AIWB Paranoia

[bustoff]

Never point a gun at anything you don't want to destroy.

Fine motor skills leave us in times of stress. I don't want a gun pointed at my body in a crisis.

[oldfashioned]

Here's all I'm going to add to this. First off, a Glock isn't going to go off on its own. Secondly, I've been carrying Glocks AWIB for years and I'm still above ground. Only you know what's right for you but as far as being overly paranoid about the firearm going off on its own while you're carrying it inside a well designed holster, yes, that's pretty paranoid.

I wasn't aware that anyone had suggested that Glocks or any other weapon might go off on their own. That would be a trifle extreme. (Although I have had it happen, but that's another story for another day.)

And yes, a well designed holster surely helps but stuff does happen regardless. If one wants to accept that risk and carry a Glock AIWB, it's a personal decision that only he can make. That's what life is all about.

[G-man*]

Back to the G27? Thought you were packing your G26 happily. Then there’s the 1911 in your pic... I guess you’re liking variety in retirement, though you seem busier than when you were on duty!

The issue with AIWB is not when the gun is carried...it’s when you draw and holster, particularly while under duress in less than ideal, sterile range conditions.

This is an emotional topic that comes up regularly. I understand the benefits of AIWB carry, just ain’t worth the attendant risks IMHO. No other method of carry that I can think of carries the risk of a quick death if things go wrong. And I’m too well acquainted with Mr Murphy to pretend “it can’t happen to me.”

Nuff said

Ha ha! You know me, just bein silly:)

Truth is, I’m pretty darn busy these days. As you know I am working for the state now, and, have a private defensive carry instruction on the side.

With that said, I do carry a variety of stuff, but I always have, and most waking hours Mon-Friday, it’s a pocket carried 380. Heck, I have a need for them all!

[matthew03]

Thats why I switched from the 9mm to the 40S&W; I want it to be quick instead of slow and agonizing

With all those advances in the 9mm, why on earth would you turn you back on science and stuff?

[Specializedjon]

Sorry,I don't get it...You may have to explain it to this good old boy from Vermont.

I was making a feeble attempt at humor...."Plumber = Plumber's Crack" (i.e. where you can carry your pistol). I guess I should've just kept it in my head. My bad. LOL

[camsdaddy]

Carry the gun a few days unloaded. Do all the activities you normally find yourself doing in a days time. At the end of the week pull the trigger and if you hear a click then you know that the trigger was not pulled while you were carrying it. If this gives you peace of mind great. If not AIWB is not a requirement and if you dont feel safe its not for you.

[plumber802]

I was making a feeble attempt at humor...."Plumber = Plumber's Crack" (i.e. where you can carry your pistol). I guess I should've just kept it in my head. My bad. LOL

Butt is it safer than AIWB? :)

[Specializedjon]

Butt is it safer than AIWB? :)

LOL....

[plumber802]

Carry the gun a few days unloaded. Do all the activities you normally find yourself doing in a days time. At the end of the week pull the trigger and if you hear a click then you know that the trigger was not pulled while you were carrying it. If this gives you peace of mind great. If not AIWB is not a requirement and if you dont feel safe its not for you.

I'm still not convinced that this is the most comfortable way for me to carry regardless of my safety concerns.Exploring other methods.

[matthew03]

I was making a feeble attempt at humor...."Plumber = Plumber's Crack" (i.e. where you can carry your pistol). I guess I should've just kept it in my head. My bad. LOL

I got it.

[TX expat]

I wasn't aware that anyone had suggested that Glocks or any other weapon might go off on their own. That would be a trifle extreme. (Although I have had it happen, but that's another story for another day.)

The OP did when he wrote "but I can't help being EXTREMELY nervous of the fact that when sitting the muzzle of the gun is pointed directly at my femoral artery.I realize that the G26 is by design a safe weapon but regardless of this I feel some unease carrying this way since lets face it, it is after all a weapon loaded with hollow points pointed directly at my right thigh every time I sit down."

He's not talking about drawing or holstering; he's specifically bringing up where the gun is pointing when he sits down. If it's in a holster then it'd pretty much have to go off on its own to be a danger at that time.