[ScotchMan]

I discovered appendix carry several months ago, and have been a devoted follower since. It conceals better, draws faster, someone going for your gun has to come from the front, you can hug your relatives, people don't generally touch you there, the list goes on. It is superior in every way.

I did stop carrying a Glock 26 because I was uncomfortable re-holstering with no hammer or indicator to tell me if something was going on with the trigger. Riding the hammer on my P2000sk resolves that concern. Works similarly on any striker gun with an indicator, like a Ruger SR series or Walther P99/PPS/PPQ. The striker has to protrude from the back, so if you put your thumb there you would be fighting the motion of the trigger with your thumb.

If you are worried about the gun "going off" in a quality holster, I can't help you there. I only worry about the gun when I'm holding it or holstering it. 100% safe using the above method.

Love appendix carry, will never go back to any other way.

 

[ScotchMan]

To each their own, but does it not violate rule #1? It's pointed right at your leg where a major artery is right?

[*]Parents' Guide To Gun Safety [*]Training Programs Education & Training Programs [HR][/HR] NRA Gun Safety Rules Available as a brochure The fundamental NRA rules for safe gun handling are:
		1. ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction. This is the primary rule of gun safety. A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage. The key to this rule is to control where the muzzle or front end of the barrel is pointed at all times. Common sense dictates the safest direction, depending on different circumstances.

You are violating rules if you carry a loaded gun, period. Even at 3 oclock the muzzle will occasionally sweep something you don't wish to destroy. My view is the rules are extremely important when handling guns, but aren't as applicable when the gun is holstered and being carried.

 

[ScotchMan]

+1 to post above

If your afraid your guns going to go off while in a holster , either you have one crappy crappy holster that needs to be pulled from the market or you shouldn't carry until you are comfortable carrying.

Some guys claim they carry Glocks with nothing chambered because their afraid to....
perfect example. Either carry a loaded gun, or don't carry until your comfortable with it.

Read books, watch videos, take a class, hit the range, learn to be 100% confident in handling and carrying...

And to build on that, there is nothing wrong with a gun with redundant safeties, like a Ruger SR series or M&P with manual safety. They are safe to carry without a safety, but have the manual safety as well.

Personally, I feel safer with a hammer-fired gun carried hammer down than I do with a striker-fired gun with a manual safety on, because the laws of physics are on my side (the hammer is down). But I feel very safe carrying a striker as well, given it has an indicator as mentioned in my last post.

 

[ScotchMan]

I disagree good sir. Muzzle discipline can be maintained when carrying.

Please explain why I will occasionally sweep something?

Well, other than the dog mentioned earlier, a gun going off from 3:30 would probably tear through some flesh (I recall that guy with the Serpa had entry and exit holes several inches apart on his leg). It would shoot your car if you were driving. I suspect it covers feet and legs occasionally while walking. Certainly it covers less important things, less often, but strictly speaking the rule isn't being observed 100% of the time.

My point wasn't so much to say that carrying is unsafe; I believe both methods to be extremely safe. More just that the act of carrying a loaded firearm somewhat goes against the rules the NRA has set out for us. Don't they train that guns and ammunition should be stored separately at all times for example?

I am glad we have options, and don't think traditional carry is bad necessarily. It is a safe and prudent way to carry, and builds in an additional level of safety if something DOES go wrong. And it's certainly more comfortable. I just feel that AIWB has a lot of advantages and that the safety thing is overstated online.