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by Hoi Polloi
Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:33 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Concealed Carry Confrontation
Replies: 55
Views: 7179

Re: Concealed Carry Confrontation

tacticool wrote:
Hoi Polloi wrote:gauche patterns that don't fit their perceived personality or age bracket

Self-image is an funny thing.
Hoi Polloi wrote:I assume a woman could get away with more than a man with all other things being equal before she'd be suspected.
Many women wear clothing far worse than "jorts" in the name of fashion. :lol:
:iagree:
SQLGeek wrote:I just realized when I start carrying:, my wife may be a fan from the fashion aspect. I'll be more likely to go with a nice button up with an OWB setup. I see a selling point!
:thumbs2:
by Hoi Polloi
Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:46 am
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Concealed Carry Confrontation
Replies: 55
Views: 7179

Re: Concealed Carry Confrontation

03Lightningrocks wrote:Now to be sexist. I have NEVER witnessed a woman doing such a thing. Wonder what that is all about??? ;-)
We're just more discreet. :mrgreen:

I must brag in saying I have a pretty good track record on confirmed hits. My husband typically notices the tactical clothes. I typically notice the layered shirts, with the outside shirt often having a single button fastened toward the bottom. Men who do it for style are typically wearing firm, starched, color-coordinated, current shirts with expensive and stylish pants.

Men who do this for utility stand out for the older, breezier outer shirts with gauche patterns that don't fit their perceived personality or age bracket, the dull and worn undershirts that often don't color-coordinate with the outer shirt (I'm thinking of you Mr. Blue Hawaiian Shirt paired with the Black V-Neck T-shirt with Utility Pocket), and they frequently wear them with a pair of jorts or similar style travesties. :smilelol5: It stands out like a sore thumb once you pick up on the pattern.

I assume a woman could get away with more than a man with all other things being equal before she'd be suspected. Just a guess I have that carrying guns isn't strongly associated with women. Younger people of either gender are harder to pick out, though vests in summer and funny packs and the like are dead giveaways for anyone.
by Hoi Polloi
Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:56 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Concealed Carry Confrontation
Replies: 55
Views: 7179

Re: Concealed Carry Confrontation

C'mon... You walk into a store and with no other context a store employee asks if you're concealed carrying. Not one of you would instantly think you were possibly showing? None of you would look down to check you were still concealed?

Unless you knew the guy was doing it (as you know from reading this thread), I think most people would be inclined to have their thoughts go straight to what they were doing immediately previous--getting out of the car and walking in the store. I can't imagine that most would assume he is playing some sort of guess-the-gun-guy game and would respond accordingly.

:fire

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