Unknown Concealed Carry Tell

[MikeBjerum]

I have not read or heard of exposing magazines, clips, or ammunition as brandishing.  It is a good lesson, because if you are in a conceal state you could just as easily do it on the gun side.

TAB,
It is not just about solving the problem with eight rounds.  Sometimes things don't go as planned and the gun only goes bang once.  You aren't prepared for that, so what do you do now?  You entered into or modified a fight to a gun fight, and now you turned it into a rock fight on your side.

[Dakotaranger]

Mags do fail.  When I'm biking no one seams to notice the spare mag in the pouch on my pack.

[JLawson]

... Recent experience has taught me how clueless the general, unknowing public is when it comes to spotting a concealed carry...

I think a couple of things may be going on here.  First, to some extent most people find it uncomfortable to visually examine those areas of a stranger's body most likely to conceal a weapon... guys don't want other guys to think they're doing a "package check" or whatever.  Secondly, folks hang so many things around their waists now - cell phones, blocky smart phones, pagers (does anyone still use a pager?), flashlights, etc. - that many are de-sensitized to seeing bumps or bulges around the waist.

And then again, there are folks like this lady who are so distracted they wouldn't notice if you carried a RPG:

[Ichiban]

I had a friend, who knows that I carry, ask me if I was carrying (well, Duh!) and point to my cell phone lump.

I showed him it was a phone and he said "I thought you always carried."  I let him continue in his ignorance.

[twyacht]

I enjoy celebrating diversity in carrying concealed. On swamp a** hot humid days, a pocket pistol like my P3AT, and a spare mag in my shorts pocket is standard.

Sometimes I carry my Taurus snub IWB, with an extra Bianchi strip shorts pocket, or my compact semi-auto's like my M&P .40c, or S&W 6904. One spare mag in my pocket.

Cargo shorts are comfy and loose enough to get away with it. Which is generally year rd. attire down here.

Thankfully, Florida did pass a law this year that removes a "whoops" moment from "brandishing to the terror of the public." as long as you are not carrying in a prohibited location. As some anti would "rat you out" to mgt./owner,,,,etc...

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[fightingquaker13]

There also also those stupid looking (to me anyway) cell phone holders that clip on the outside of your belt. I've never tried, but I'm pretty sure I could get a G-26 mag in one, and something like an LCP or kel-tec would be no problem. However, what we need to do is work on making fanny packs fashionable again. Those and Hawian shirts are God's gift to the CCW world. I can get away with the Hawian shirts here in Fl., but if you wear a fanny pack you might as be open carrying (unless your a German tourist).
FQ13

[ellis4538]

I'm 65 and I wear a FP here in Ohio all the time in any number of places and never get a second look, even by the police!  Haven't tried a HS yet but I assume it will be the same.

Richard 

[steelhawk]

I've never worried about someone seeing my extra mag, carried just behind my cell phone on the weak side.  Most people wouldn't even notice it.   Of those that did, most will be wondering what that was, since they saw it only briefly.