once in awhile and outside the city, people will walk into gas stations and stuff with a pistol on their hip.

[TheGunClinger]

Originally Posted by geds

My wife carried for 9 months on two different occasions. She never let me forget it during both times!

I bet it was concealed carry!

[Crpdeth]

Originally Posted by geds

My wife carried for 9 months on two different occasions. She never let me forget it during both times!

I hear ya!

[pickenup]

Originally Posted by Double D

I have had business in the courthouse and walked in the front door only to see the metal detector and be reminded I needed to return to the truck to disarm.

Yup, me too.
Wife just laughs at me and says.......AGAIN???

[berto64]

Was at the Laughlin river run back in the 80's. Rented a room on the AZ side of the river. Jumped on a water taxi with a bunch of club brothers with a 1911 in the inside pocket of my cut. Didn't realize it until I bumped against a slot machine in a casino on the Nevada side. There is NO concealed carry in Nevada, much less in a joint that serves booze or has gambling going on.
I ate off the buffet and went back to the AZ side where I was legal ASAP.

[CampingJosh]

Originally Posted by TheGunClinger

I bet it was concealed carry!

I'd bet there was some serious "printing" on that one.

[Infidel]

I've done it. People just thought I must be a cop. I know this because I have heard thier whisperery comments. Didn't affect me because I was a cop for so long I wasn't self concious about it. My buddy that sometimes used to sometimes travel with me usually reminded me that I was attracting attention. I always said so what, that just might deterr a possible "problem" then huh?

Wife didn't care...she has always known when to duck and cover.

[HunterAlpha1]

i am SO grateful for the church that we're going to right now. my sister has always disliked guns, probably because our dad had alot of guns but was also an @$$hole. i've offered many times over the years to teach her to shoot, even getting exasperated at times because her refusal means that i'm the only one in our house capable of providing security.

finally, my mom and sister started attending a Reformed Presbyterian church, with me hanging back initially because they had proven to be "church hoppers" in the past; attending a church for awhile, then when i had started to make friends and fit in they would find some chickens**t excuse to leave.

but in this church, we discovered right off that they recognize and honour the 2nd Amendment, and that anyone who could legally do so was welcome to carry in church, even during the service

not much later i got my CCW and my first handgun, and started carrying everywhere. my sister, the same person who previously wouldn't even ride in the same vehicle with a gun, who admittedly would have demanded that i leave my gun at home when going to church or anywhere else if i had started carrying before we started attending this one, saw that the men in the church who carried were all mature, responsible men of God and now has no problem with me carrying anywhere or bringing guns in the same car as her.

in fact, this past spring she fired a handgun for the first time, when after church we went to one of the member's house to go shooting. it was great, and while she still isn't into guns she seems more open to having them around and maybe in the future learning how to shoot more

[geds]

Originally Posted by TheGunClinger

I bet it was concealed carry!

It was not concealed for very long - most of the time it was very evident!

[geds]

Originally Posted by HunterAlpha1

i am SO grateful for the church that we're going to right now. my sister has always disliked guns, probably because our dad had alot of guns but was also an @$$hole. i've offered many times over the years to teach her to shoot, even getting exasperated at times because her refusal means that i'm the only one in our house capable of providing security.

finally, my mom and sister started attending a Reformed Presbyterian church, with me hanging back initially because they had proven to be "church hoppers" in the past; attending a church for awhile, then when i had started to make friends and fit in they would find some chickens**t excuse to leave.

but in this church, we discovered right off that they recognize and honour the 2nd Amendment, and that anyone who could legally do so was welcome to carry in church, even during the service

not much later i got my CCW and my first handgun, and started carrying everywhere. my sister, the same person who previously wouldn't even ride in the same vehicle with a gun, who admittedly would have demanded that i leave my gun at home when going to church or anywhere else if i had started carrying before we started attending this one, saw that the men in the church who carried were all mature, responsible men of God and now has no problem with me carrying anywhere or bringing guns in the same car as her.

in fact, this past spring she fired a handgun for the first time, when after church we went to one of the member's house to go shooting. it was great, and while she still isn't into guns she seems more open to having them around and maybe in the future learning how to shoot more

Now if that church down in south Alabama had parishioners carrying guns instead of knives and tazers, I bet the minister would've been dealing with bullets instead of an electrical zap!

Somehow, having to arm oneself to go to church seems just wrong!

[carver]

Originally Posted by geds

Now if that church down in south Alabama had parishioners carrying guns instead of knives and tazers, I bet the minister would've been dealing with bullets instead of an electrical zap!

Somehow, having to arm oneself to go to church seems just wrong!

In most places the Church is just like a school, a no gun zone. That is why you have shooters showing up in Churches, they know no one has a gun, and can't stop them from killing as many people as they wish to. I carry in Church, not because I think I might need a gun, but because you never know when you will need one. Maybe on the way there, or maybe on the way home. It's concealed, so no one knows it's there but me. I have forgot so many times that I am carring untill it's not funny. Once in Washington DC we decided to hit some of the museums, I was pushing a wheel chair with a friend in it, and went right thru the metal detectors! They never noticed because the wheel chair set it off! That one made me sweat a little! When in the car driving, I keep my pistol uncovered by tucking my shirt tail in behind the pistol, sometimes I forget to pull the shirt out, and re-cover the pistol. So far I haven't had a problem, but I know it's got to happen sooner, or later. Someone's gonna call the cops!

[jack404]

i'd like to remember WHEN I COULD carry

[geds]

Originally Posted by carver

In most places the Church is just like a school, a no gun zone. That is why you have shooters showing up in Churches, they know no one has a gun, and can't stop them from killing as many people as they wish to. I carry in Church, not because I think I might need a gun, but because you never know when you will need one. Maybe on the way there, or maybe on the way home. It's concealed, so no one knows it's there but me. I have forgot so many times that I am carring untill it's not funny. Once in Washington DC we decided to hit some of the museums, I was pushing a wheel chair with a friend in it, and went right thru the metal detectors! They never noticed because the wheel chair set it off! That one made me sweat a little! When in the car driving, I keep my pistol uncovered by tucking my shirt tail in behind the pistol, sometimes I forget to pull the shirt out, and re-cover the pistol. So far I haven't had a problem, but I know it's got to happen sooner, or later. Someone's gonna call the cops!

Wait - How many shooters have shown up in church in the past 25 years? Do you attend unusual churches - because that is certainly not a common place occurrence around here!

[Double D]

Originally Posted by geds

Wait - How many shooters have shown up in church in the past 25 years? Do you attend unusual churches - because that is certainly not a common place occurrence around here!

If you do your homework, you will see that there have been MANY church related shootings in this country and yes, shooters look for places where people are vunerable. I am thankfull you havent had any problems in your area. We are pretty well prepared at our church.

[carver]

FAITH UNDER FIRE
Church shootings
on rise in U.S.

'Leaders must be prepared to defend congregations'
Posted: December 15, 2007
1:00 am Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND

Church shootings, in the headlines because of the attacks by Matthew Murray, 24, of Englewood, Colo., on two Christian groups last weekend, are on the rise across the United States, even though they're not yet at epidemic proportions.

Murray killed two people at a Youth With A Mission missionary training center in Arvada, Colo., early last Sunday morning, then apparently posted some rantings on the Internet, and drove to the New Life Church in Colorado Springs where he killed two teen girls. He also wounded half a dozen others before he was confronted by a church member volunteering as a security guard, and was shot.

A tabulation of church shootings, or those closely related to a church setting, was done by Gary Cass, chairman of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, and include 10 such attacks over the last four years, including Murray's two attacks.

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