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BTW this is one reason why a holster with "J hooks" can be a real benefit.

One of the things I like most about my FIST K3 is how easy it is to put the holster on and off. Likewise with the J-hook you can take your belt off completely without taking off the holster or even exposing the holster. When you put the belt back on, let it slip over the J-hook and you're golden. This wouldn't work if you were tucked in, though. It'd be quite obvious that you still had something in your waistband.

My [old] Supertuck is dang near impossible to get on and off, and if I had to remove my belt it'd require me to thread the belt back through the C-clips. Out in the open in the security area of the court house, this would make the holster quite obvious to anyone paying attention. That's one other good reason I almost never carry that holster.

I would think pictures of the holster are completely moot. The holster is concealed (along with any gun in it). That's the whole point.

BrianSW99 wrote:Wow, maybe there's a reason she's on courthouse duty instead of out on the street with that kind of stupidity.

no kidding. They let this knucklehead carry a gun in the courthouse. I guess it's a good thing that he didn't get in there and have his holster spotted by this deputy, because she may well have shot him because he smuggled in a "weapon".

Please, let's have the universal police apologists chime in on why these LEOs all are doing a great job in a dangerous, underpaid, under-appreciated line of work, and justify this behavior of this particular officer.

I carried in my messenger bag with a book or two in it, your standard pens, pencils, etc., and I had taken my Gerber tool out and leave it in the car since it's a "knife" and my Evo Jr. also had to go. I had a flashlight in there, which prompted a hands-on inspection after it went through the xray, and then "kudos" from the deputy since, as he noted, the jury selection room has no windows (basement) and has more frequent than normal power outages. I walked through the metal detector with my FIST K3 (empty) and I had to remove my belt (but not the holster) to get through cleanly.

This was in Williamson County.

It just so happens that some of the deputies running the security checkpoint recognized me so I wouldn't have expected trouble if they had spotted the holster. So maybe I am not a good test for this policy.

I have gone to lunch with the judge who is my friend there in the courthouse and gone through the same process a few times, going all the way back to the judge's chambers and one of the courtrooms with my empty holster. I never tried to carry a loaded magazine in there. I suppose that would raise an eyebrow at least.