transfixer
Senior Member
The #1 rule in a gunfight is bring a gun. Every other consideration is way down the line in importance.....way way down the line.
Do not buy a gun that you will not carry because it is inconvenient or impractical due to your clothing. I can't tell you how many times I've had someone explaining how they would never carry a Ruger LCP, yet when I ask them what they are carrying, they say "XYZ" but it's at home / in the truck etc. If you won't carry it at church, or at work, or at a kid's pool party, get something that you will. Having a gun you don't carry is like leaving your seatbelt unbuckled. Worthless.
If you are one of the people (like many on this site) who are willing to always wear a holster, and dress in a manner that conceals it, then you can carry practically any duty size pistol. My experience has show that to be a very small percentage of gun owners. They end up being the people who's gun is "in the truck / at home"
I work in the gun industry with LE and private trainers as well as everyday folks exercising their 2A rights. I have a dozen pistols I can carry, but the one that is in my right front pocket at all times is a Ruger LCP. If I'm wearing a holster (which is not often) , it's a Glock 19 or 43X.
I just had a conversation with my ex-wife about a week ago, about whether she was carrying her pistol or not, she's currently rehabbing a house in a not so great neighborhood, she bought to fix up and sell, there are sketchy folks in the neighborhood, as well as quite a few dogs roaming, she said she couldn't work very well wearing her pistol so she had been leaving it at home, or in her vehicle, I stressed she really needed to carry it , or get a smaller one to carry, she has a shield 9mm,
Well today she was working on the house, going back and forth outside to get materials, and a wandering pit bull came up growling, charging and bit her ! she had nothing on her to defend herself , bite wasn't that bad, but we now have to worry whether the dog had rabies or not ?
She told me ,, guess I should have been wearing my pistol huh ? yep ! so now i'm going to give her one of mine that is lighter so maybe she'll carry it while she's over there !