jerm1109

Scary situation, glad everything worked out ok!

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automatic slim

Try to look at it this way. Had you dropped the gun in public, I'm sure you and everyone within 20 feet would have heard the thud. The obvious conclusion is either you left it at home or it slid out of your holster in your car.

calmp9

This is why I don't take my firearm out of the holster these days. I don't have a Gun Vault yet, so I keep it holstered when I am not carrying. That way, I know that both are together at all times. I don't like a loaded firearm lying around like that. It invites trouble. When I get my Gun Vault, it's going in there.

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Bark'n

Close call indeed! Not to mention taking a few years off the end of your life! If you carry the better part of 24/7, at any given moment you are naturally going to forget or not notice you are carrying a gun. It is unavoidable! It becomes second nature!

Because carrying a gun can become second nature, and because carrying a gun in public is about as serious as serious can be, we can not afford to have our heads up our collective butts.

I am also getting older and like many people have occasional bouts of short term memory loss. Especially if I am excited and apprehensive about the situation to begin with. I get really freaked out when I misplace my check book! And that doesn't have life or death consequences hanging in the balance.

I am not immune to misplacing my gun... No one is who carries 24/7 whether they want to admit it or not.

Because of that, before I step out the door, I have a ritual to physically check my gear! I do it without fail! If for some insane moment throughout the day, I notice I don't have my gun in my holster, I at least know I didn't leave it at home. Heck, home could be well over 150 miles away on any given day and I need to know that the gun WAS on me when I got into the car that day.

From Reference & "How To" Forum section Can You Be Too Prepared?

I am glad everything was ok! Thank God for that! I don't think that will happen to the OP again, but we all have to realize that serious consequences hang in the balance for all of those who carry a gun in public.

We of all people have to own up to what we do and we better make sure our head is "In The Game" before we strap on that hog leg and venture out into the unknown.

If you don't think it can happen to you... you're living in denial!

No one is immune!

+1 raytracer on post #27... I felt the same way reading it

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Semper Fi

"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, will prey on those of us who without one, would surely perish."

4my son

No flames or laughing here, (knocking on wood) I haven't' forgotten it at home, or dropped it in public. (yet) As soon as I give someone a hard time for it. It will happen. Plus, it's just not right to pick on someone anyway.

Glad it worked out for you in the end.

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dukalmighty

I did forget my gun at home once,When I was reading your story I was thinking he musta left it at home It's hard to drop 2 pounds of gun and not notice it unless your deaf

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braindonor

Nice that you weren't burglarized too. I hate the thought of losing a gun, losing one that ends up in a crime would be much worse.

kubmiester

Thanks for sharing it with us, could happen to anyone at some point in life. Telling us about it just serves as a reminder to double check often.

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Ragin Cajun

Oh my! You are a human!

Chalk it up as a lesson learned. Could have been worst but it wasn't.

digitalexplr

I lost my cell phone once!

Glad it was at home!

Another good reason to keep you ccw badge with your weapon. You can't pick one up with out the other!!