Fact or Urban (CCW) Legend ?

[G.C.Montgomery]

two comments for GC:

1. that girl is tall
2. the bulge on your left hip/flank


on the whole, there are stereotypes for a reason. doesn't make us bad people for using them as a guideline, we just have to be open to the surprises.

1) She's standing on a golf cart and is otherwise only about 5'1"
2) What bulge (other than the "dunlap")? The primary is actually away from the camera, just behind my right hip and the secondary isn't even in the frame...It's on my left ankle. My cell phone was in my right front pocket.

[DoubleJ]

1. glad you got a chuckle
2. fold in the shirt, right by left elbow. no dunlap. was a guess.

[govnor]

I'm (IMHO) the LAST guy you would expect to be packing because I look/am young and I wear non-baggy tshirts with golf shorts and flip-flops every day

No offense, but when I see a guy dressed like that I think "clueless yuppie." I'd be shocked to find out you were packing heat. The reason I say that is most of the folks around my 'hood have nothing to worry about or at least think they don't (low crime area). A lot of people wear similar clothing. I stick out like a sore thumb with my BDU's and camo ball caps...

[TheYoungGuy]

I'm (IMHO) the LAST guy you would expect to be packing because I look/am young and I wear non-baggy tshirts with golf shorts and flip-flops every day

No offense, but when I see a guy dressed like that I think "clueless yuppie." I'd be shocked to find out you were packing heat. The reason I say that is most of the folks around my 'hood have nothing to worry about or at least think they don't (low crime area). A lot of people wear similar clothing. I stick out like a sore thumb with my BDU's and camo ball caps...

I'll do my best not to break Mr. Cotton's "no derogatory posts" rule here, but seriously? A camo hat is one thing, but BDUs? Wow... I may be a just a "clueless yuppie", but it strikes me as odd that you wear battle dress on a daily basis. Halloween isn't until October...

[govnor]

I'm (IMHO) the LAST guy you would expect to be packing because I look/am young and I wear non-baggy tshirts with golf shorts and flip-flops every day

No offense, but when I see a guy dressed like that I think "clueless yuppie." I'd be shocked to find out you were packing heat. The reason I say that is most of the folks around my 'hood have nothing to worry about or at least think they don't (low crime area). A lot of people wear similar clothing. I stick out like a sore thumb with my BDU's and camo ball caps...

I'll do my best not to break Mr. Cotton's "no derogatory posts" rule here, but seriously? A camo hat is one thing, but BDUs? Wow... I may be a just a "clueless yuppie", but it strikes me as odd that you wear battle dress on a daily basis. Halloween isn't until October...

Hey man, I wasn't calling you a clueless yuppie. The point of that post is that no matter what you might think of someone by the way they dress, you can't judge a book by it's cover. If I saw a guy wearing flip flops I would seriously doubt he was carrying. Especially one of the same guns I carry.

Besides, I own a business where I do physical labor and dress accordingly. BDUs last longer than jeans for me. I do wear black BDUs as casual wear sometimes though. They're comfortable and have lots of storage. On a couple of occasions I've walked past a guy wearing a pink shirt and they just look ashamed

[DSARGE]

Got a Camelback Gremlin fanny pack I wear sometimetimes when I take the heatherns for a walk or biking. I was walking the dogs one afternoon and had the pack on. Our neighborhood has security guards, and I always make it a point to wave or talk to them when I pass. I know them well, as I am out alot in the 'hood, and stopped to talk to one at the park. After initial greetings, he asked what I was packin'. I looked confused and repeated his question, and he motioned to the fanny pack. He said only gun toters, Europeans, and "people of alternate lifestyles" wear fanny packs, and since the Camelback Goblin is unique looking, comes in bright blue, and is made specifically for concealed carry, I must be packing. We discussed guns for a while and he told me that if everybody carried, he'd be out a job.

[govnor]

He said only gun toters, Europeans, and "people of alternate lifestyles" wear fanny packs

Man, it might be time to buy a Maxpedition bag. Yeah, it's still a man purse, but it looks okay. Fanny packs are just out at this point. The draw from them is good though. I guess this is one of those "form follows function" times...

[MrsFosforos]

He said only gun toters, Europeans, and "people of alternate lifestyles" wear fanny packs

Man, it might be time to buy a Maxpedition bag. Yeah, it's still a man purse, but it looks okay. Fanny packs are just out at this point. The draw from them is good though. I guess this is one of those "form follows function" times...

Fosforos bought a Maxpedition a while back and carries it everyday instead of his old briefcase. BTW, he is European also.

[Photoman]

It's not so much that you look like you are armed, but that the BG's will think you are armed. You've just given away one of your most valuable assets, surprise.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

[jimlongley]

two comments for GC:

1. that girl is tall
2. the bulge on your left hip/flank


on the whole, there are stereotypes for a reason. doesn't make us bad people for using them as a guideline, we just have to be open to the surprises.

1) She's standing on a golf cart and is otherwise only about 5'1"

I could tell she wasn't Cha-Cha (that's Shirley Muldowney to those of you not old enough, etc. ) but somewhere I have a picture similar to that one, with her in it. I'm not in it, I took it of my friends Doug and (??? don't recall) at Lebanon Valley Speedway in 1964 or 65, then Doug took one of me and (???) but I never got a copy.

I'm not nearly as large or handsome as G.C. so maybe it's a good thing I never got that copy.

[govnor]

two comments for GC:

1. that girl is tall
2. the bulge on your left hip/flank


on the whole, there are stereotypes for a reason. doesn't make us bad people for using them as a guideline, we just have to be open to the surprises.

1) She's standing on a golf cart and is otherwise only about 5'1"

I could tell she wasn't Cha-Cha (that's Shirley Muldowney to those of you not old enough, etc. ) but somewhere I have a picture similar to that one, with her in it. I'm not in it, I took it of my friends Doug and (??? don't recall) at Lebanon Valley Speedway in 1964 or 65, then Doug took one of me and (???) but I never got a copy.

I'm not nearly as large or handsome as G.C. so maybe it's a good thing I never got that copy.

I saw Shirley run down the old green valley track right down the street from here when I was a kid. 'Course it's closed down now because they put in a lot of neighborhoods. I can handle some loud car noise. I can't handle the loud hip hop in my house though... sue me.

[stevie_d_64]

Oh, man. Have I been making a mistake.

All this time, I thought G.C. was the one in the middle...

No kidding!

[stevie_d_64]

I think T3hK1w1 nailed it when describing his lunch breaks in the mall: looking at who is looking is the best clue. When you're aware, you see other people who are aware, instead of just bumbling through life with their heads down.

That's always my first clue; then I look at clothing.

Bingo!

[Skiprr]

Oh, man. Have I been making a mistake.

All this time, I thought G.C. was the one in the middle...

No kidding!

At least you and Gary got a chuckle.

[Dougmyers5]

I saw a guy yesterday walk into the store with his fanny pack over his shoulder, grinning like a possum. Seemed like he wanted to be noticed.

Thats how I would have to wear one they dont go around me for some reason wife says its because Ohmar the tent maker is not making them.