Ever Spotted Someone's CCW? I did today.

[Benny]

I don't think it "counts" if you knew the guy was a cop...many cops are required to be armed off duty.

Party pooper.



























(But I agree.)

 

[modelflyer2003]

I don't think it "counts" if you knew the guy was a cop...many cops are required to be armed off duty.

Perhaps, but consider it like a trapeze artist working with a net. Being LEO in the military, we were required to not be armed off duty. It never made any sense to me. They could trust me with a pistol for the first 12 hours of the day, but not the 2nd 12 hours. Boggled my mind. Anyway... I still spotted it.

 

[09hemi]

I conceal at 12 o'clock for the bludge

 

[norman428]

I conceal at 12 o'clock for the bludge

Is that a Desert Eagle in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?

Yeah I've spotted quite a few, I work in retail and watch people come and go all day. I see at least a few a month. Noticed a guy with a bulge on his left side Monday, clearly a full size handgun. Thought about just asking him if he was left handed on his way out, and just seeing what his response would be.

 

[09hemi]

pistol grip 12 ga

 

[finity]

I see them quite often, I look for them all the time.
I am a large guy ,and I admit that mine shows sometimes.
The ones that are hard to tell is in the small of the back, if the shirt is loose enough.

Also, carrying in the appendix position is very hard to spot. Especially if you're like me & a little chubby. It goes away completely under the "tent" created by the shirt over the belly.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I spot concealed weapons all the time, especially in WalMart. Every once in a while it is OC. Most often the gun is printing or a bulge at the waist line. Trick is not to look for a gun as much as what a person is wearing or their mannerisms.

1) If a person is wearing a gunsite ball cap and a vest...look for the gun.
2) Walking across the parking lot with a cover garment and looking everyone in the eye and watching every car....look for the gun.
3) "tactical" pants and obviously thick belt...look for the gun.
4) Cheap Uncle Mikes Nylon Holster with a beat up old pistol in it ... Damn That Guy Has a Gun!

QFT....

clothing is a huge giveaway. It baffles me that someone is carrying concealed, but will be out in the mall with 5.11 pants and a glock hat, and think "no one suspects a thing."
things that get my attention:
-police shirts (ie swat comp, memorial shirts, random pds)
-combat boots
-fanny packs (if under 70)
-basket weave belts
-2nd Amd shirts (NRA, "cold, dead, hand tees")
-cargo pants (certain brands)
-guys with layered shirts (open button down over tee)
-climate inappropiate clothing

I've been guilty of all of that stuff 'cept the fanny pack. Now I make due with normal attire

 

[Sylvain]

Here is a document that some of you may have seen already.
Its about how to spot concealed handguns.
This is from the NYPD so its mainly about ILLEGAL concealed guns (I guess).
Here in Indiana someone wont be nervous knowing he's carrying a concealed gun because its legal.Still some interesting things on that document I think.
And lets not forget that because its legal to conceal carry in Indiana doesnt mean that all the people we spot carrying are doing it legally.
I keep an eye on everyone I spot with a concealed gun because I dont know if they have the little pink card or not to go with their piece.

Of course I found out that people who OC makes it way easier to spot.

 

[BigGuyinMuncie]

Have spotted a couple but not many. Lots of people do the baggy clothes thing and it makes it a little hard to see the waste line. Especially on the younger people. Gonna have to start challenging myself to find the guns in the room now....

 

[misconfig]

I saw the bulge in his pants cuff and saw the shifting when he walked. I smiled to myself, because I have been trying to spot them in public and haven't had great success.

 

[youngda9]

^^ You should be ashamed of yourself....dirty mind.