How often do you carry. ****POLL****

[Bigtanker]

I've read comments about people starting to carry more for one reason or another. It got me wondering just how much INGOers carry.

So vote and leave an explanation if you wish.

Was there was a turning point where you changed you carry habits? What caused that change?


I've carried just about everywhere legal for more than 10 years.

 

[Expat]

Always if I can. I do not carry in to schools or the court house. Pretty much everywhere else.
And yes that includes church every Sunday. I just switched from my j frame to a P938 this past Sunday.

 

[Backpacker]

I carry on my person everywhere it is legal. That includes church where the staff knows I am armed. I am likely not the only one carrying in our congregation.

 

[lonehoosier]

No days off.

 

[Maximinus Thrax]

I've gotten a bit out of the habit at home due to not carrying during the work day but otherwise it's a constant companion.

 

[Tactically Fat]

I carry on my person everywhere it is legal. That includes church where the staff knows I am armed. I am likely not the only one carrying in our congregation.

As a fellow Greenwoodian who also carries in chuch... Can I ask where you attend? Feel free to PM me if you don't want it made public.

 

[jagee]

Not as often as I should.

Mon-Fri:
I can't carry at work. I have my Shield in my laptop bag which goes with me to job sites (stays locked in the truck) and to my office. When I get off work I go to the gym, Shield stays in the bag.
Sat:
Pretty much everywhere I go I have either the Shied on my belt or Bodyguard in my pocket.
Sun:
Can't carry at church, end up not carrying the rest of the day because I left it at home when we left for church.

 

[Bigtanker]

Mon-Fri:
I can't carry at work. I have my Shield in my laptop bag which goes with me to job sites (stays locked in the truck) and to my office. When I get off work I go to the gym, Shield stays in the bag.
Sat:
Pretty much everywhere I go I have either the Shied on my belt or Bodyguard in my pocket.
Sun:
Can't carry at church, end up not carrying the rest of the day because I left it at home when we left for church.

Including work (which I tend to forget about), I would agree with you. Since I work in Michigan, I can't even have it in my vehicle. My company does random property checks with K-9 units. If I'm caught, I'm fired. But every waking moment of non work days, I'm armed, when legal.

 

[Expat]

Including work (which I tend to forget about), I would agree with you. Since I work in Michigan, I can't even have it in my vehicle. My company does random property checks with K-9 units. If I'm caught, I'm fired. But every waking moment of non work days, I'm armed, when legal.

That is some suck right there. I can't carry while working, in theory. But I work at home 95% of the time. When I am out on business, I will sometimes keep a pistol in my computer bag if other employees would be around.

 

[Expat]

Sun:
Can't carry at church, end up not carrying the rest of the day because I left it at home when we left for church.

How's come you can't carry at church? I carry in an ankle holster and no way anyone can tell.

 

[bobzilla]

define carry? I can't carry into work but I have something usually locked in my vehicle not far from me.

 

[T.Lex]

I answered honestly - most of the time (whenever legal). The actual number is probably close to 90% of my waking hours, but that's not "always."

 

[Bigtanker]

How's come you can't carry at church? I carry in an ankle holster and no way anyone can tell.

Probably a daycare on the property.

 

[Vigilant]

Unless there are wands or walk throughs, I’m carrying. Sometimes with wands, I’m still carrying.

 

[Joniki]

Probably a daycare on the property.

That makes it safe, right?

I carry everywhere I can.

 

[T.Lex]

Probably a daycare on the property.

This isn't necessarily a deal-killer. Lots more information necessary to make that decision. Unless it is a "discretion is the better part of valor" thing.

 

[jagee]

How's come you can't carry at church? I carry in an ankle holster and no way anyone can tell.

My church is also a school.

http://hclc.info/

 

[T.Lex]

My church is also a school.

Again, not always a deal killer.

My church also has a K-8 school on the same parcel, along with a couple other buildings separate from the church. It is all one parcel though. There is enough gray area that someone could carry in the church during services without running afoul of the school GFZ laws.

Now, if it is a public school or one required to be licensed, then yeah. Don't do that.

 

[jagee]

Again, not always a deal killer.

My church also has a K-8 school on the same parcel, along with a couple other buildings separate from the church. It is all one parcel though. There is enough gray area that someone could carry in the church during services without running afoul of the school GFZ laws.

Now, if it is a public school or one required to be licensed, then yeah. Don't do that.

I literally walk in the school hallways to go to church. I attend the contemporary service in the gymnasium. Classrooms all around me.

 

[T.Lex]

I literally walk in the school hallways to go to church. I attend the contemporary service in the gymnasium. Classrooms all around me.

Yeaaah. Don't do that there.

Although, there may be some help coming on the legislation-from-the-bench side of things.