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What I really had in mind was a pair of cargo shorts, with a holster built-in to the cargo pocket (with optional straps or elastic inside the pant leg to hold it tighter to the leg to keep from pulling down on the waist band). What I'm really wanting to to take the weight off my belt line entirely....

Just for grins I put the Kel-Tec in an OWB holster and put a t-shirt on over it. The printing was more than a little obvious.


I should add, my mid-section girth is somewhat "not skinny". I frequently have to wear my belts tighter than I really like to keep my pants from sliding down .... without the weight of a gun added. Yeah yeah yeah, I know - I should loose weight.

Being that I work at a state university and the bill did not yet pass, I don't get to carry 24/7. Which means, even though I would like to carry all the time, it isn't something I am really accustomed to doing.

For those times I wear "normal clothing", this isn't a big deal. I have a crossbreed super tuck which is comfortable enough for my Kimber CDP II. I also have a Kel-Tec PF9 for those times where a somewhat smaller gun is preferred (but I do not yet have a CC holster for it).

My question/problem is carrying for "summertime clothing". Specifically - lightweight shorts that are appropriate for 100 degree days just don't seem to have enough "build" to them to support the weight of even my 11 oz Kel-Tec. If I try to put the gun in my pocket (it fits and stays hidden), the whole side of my shorts gets pulled down to the point you'd think I was trying to be a gansta on one side. And this is with the "heavier shorts" that I can wear a belt.... if I try it with shorts with a draw string - I can't even get out the door without the shorts being around my ankles.


Surely somebody SOMEWHERE has clothes that can be worn in Texas summers that can still conceal a gun bigger than a derringer???