open carry option

[usmcdadx2]

For what it is worth this is probably the best forum I have found when it comes to the way members treat each other. Even when it's clear the members don't agree with each other everyone stays pretty respectful. Thanks to the founders, moderators and most of all the members

[ericire12]

See Haz???  you can take a bit of a lesson from USMC...

He worries about it for a moment before he stirs the pot....

We can use that kind of restraint and self control around here 

I refuse to participate in that

[shooter32]

I refuse to participate in that

Yeah right, Mr. Poke with a stick!! 

[usmcdadx2]

OK maybe I need to recant that last post

[PegLeg45]

For what it is worth this is probably the best forum I have found when it comes to the way members treat each other. Even when it's clear the members don't agree with each other everyone stays pretty respectful. Thanks to the founders, moderators and most of all the members

+1

That's what drew me here....and why it's basically the only forum I post on...(no comments from the peanut gallery)   .......
If you stay around long enough, everyone gets to know each other, and most learn to overlook the occasional bad day, and the sometimes accompanying snippy posts.

This is a great place........and based on the last 7 months my family has been through, probably the only thing that kept me sane...(again, no comments from the peanut gallery concerning my sanity).

 

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[twyacht]

Pay NO attention to the member with the "rope", or the "clip" thing,....

For those that cannot live, drive, eat, or go through a grocery store without a cell phone to their head,... in a different ambiguous kinda way, those that choose to carry whether concealed or not, do so, hopefully, with a mindset and routine that facilitates all aspects of "everyday life", including bathrooms. etc,...

It is part of a routine. Wallet, phone, knife, keys, sidearm. 

usmcdad, as others have posted, we here at DRTV welcome everyone, kick it around a bit, and maintain a "level" of something that many forums do not have.

Fundamental respect, a reasonable amount of intelligence, humor, and even discussing the best place to "put" your firearm when on a commode.,...

Disclaimer: This is not a post from the "peanut gallery",....

[tombogan03884]

But he stirs the pot any way !  
Semper Fi ! to you and the 2 fine young Marines you raised, I hope you and they are doing well.

[usmcdadx2]

Tom,
Thanks(again) for your best wishes for my boys they're doing good, though one will be heading back to "the 'stan" in the undisclosed near future.

Gfro,
To take this back to your original question. The "best" type of holster varies from person to person and weapon to weapon. For me, when I do carry, I prefer an outside the waistband holster that sits high and tight either in a crossdraw or FBI forward cant setup. This works with either my revolvers or my pistols and puts the weapon in a position that is most comfortable for me. It also allows me to use my elbows and forearms to "index" it for either a draw or retention. To me the most important part of weapons retention is paying attention to what is going on around you. Call me paranoid but armed or unarmed your head needs to be in the game all the time.
I don't think the "toilet" issues are unique to open carry, you would have to consider the same issues for any type of carry you chose. If you want to carry find what is most comfortable for you and then work out the rest of the details.
 

[yuri gagarin]

When I was the Director of Facilities at a hospital, the security department found a 9mm service weapon in the men's stall when it was being cleaned. It turned out it belonged to a cop who had to take a dump.

S**t happens!!

[bulldog75]

On duty it goes into the pants, because criminals see the shined shoes and pants and have been known to reach over the door and grab the gun belt and take off with it. Off duty it stays in the holster and I spread the legs to create tension.