Concealed Carrie women's cycling top packs a deadly secret — a handgun pocket

farrell wrote:

Beatnik69 wrote:

I may be wrong, but although the constitution allows citizens to carry firearms I don't think they are allowed to carry concealed firearms. Anyone know about this?

I remember being in Austin and at a pool party at an Elk Lodge, when we were signing in as guests I noticed a sign saying "No concealed weapons".

Being a cheeky sod, I took the piss and said "So, as long as there not concealed I can carry my guns around the place".

Dead pan as anything, the little old dears behind the desk replied, 'Yes, we recommend tucking your jacket or shirt behind your holster so everyone can see it".

At that point I realised that all the staff and locals all had guns on them. They reckoned that although there had been many fist fights in the place over the years nobody had ever pulled a gun in anger as if someone did, everyone did. I could see the logic as much as it I disagreed with it.

Absolutely nuts though.

We later bullied Hanson off a stage for not playing MmmBop. Great day out.

That's the logic of mutually assured destruction.

I suppose it works until one day when someone does pull a gun, then there is a shootout and they all die or run out of bullets.

farrell wrote:

Beatnik69 wrote:

I may be wrong, but although the constitution allows citizens to carry firearms I don't think they are allowed to carry concealed firearms. Anyone know about this?

I remember being in Austin and at a pool party at an Elk Lodge, when we were signing in as guests I noticed a sign saying "No concealed weapons".

Being a cheeky sod, I took the piss and said "So, as long as there not concealed I can carry my guns around the place".

Dead pan as anything, the little old dears behind the desk replied, 'Yes, we recommend tucking your jacket or shirt behind your holster so everyone can see it".

At that point I realised that all the staff and locals all had guns on them. They reckoned that although there had been many fist fights in the place over the years nobody had ever pulled a gun in anger as if someone did, everyone did. I could see the logic as much as it I disagreed with it.

Absolutely nuts though.

We later bullied Hanson off a stage for not playing MmmBop. Great day out.

My wife who studied in Houston told me that a Texas Ranger told her 'You shouldn't be in Texas if you don't carry a gun'!

Guns and bikes...well, I remember not so long ago a car coming up by the side of me as I was climbing a 7% hill, and grabbed my saddle and I hit the deck. If I'd have been riding with Carrie, we'd have solved that one right there and then.

Re: questions about whether carrying a concealed weapon is allowed in the US, All 50 sates allow people to carry concealed firearms. I think all but one require a permit but the process for most states falls in to the "shall issue" category. This means that getting a permit is subject only to meeting some minimum criteria laid out in the law; the state has no discretion in issuing the licenses if the criteria are met, and there is no need for the person applying to prove they have a particular need to carry a concealed weapon.

In other words, when visiting the US there may be far more guns around than you will ever know about, unless you are having a very bad day.

some states have a concealed carry law, but you have to have a permit.

Actually ALL 50 states have some sort of law allowing concealed carry. Vermont is the original Constitutional Carry state and has never required a permit to carry concealed or otherwise. Another 5-6 states now -allow- concealed carry without a permit, yet still offer a permit that may be recognized in some other states.
Personally I often carry one loaded with ratshot for the dogs of irresponsible owners that allow them to assault cyclist. It provides immediate feedback and Once peppered with it, they rarely ever come into the road again. IF they keep out of the road, I'm cool.

"Personally I often carry one loaded with ratshot for the dogs of irresponsible owners that allow them to assault cyclist. It provides immediate feedback and Once peppered with it, they rarely ever come into the road again. "

Many people use a pepper like spray and achieve the same result.

It differs from state to state and county to county.

LarryDavidJr wrote:

The more people that carry their gun around, the more people will end up killing themselves doing it, and thus the gene pool will become much higher quality.

So I'm all for it.

Not necessarily true, since society is finding other ways to nullify Darwinism... Putting seatbelts in cars, creating vaccines for diseases, requiring motorcyclists wear helmets, etc. It's all cheating death.

There's an [unfortunate] reason people like Kardashians are still wasting our precious oxygen.