How to Spot a Hidden handgun

[Ronald_55]

I thought this was interesting when I saw it. Made by the New York City Police Department in 1997.

Be sure you do not wear an over sized or mismatched coat when you CCW so no one can spot it. lol

 

[GlockSpock]

Most of these are decently irrelevant with a quality holster and belt.


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[DWARREN123]

I have seen a few.

[bud]

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Edited May 30, 2017 by bud

[gregintenn]

53 minutes ago, bud said:

I pocket carry most of the time. I consciously try to avoid it, but I definitely have a "tell". Fortunately, most nobody pays attention.

My LCP carried in a pocket holster looks like a smartphone. If anyone's ever noticed, I haven't been able to tell. I certainly haven't noticed any concerned looks or actions by law enforcement officers.

I don't think people are very observant in general.

[JAB]

21 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

My LCP carried in a pocket holster looks like a smartphone. If anyone's ever noticed, I haven't been able to tell. I certainly haven't noticed any concerned looks or actions by law enforcement officers.

I don't think people are very observant in general.

I agree that people aren't very observant.  These days, when I can legally carry, it is mostly my 642 in a pocket holster.  I have a couple of belt holsters (a FOBUS and a home-made, leather pancake holster) for it just because and for times when I still want to go small and light but when pocket carry might not be the best option but I rarely use them.  On a couple of occasions I have used them and, as an experiment, went in to a couple of places with no cover garment.  While open carrying the little revolver I have had conversations with people who I could tell were totally oblivious to the presence of the gun.

I also think part of that comes with experience and familiarity with carrying.  When I first started carrying I was constantly 'checking' whatever gun I had on me - whether a small gun in a pocket holster or a larger gun in a belt holster (I do not carry IWB so belt holster means OWB, generally with a season-appropriate cover garment.)  If I was carrying OWB and wearing a t-shirt with, say, a thin shirt unbuttoned over it as a cover garment I would constantly catch myself holding my right arm to my side.  Now, after having had my HCP for almost nine years - especially since I mostly pocket carry the aforementioned 642 - I don't even think about it most of the time when I am carrying.  I am aware that it is there in much the same way that I am aware my keys, cell phone, etc. are on me but I don't dwell on it and think, at least, that I have overcome most of the 'dead giveaway' habits.  That personal comfort and familiarity when carrying, along with the small size of the gun, itself probably translated into not drawing undue attention to the fact that I was carrying even when conducting that experiment of open carrying OWB.

Of course, the 'chart' in the OP was apparently developed by the NYPD.  With the extreme anti-gun and anti-carry climate there I would imagine that if one were carrying it would be difficult for all but the coolest of customers or the most hardened of criminals to remain nonchalant about the fact that they had a firearm concealed upon their person when having any sort of contact with an officer, even just passing him or her on the street.

Edited April 7, 2017 by JAB