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connectme3504 wrote:I carry OWB in the summer and nothing is exposed. You we need a longer shirt.

I am just wondering - how many of you who carry OWB are over 6 feet tall? Strange things happen to tall people when are arms go above our head. Shirts can ride up four or five inches or more.

jroberts1968 wrote: Now I think if you carrying in the front waist band area and the the gun is exposed in a 7-11 then yeah maybe the person freaks a bit.

I think AIWB carry freaks out even some CHL holders. I don't think i'll ever get over the idea of having a pistol that close to the "gang"

45 4 life wrote:I think that we Texans are just a little paranoid because of our printing rules. Which should really be done away with.

We don't have "printing rules." Printing is not illegal. Ever. What is illegal is intentional failure to conceal. I'm not saying that printing is OK or desirable, but it does not rise to the level of intentional failure to conceal. Why? Because even when you're printing, your gun is still concealed. Even if an observer notices the printing, unless the gun is no longer concealed, the observer has no certain way of knowing what is printing.

It could be a cellphone.

It could be a pager.

It could be an eyeglasses case.

It could be a multi-tool in a case.

It could be an insulin pump.

It could be a portable heart monitor.

It could be a flashlight or a knife.

It could be any one of a dozen or more types of things that people wear on their belts. The observer may suspect it's a gun, but unless you reveal it to them, they don't know. We merely try to avoid or neutralize printing because it is in our interest to not draw attention to ourselves. But it has nothing to do with it being illegal.

I carry owb every once in a while. if i am making a quick trip to wally world or something, i will just throw on the owb rig and go. If i am going to be out and about for a while, i will use the iwb rig. I used to be paranoid about carrying owb and being caught printing or whatever but now i dont worry about it too much. I do a check before i walk out the door though. I will raise my hands straight up to make sure that my shirt still covers the holster and so far, all my shirts do. You might have to change the way you bend down to pick something up, etc but that isnt too difficult. Carry whats comfortable for you and do your very best to conceal it. If its not comfortable, you wont carry and that defeats the purpose of getting a chl all together.

terryg wrote:

connectme3504 wrote:I carry OWB in the summer and nothing is exposed. You we need a longer shirt.

I am just wondering - how many of you who carry OWB are over 6 feet tall? Strange things happen to tall people when are arms go above our head. Shirts can ride up four or five inches or more.

Yeah right here. I'm usually careful about raising my arms too much.