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joelamosobadiah
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First Time I've Been "made"

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First off, a little background. I've had my CHL for about 6 months now (feels longer than that). I carry pretty much everywhere I'm allowed (not work and not sports, but most everywhere else). I also play Bass at my church. I've never had anybody notice my gun except family, etc. that know I carry.

Today at church I was carrying my bass to the other room and one of the church kids was walking behind me. After a few minutes he says, "Why do you have a BB Gun?". That's when I realized my bass strap had caused my shirt to catch and rise above the butt of my XD9sc. The funny thing is this stuff happens a lot (getting out of the car, sitting in a restaurant, etc.) an while I always take care of it when I notice, it's never been pointed out to me by anybody except those that know I carry (mainly family). I guess when a kid is eye level with your waistline or below it's a little more noticeable to them. Haha

I just sort of brushed him of with a chuckle and he forgot all about it. Gotta love the kids. :cool:
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Kids pick up on a lot of stuff like that. I remember a story during Stalins era where the kids were good at picking out people that were not from the area. Shoes were usually a dead giveaway.
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sookandy wrote:Kids pick up on a lot of stuff like that.
:iagree: They are much more observant than most adults. They also tend to speak their minds more freely. If your shirt gets caught up often, maybe you need to get a longer shirt.
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WildBill wrote:
sookandy wrote:Kids pick up on a lot of stuff like that.
:iagree: They are much more observant than most adults. They also tend to speak their minds more freely. If your shirt gets caught up often, maybe you need to get a longer shirt.
Yeah, it only catches on the butt of the gun when I'm sitting. It's become habit to tuck my shirt back over it when I sit down. Most of the time it's probably not visible then either but more my being nervous that it is.
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joelamosobadiah wrote:
WildBill wrote:
sookandy wrote:Kids pick up on a lot of stuff like that.
:iagree: They are much more observant than most adults. They also tend to speak their minds more freely. If your shirt gets caught up often, maybe you need to get a longer shirt.
Yeah, it only catches on the butt of the gun when I'm sitting. It's become habit to tuck my shirt back over it when I sit down. Most of the time it's probably not visible then either but more my being nervous that it is.
I usually carry OWB with an FBI cant. It has happened to me a few times, but not very often.
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WildBill wrote:
joelamosobadiah wrote:
WildBill wrote:
sookandy wrote:Kids pick up on a lot of stuff like that.
:iagree: They are much more observant than most adults. They also tend to speak their minds more freely. If your shirt gets caught up often, maybe you need to get a longer shirt.
Yeah, it only catches on the butt of the gun when I'm sitting. It's become habit to tuck my shirt back over it when I sit down. Most of the time it's probably not visible then either but more my being nervous that it is.
I usually carry OWB with an FBI cant. It has happened to me a few times, but not very often.
I carry IWB in such a way that the grip of my pistol is barely above my waistband. This is more comfortable and conceals better but it's more likely to catch my shirt than when I had it adjusted higher.
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As WildBill stated , Need to be careful with the shirt problem, next time could be someone that freaks out and calls cops.....
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If you're having to constantly futz with your cover garment, you need to rethink the way you conceal.
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What holster are you using? I don't typically have a problem using my SuperTuck at the forward most cant. At what position on your waist do you have the gun?

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