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Keith B wrote:

Right2Carry wrote:

suthdj wrote:Read a story today it was a CC purse she got for christmas sounds like only thing she did wrong was leave purse unsecure and underestimate her 2yo.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/20 ... recautions

I am finding it hard to believe the two year old un-zippered the concealed compartment of the purse, reached in and extracted the gun or fired it through the purse. Although possible this woman who is now being portrayed as experienced with guns yet she still left a loaded handgun off her body in a purse that was within reach of a 2 year old.

I am also amazed that you can't carry a loaded firearm with a CHL in her state according to the linked article. I am sure loaded refers to one in the chamber not really sure how that works for revolvers unless your six shot becomes a five shot. Sounds like a stupid law.

Article is wrong. You can carry a concealed handgun loaded with a license. You can openly carry a loaded handgun without a license in Idaho.

Good to know, I guess I should have looked it up.

suthdj wrote:Read a story today it was a CC purse she got for christmas sounds like only thing she did wrong was leave purse unsecure and underestimate her 2yo.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/20 ... recautions

I am finding it hard to believe the two year old un-zippered the concealed compartment of the purse, reached in and extracted the gun or fired it through the purse. Although possible this woman who is now being portrayed as experienced with guns yet she still left a loaded handgun off her body in a purse that was within reach of a 2 year old.

I am also amazed that you can't carry a loaded firearm with a CHL in her state according to the linked article. I am sure loaded refers to one in the chamber not really sure how that works for revolvers unless your six shot becomes a five shot. Sounds like a stupid law.

jayinsat wrote:

RogueUSMC wrote:My mother-in-law purse carries. I got her one of these and tethered it to the bottom of her purse. When he gun clears the purse, the tether pulls the trigger cover off and she is good to go...it stays where it is until then.

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Won't do any good if the child pulls the gun out of the purse and pulls the trigger. If a woman purse carries, or any one off body carries, we can NEVER, EVER let that bag separate from us, EVER! You can't sit it down in a corner, leave it in a cart, put it in a closet, none of this. If you're out and about and carrying off body, that bag must stay with you at all times. This is the only way to keep someone from accessing the gun inside.

A horrible tragedy indeed.

I doubt this was a purse designed for conceal carry. There are purses designed for this type of carry and have a compartment specifically to isolate the gun. Someone failed to educate this woman on the proper way to carry and secure her firearm. You are correct that when carrying off body you can never ever walk away and leave the method unattended even for an instance.