"Concealed Carry Corner: The Problem With Carrying Too Much" Topic
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Tango01 | 09 Mar 2021 10:13 p.m. PST |
"All over the internet, there are articles where people talk about what's best to have on your body when concealing a firearm. It's not uncommon to talk about various lights, knives, medical supplies and spare magazines. Having different items on you is a great way to be prepared for daily life, but it's really easy to start carrying way too much where it starts to become unrealistic for daily use. Its a natural cycle to figure out what you need on a daily basis but since there's a ton of new gun owners and people who are conceal carrying, I figured I'd break it down for the newbies. Let's dive into figuring out what's the issue with carrying too much on your body. Trying to figure out what to carry on your body can be challenging at times but it's much easier if it's broken down into levels of priority. I have a list of priorities that works for me but this list will be different for each person depending on their situation. Typically, I will break everything down into three categories to make it simple. Having your priorities broken down into necessities, things you want to carry, and what's ideal if you could choose can be really helpful in the long run…." Main page link Armand |
T Corret | 09 Mar 2021 11:03 p.m. PST |
My father was a country doctor. His EDC was a length of heavy cord for a tourniquet and a small pocket knife and a cheap plastic pen for a tracheotomy. |
Frederick | 10 Mar 2021 7:08 a.m. PST |
Where in God's name does this poor person live that they feel they need to carry a handgun, brass knuckles and multiple knives? 'Cause I don't want to go there! |
USAFpilot | 10 Mar 2021 7:31 a.m. PST |
Where in God's name does this poor person live that they feel they need to carry a handgun, brass knuckles and multiple knives? 'Cause I don't want to go there! Coming to a neighborhood near you soon. Gun sales are currently through the roof. |
Oddball | 10 Mar 2021 7:36 a.m. PST |
Maybe he lives in one of the cities that are constantly in reports. You know the list. Cities where people have tried to murder me, Boston and New Orleans were the two top ones. As you can tell from this post, they failed. Other options are that that person might have those items for protection because they must go into those areas for employment and want to make sure they get home. I remember working for the City of Boston in 1986, finding abandoned lots in the city to turn into low income housing and neighborhood parks. Sounds like a good idea. When my partner and I were sent into the Roxbury section (Ward 13, Alexander Street for reference) of Boston we were assigned uniformed police escort and driven around in a marked police car for our protection. I didn't have anything on me for protection, but that experience really opened my eyes. I got a gun permit (not in Boston, can't get those, listed address outside of the city) and having a weapon has saved my life more than once. As for where and when it can happen, well, on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon in September (not this year, in past) at about 5:30 pm on Newbury Street (very expensive neighborhood of Boston, Back Bay), with people walking by 6 feet away, I had a guy tell me he was going to "stick" me with his "blade". Heard the knife snap open, we were close, too damn close, my mistake. There is more to the story, but that's for over a beer. If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. |
Thresher01 | 10 Mar 2021 9:16 a.m. PST |
Could be almost any city you can think of now, due to clamors to defund the police, and local leaders giving domestic terrorist groups free rein to riot, block roads and freeways, commit arson, attack and murder civilians and law enforcement personnel with impunity, loot, rob, steal, etc., etc.. In San Francisco, it virtually legal to rob multiple people and businesses on a minute to minute, or hourly basis, as long as you keep the total under $950 USD for each incident, so it's considered a misdemeanor, and there are no repercussions or arrests for those crimes. An enterprising criminal could make a very good living, $1,000,000 USD+ a year with that type of income, working even just part-time. |
Tango01 | 10 Mar 2021 12:39 p.m. PST |
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Howler | 10 Mar 2021 9:01 p.m. PST |
Wow Oddball. That's crazy what you experienced. I can imagine that the person who tried it still has nightmares. Glad you're able to tell about it |
Wolfhag | 11 Mar 2021 9:07 a.m. PST |
Thresher01 is right about SF. A Walgreens drug store just closed because of shoplifting. Security guards and employees are told not to stop them. There are gangs from central America that set up "pawn shops" on the street where you can take the stolen items and sell them right away. A local TV station had a reporter on the street interviewing people about this problem and someone broke into their van and stole equipment and they filmed it. Once you get in your car the police are not allowed to chase you down. Good luck getting a concealed carry permit. Wolfhag |
USAFpilot | 11 Mar 2021 9:24 a.m. PST |
Our society is sick. Things will continue to get worse. And people wonder how fascists come to power. They come to power when normal, moderate people are sick of seeing everything they worked so hard for being dismantled and in desperation vote in radical far right ideologues. Hitler and the nazis didn't rise in a conservative environment, but in the highly corrupt and degenerate Weimar Republic. With our government printing money like crazy, inflation will follow and the economy will nose dive. As one of my history professors once said, history may not necessarily repeat, but is certainly rhymes. |
Shagnasty | 11 Mar 2021 11:29 a.m. PST |
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DJCoaltrain | 15 Apr 2021 2:49 a.m. PST |
I have a CCL. I once worked as a Security Grd. Escorted money from place to place. Carried a .38 special DA. Never had a problem. I just kept renewing my CCL, force of habit. |
Blutarski | 15 Apr 2021 5:18 a.m. PST |
Oddball, I grew up in Roxbury as a young kid in the 50s (Homestead St, about a mile or so from the street you mentioned) and worked summers there through the 60s on a building maintenance crew. Watched it change from a desirable, cosmopolitan multi-ethnic, multi-racial Boston neighborhood (Boston's biggest synagogue was situated about three blocks from me on Elm Hill Avenue) into a drug gang war zone ghetto slum in the course of about 10-15 years – courtesy of our federal government hard at work for the people, but that's another story. Definitely a very tough area when you were there in the 80s. Things seem to be changing now. Roxbury is slowly being "gentrified". Last time I looked, you will have a hard time finding a home or condo in Roxbury listed under USD 300k (because of its close proximity to downtown and easy public transportation access). BTW, the entire Forest Hills – Dudley elevated railway is now gone. B |
Wolfhag | 17 Apr 2021 8:53 p.m. PST |
An enterprising criminal could make a very good living, $1,000,000 USD USD+ a year with that type of income, working even just part-time. and not pay taxes, get free healthcare, food subsidies and in many cases, get out on bail without having to put up a cash bond if you do get caught committing a crime. If you are homeless you have a good chance of being put up in a hotel with food and drug deliveries. SFPD recently busted an $8 USDM theft ring. Wolfhag |
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