[CW: guns] Thinking about packing... Not that kind of packing. (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago by tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net to c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@hexbear.net

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Anybody else pack a heater? (Non-burgerlanders, we know this is not normal or good, but we are surrounded by frothing at the mouth chuds with guns). Right now I carry a pepper spray and a legal knife, never needed to use it, but I'm thinking of carrying. What are your thoughts on this from the trans perspective?

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[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

Yes. Got a little single-stack 9 and a nice pocket holster for it; if I'm wearing pants it's usually in them.

6-o'clock carry gets a lot of hate, but my posture is terrible and I have bad anterior pelvic tilt and a lot of ass and damn if full frame double stack pistols don't just fucking disappear under a loose shirt back there.

I have a few cheap elastic thigh holsters for very tiny pistols with skirts but they've never been great; can't decide if I want to try a real expensive one or like a belly band or something.

And, final note, shoulder holsters feel exactly as as cool as you'd expect. Very very specific outfits required. But I feel like a hard boiled private eye from the 30s every time. (Probably look like a dork for real though)

[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Bit the, lol, bullet and bought a Phlster enigma to see if that gives me a better skirt-friendly option. My wallet cries.

I've liked the idea of "this is a gun belt I wear under my clothes so the clothes are irrelevant" but hadn't been able to decide on what to try

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