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I have been reading again about concealing full sized handguns fashionably. I read a couple of blog posts and message board questions about how to conceal full-sized M1911’s. The answers were varied, most of them violate my principle that being armed is more important than concealing a gun, but they made me think about the questions differently. One blogger wrote about the weather in Arizona, which determines how he carries Inside the Waist Band (IWB); another talked about being able to carry bigger pistols in the winter under heavier jackets. This is looking at things from the wrong perspective, again. This is looking at it from the conceal-ability factor instead of the gunfight-ability factor, but that was not the biggest insight I gleaned from reading their “concealment at all costs” arguments. The eye opening moment for me was the fact that people are wearing heavier, baggier and more concealing clothing in winter—and I have to shoot through that to heavy clothing to eliminate them as threats.
Instead of looking at it as what we can conceal, we need to
look at it from the effects we want to place onto an enemy’s body. If I am in a legally-justifiable
self-protection shooting, then my goal is always to eliminate a bad-guy’s
ability to do me harm, as rapidly as possible.
In colder climates, putting those physiological effects onto a bad-guy,
will be harder to achieve through heavy winter clothing. That is the variable that should dictate what
you carry in the winter; it’s not YOUR clothing that makes a difference, it’s
the enemy’s. Shooting lower caliber rounds
that mushroom more (like .380 ACP hollow points or any kind of frangible ammo)
at a guy in a heavy leather coat, over a puffy vest, over a heavy sweater, over
a shirt…that may not be as successful as firing a larger caliber, less
expansive, and higher-velocity round (like a 10mm or a .357 magnum).
The point is that the conceal-ability of a firearm is not
the only factor to consider when dressing for the climate. How people dress for the climate is also a
factor in choosing a firearm. You have
to do enough Damage with a firearm to be effective at ending a threat to your
person from a violent criminal. That
means you have to have a higher velocity gun in the winter than in the
summer. Remember, always dress for the
gunfight, and then conceal the gun. Don’t
dress to conceal the gun, and then get into a gunfight. Read why, here!
Just something to think about!
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