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CompVest wrote:Thought it would fit in as an ending for my presentaion plus the ladies would be present already. Guys are welcome of course.

Okay, we'll do it that way. I'll be sure we have some "red guns" for the ladies to use.

Chas.

CompVest wrote:Charles,

I would be happy to have you demonstrate after my Presentation. I could keep mine to 40-45 minutes.

Don't cut your presentation short, but if there is any time left, that would be a good time to demonstrate the drills to practice. If there isn't time, I could work it in during the day.

Chas.

GlockenHammer wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:Part of the NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home includes instruction on using and drawing from a holster purse a/k/a "gun purse." I am considering offering a shorter clinic on using these purses. Please let me know if you are interested.

Chas.

Do you want to be a guest instructor at the drawing clinic, or make this a separate affair? I would be interested from an instructional standpoint and I'm sure choppedliver would be interested.

I'm thinking about doing it as an impromptu clinic. It will be shorter than the regular shooting clinics and I suspect it will be dry-fire only. Another option would be to do it in the Blue Building with red guns, but I'd rather not have to work around the Blue Building's seminar schedule.

Chas.

LedJedi wrote:The wife and I have had this discussion a few times now and we've both pretty much come to the conclusion that gun purses are a bad idea. . . .

It seems the logical conclusion therefore is not to use your purse for a holster. The weapon should be concealed directly on your person.

In those situations though you must weigh fashion vs personal defense in my mind. Fashion will never win that argument in my meatball. The mode of dress must be adjusted to facilitate security.

I agree wholeheartedly! My wife and I have been having that argument for 34 years and I've been losing that argument for 34 years. She will either carry a gun in her purse, or none at all. I've talked to many other women over the years that feel the same way. So when I teach the purse drills, it's after saying, "you really shouldn't carry this way, but . . ."

Chas.

swiven wrote:I'd be interested.

I would particularly like to know about the different styles possible, and how and whether to modify your regular purse. I've seen these purses at gun shows, but don't find them to be very self explanatory at all (e.g. I am pretty sure it would take me 1.5 hours to draw from one; is it possible to just shoot through your purse?) And there appear to be several methods of affixing the firearm in the bag. Some discussion of zippers vs velcro and locking vs non-locking compartments would be cool as well.

I realize this is some super-basic stuff, but that's where I am on the whole purse carry thing right now.

I will cover everything you mentioned, with the exception of modifying a regular purse. The purses used during the NRA instructor certification course were all gun-purses and a fanny pack or two. The gun is held in a compartment separate from everything else and is accessed through a zipper or velcro strip. None of the drills taught would work with a "top-loader" purse; i.e. a regular purse that requires you to bring your gun out of the top, after rummaging around through the keys, makeup, spare change, gum rappers, hair brush, checkbook, Chapstick, baby-wipes, etc. I’ll try to get my wife to let me bring a few of her Galco purses for people who don’t have a gun-purse. You can bet I’ll be carrying them in a brown paper bag!! Anyone who chuckles gets shot.

Chas.

Part of the NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home includes instruction on using and drawing from a holster purse a/k/a "gun purse." I am considering offering a shorter clinic on using these purses. Please let me know if you are interested.

Chas.