Public Bathroom Stall

[treadlightly]

I don't think the "hammock" approach is secure. If you carry at 3-5 o'clock, just fold the waistband of yer tidy-whities over the top of your gun before you, ah, take your seat. The gun stays concealed, never leaves the holster, and has at least a small degree of retention.

I'd say that works well for me, but gentlemen never tell.

[Pawpaw]

ANOTHER how to CHL in the bathroom thread?

Really ? There have been others ? ... I'm fairly new to the forums so this is the first thread of this kind I have come across.

There have been a few others, indeed. Most have the same pattern:

• A question or comment comes up about guns in bathrooms.
• Some answers are provided.
• Someone says, "Another bathroom thread?" (or a reasonable facsimile thereof)
• BONUS POINTS are applied when one of the ladies on the board say something like, "Oh, men...you really don't have it all that bad!?

viewtopic.php?f=53&t=74678
viewtopic.php?f=83&t=65764
viewtopic.php?f=26&t=53595

Frequently followed by deleted posts and a locked thread when the potty jokes get out of hand.

[Topbuilder]

Question. I was waiting to use the urinal at a Tx rest stop. All of the sudden an elderly gentleman kicks his pistol and out it flys from a stall. I go over and pick the pistol off the tile. The elderly man comes out, I ask to see his CHL, I hand over his pistol after seeing his card. Another guy standing in line mKe a big production about calling a Police Officer. I told him everything was under control and that I an Officer. I am an officer of 3 corporations. I never claimed to be a Police Officer. Just wanted the situation to end easily for the embarrassed older man. Pushing it?

I'd call that well done.

[VoiceofReason]

Another advantage of my shoulder holster. I can use the restroom and the gun stays in the holster. The only one that is going to see it is a pervert.

As far as public restrooms go, at my age, occasionally it comes down to “any port in a storm”.

[The Annoyed Man]

ANOTHER how to CHL in the bathroom thread?

Really ? There have been others ? ... I'm fairly new to the forums so this is the first thread of this kind I have come across.

I as well am surprised.

Search this website for the word "restroom". It will return literally 57 pages of posts, many of which are on exactly this kind of topic: search.php?keywords=restroom&terms=all& ... mit=Search

[txhighlander]

Just think, if you were a liberal you wouldn't have this problem.

[sugar land dave]

Since you are going into a stall, Isn't it possible that you will need some bathroom tissue from the roll and can temporarily conceal with a couple of folds?

[nightmare69]

If women can have couches in their bathrooms, then men should have shelves to place their firearm on.

[Beiruty]

1/1/2016 and no one cares anymore, even now it is 100% legal.

[Jim Beaux]

Dont forget situational awareness- you are in a vulnerable situation. Seems nothing is sacred now days.

On February 25, 2000, the defendant reached under a bathroom stall door of a Memphis
office complex and grabbed the wallet of the victim, John Brady. As the defendant and the victim
struggled over the victim’s pants, the defendant pulled the victim from the toilet to the middle of the
bathroom, ripping away the victim’s entire left pant leg, which held the victim’s wallet. The
defendant fled the bathroom with the victim’s wallet and was later apprehended.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1 ... -reynolds/

[maintenanceguy]

The next time anyone offers to let me try their handgun at the range - I'm going to be wondering whether that gun spent any time in his "underwear hammock" while he was taking a poo. Might invest in a pair of range gloves now.

[Glockster]

The next time anyone offers to let me try their handgun at the range - I'm going to be wondering whether that gun spent any time in his "underwear hammock" while he was taking a poo. Might invest in a pair of range gloves now.

[Abraham]

Well, I was hungry...I'll skip lunch now...

[sugar land dave]

[cbunt1]

All kidding aside (and I'm usually as guilty as the next guy of that) it's a serious consideration. One we don't like to talk about in polite company, but the reality is this: If we carry 24/7, we're going to get caught "with our pants down."

OK. So I couldn't resist. The serious answer (for me) as a 24/7 CC? I usually carry IWB, and always at about 4:00 (consistent location--regardless of today's gun choice). When I have to do the public restroom thing, I fold the "tighty whities" over the top of the pistol and it's never been noticed (to my knowledge).

As an instructor, I usually spend a little time with my students discussing the "real-world" implications of carrying a gun in public. This is one of the topics I discuss -- not that there's a "right" answer, but that it's a reality you HAVE to consider.

Just like the reality of being unintentionally exposed (carry enough, long enough, and your coat will blow open, you will bend over wrong, or something) -- what are you going to say or do? Again, there's not a perfect answer, but standing there wide-eyed like a kid caught with your hand in the cookie jar is NOT the right answer.

I'll stop now, otherwise I'll go down another of my rabbit holes, but suffice it to say, even though I snicker like the rest of us at the topic, I think it's a good one to discuss once in a while--because it will happen sooner or later...and we owe it to ourselves to have a plan.