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How often do you carry?

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50% of the time?

100% of the time?

or somewhere in between?
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100% of the time (not counting when I'm asleep in bed).
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Whenever I am awake and not at a prohibited location. Which unfortunately means about 50% of my time since I work at a prohibited location. :(
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24/7 unless at a prohibited location.
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The Annoyed Man wrote:100% of the time (not counting when I'm asleep in bed).
:iagree: What he said...except at very rarely visited prohibited locations.

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What Will said . . .
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When I first considered getting my license, I often pondered this question. How much was I realistically going to carry? I don't know if it's just me, but I feel that the amount of brazen violent crime has increased over the past few years. So as many on this site have said, "24/7 or guess right."
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The only time I don't carry is where prohibited by law (which is not much, since I refuse to do business anywhere with a 30.06 sign except hospitals when I'm bleeding or visiting) and work, since they have policies that give me no choice but to drive 'naked' or risk forfeiting my job. Heck, I even have the Kimber strapped on when I'm riding the lawn mower in the front yard.

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I put in on when I get dressed in the morning and take it off when I crawl into bed at night. It sleeps in a safe on my nightstand next to me :)

On the rare occasions where I go somewhere where carrying is prohibited, I disarm when I'm getting out of the car and put it in the safe under my seat. It goes back on my hip before I drive away.
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Sangiovese wrote:I put in on when I get dressed in the morning and take it off when I crawl into bed at night.
Yep, that's me too. I liked what I heard from someone else here once: "If I'm wearing pants, that means I'm carrying."
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Sangiovese wrote:I put in on when I get dressed in the morning and take it off when I crawl into bed at night. It sleeps in a safe on my nightstand next to me :)

On the rare occasions where I go somewhere where carrying is prohibited, I disarm when I'm getting out of the car and put it in the safe under my seat. It goes back on my hip before I drive away.
I did a site search for other discussions concerning vehicle safes before I posted. I looked for a single handgun safe that would fit under the seat of a sedan. I settled for a lock-box type on a cable.

Sangiovese, when you say "in the safe under my seat...", what sort of safe do you have and (to others) what else is available?
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ninemm wrote:
Sangiovese, when you say "in the safe under my seat...", what sort of safe do you have and (to others) what else is available?
...and where is it parked, what make, model, and color is it? Can you send me a tracing of the door key? "rlol"

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ninemm wrote: I did a site search for other discussions concerning vehicle safes before I posted. I looked for a single handgun safe that would fit under the seat of a sedan. I settled for a lock-box type on a cable.

Sangiovese, when you say "in the safe under my seat...", what sort of safe do you have and (to others) what else is available?
Actually, "safe" is probably not accurate. What I have is more of a lock box on a cable like you mention. I use one from http://www.center-of-mass.com/ and really like it. It's not going to withstand a determined attack... but it looks like it will defeat a pair of diagonal cutters and a screwdriver - so the typical smash and grab guy won't be walking away with my XD.
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Whenever I am awake and not at a prohibited location. Which unfortunately means about 50% of my time since I work at a prohibited location. :(
:iagree:
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tfrazier wrote:
ninemm wrote:
Sangiovese, when you say "in the safe under my seat...", what sort of safe do you have and (to others) what else is available?
...and where is it parked, what make, model, and color is it? Can you send me a tracing of the door key? "rlol"
Cabela's has an underseat lock box on a cable for $30. Check it out.
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