Car carry (courtesy ConcealedCarryAcademy.com)

Jason R. Hanson writes:

The Armed Citizen section of American Rifleman tells of a woman and her son cut off by a vehicle. The car suddenly stopped in front of them. A man got out, ripped the woman from her vehicle and put a knife to her throat. Thankfully, a concealed carry licensee witnessed the incident and intervened. When the perp saw the Good Samaritan approaching with a gun, he ran away and was later arrested. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how irrational people can become behind the wheel. All it takes is one lunatic to come after you. Which is why it’s critical to always have your gun with you while driving . . .

When I’m carrying on the road I put my Ruger LCP in my pocket or my Glock 19 in an inside the waistband holster. Depending on how far I’m traveling and where I’m going I’ll have a rifle with me too. (I live in Southern Utah and spend a lot of time in the mountains.) Of course, our guns are tools of last resort. We pray that we never have to use them. But worst sometimes comes to worst. Here are a few things to keep in mind to drive safely while carrying your gun.

1. Sit Properly

The proper seating position improves your driving abilities and makes it easier to draw your firearm. If you carry your gun in your front right pocket (as I do) and you’re sitting too close to the wheel, it’s extremely difficult to quickly access your gun. Find the right seating position for visibility and comfort and control and then practice your seated draw (with an unloaded gun).

[To find out if your seat is properly adjusted, put your arm forward over the steering wheel. If your fingers barely touch the wheel move your seat up. If the steering wheel touches your elbow then you’re sitting too close and you need to move the seat back. Ideally, your wrist should rest on the top of the steering wheel.]

2. Stay calm

I’ll be the first to admit that when someone flips me the bird or drives slower than continental drift in the left lane I’d love to give them a piece of my mind. As I’m always carrying my gun I remember to have self-discipline. I just smile and let it go. I know that controlling my emotions is more important than defending my territory or keeping to a time schedule. On the road as elsewhere, the only gunfight you’re guaranteed to win is the one you never have.

Situational awareness helps you maintain your composure. If you keep Jeff Cooper’s color code in mind while driving it will keep you aware of your surroundings. This proactive approach obviously beats a more reactive emotional response. You’ll notice danger—and have a chance to avoid or escape from it—before it’s too late.

3. “Tarmac and tires”

Whether you’re driving in traffic or stopped, leave enough space from the car ahead of you to see both the pavement and the rear tires of the vehicle in front. That way you’ll leave yourself plenty of room to drive around the vehicle and escape, rather than get into an ambush or trapped when a road rage driver loses it. Depending on circumstances (e.g., bad neighborhoods), you might want to avoid lanes that leave you hemmed-in by vehicles on both sides.

4. Consider caliber carefully

When I go run errands later today with my Glock 19 on my hip, it’ll be loaded with 115 grain 9mm Speer Gold Dot. The round performs well in FBI penetration tests, which include laminated windshield glass. Your ammo should do the same. If you shoot a round smaller than 9mm, keep in mind that a window will deflect the bullet’s path. (Hint: fire follow-up shots through the hole created by the initial bullet.)

Bottom line: Defensive gun use is less important than defensive driving—until it isn’t. Always have your gun on your person or within reach when driving and make sure it’s loaded with a round in the chamber.

Jason R. Hanson is a former CIA Officer and author of The Covert Guide to Concealed Carry. He also runs the Concealed Carry Academy. He can be reached through www.ConcealedCarryAcademy.com. 

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  2. If you have to draw while driving there are a few things to make sure you can do.

    1. Be sure you can get out of your vehicle quickly if you can’t drive away.
    2. Make sure you can draw and “get the beat on the perp”

    First Person Defender series has a good video about carjacking.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIqX2d_GZY4

    • I don’t think carrying your firearm holstered in the vehicle is a good idea. It is difficult to unholster quickly when sitting in a car seat. Best to leave it easily “grabbable” when in the car seat.

      • Call me crazy but I carry crossdraw on the 10 o’clock. My IWB let’s the barrel rest along the outside of my left leg. The grip drops over the right side. I spend lots of time driving so that is what makes sense. It’s like the opposite side of appendix carry without a muzzle in my junk.

        I also have long arms relative to my torso so drawing from the 4-5 o’clock is like trying to draw from my armpit. Very awkward. With my body type in a seated position, crossdraw puts the muzzle toward the driver’s side door instantly.

        • Very similar to what I do. You can draw very quickly from just about any position, including seated & seat belted. I would call my position 10:30 to 11. Pocket carry is very time consuming, but a backup is carried pocket; preferably outer cargo pants pocket so it is not trapped.

      • In Washington state, if you have a CPL and your psitol is loaded you must carry it on your person in the car. If it is located elsewhere in the car it must be locked and unloaded. This is what I understand from the pamphlet they hand out when you apply for the permit. If it is not correct, please somebody speak up, cause I like to keep a backup in the glove box.

        • It is NOT required to have it on your person in Washington State if you have a CPL; I’ve heard of others asking this as well and there are no RCW’s or WAC’s that I’m aware of which mandate this. If you leave the firearm in the vehicle it must be locked and out of sight but it can be loaded or unloaded. If I recall correctly the state AG wrote an opinion some years ago that the law meant the vehicle itself was required to be locked and the firearm could not be visible from the outside.

      • The one thing you need to do if you carry off-body in your car is to secure it. If it’s just laying on the seat, even a small accident can sent it flying elsewhere in the car. Just like your cellphone, if it’s not on your body, it needs to be in some vehicle-mounted retention device, such as a mounted holster.

        • I have a holster with a IWB metal clip on it that hooks perfectly to the driver’s side of the console map pocket of my Dodge Ram pickup. Sits right beside my leg for easy access and is not visible when I am seated in the driving position. It also sits high enough that I don’t have to bend to draw it from the holster. Best solution I have found for long trips and I simply put it IWB when exiting the vehicle so it is always under my total control.

        • THIS is one of the reasons that I cross-draw EVERYTHING. Once you learn the proper technique it is safer and much more comfortable.

          In an automobile, it is comfortable and easy to draw safely, quickly, and most effectively without sweeping the other occupants or banging it around on the steering wheel or other interior features.

          I carry my G32 with TLR-1HL light in a Maxpedition Fatboy pack or an OWB holster.

        • My full-sized car has a full-sized driver’s side door-well. A gun mounting magnet attaches nicely and holds my Bond Arms 6″ barrel .357 Maximum chambered derringer quite nicely, with a backup North American Arms .32 NAA next to it as well. If it will hold the weight, I’ll be reassigning the .357 Max with my Ruger .480 Alaskan when it arrives. Any of the above should deter would-be carjackers or bears (except for the .32 NAA). Dark tinted windows conceal what little remains visible even from lookie-loos.

        • Secure your weapon on your body or a tight secure easily reachable place. Some years ago as a Narcotics officer we were in a hi speed chase and in the excitement we pulled our revolvers as we expected things to happen any second….then we stupidly laid them on the seat. Guess what. Sudden slam of the brakes. Bad guys jumped out of their car…our guns went flying into the floorboard…..where!!!!!!!! Dammit. Scary moment. Same thing happened in the FBI Miami shoot out when one agent was on the floorboard looking for his gun while the bad guys were peppering his car with a mini-14.

        • The law has added provisions for placement, in the vehicle, for CWP holders in SC. It can be readily accessible, as in the door pocket. I tuck mine snugly between the seats, by my right leg.

        • All the various state law requirement comments proves that “We The Serfs” NEED CCW reciprocity NATIONWIDE! I’m a scofflaw, and willingly risk some ‘other’ state’s gun law violation, because I have no time to put together, or room to carry, some binder full of various state gun laws while traversing across country! Obviously, I also do not bury my gun at some state border and dig it up on the way back….A personal credo of mine says: I will obey no ‘man-made’ law that would deny me my God Given Right to self-defense, of myself or others, by ANY appropriate means, ANYWHERE, that 2nd Amendment is appreciated but NOT required!

    • First Rule of Fighting from your Vehicle:

      STOP the vehicle safely

      Second Rule of Fighting from your Vehicle:

      Put the transmission in PARK

      • LOL! I would recommend something I recall from the movie “Top Gun.” To paraphrase, the first rule of fighting from your vehicle is DON’T, if any other alternative is available. As in Top Gun, when/if the opportunity presents itself, in a questionable encounter, “extend and escape!”

    • Having read most of the responses, it enforces my bias towards large vehicles for several reasons. A 4 to 4-1/2 ton truck, 4WD, diesel, 1 ton sits very high to start with wearing stock suspension and tires. The seeing inside issue is lessened, both at rest and while in motion. Plenty of room in consoles, under seats, under dash, in door pocket, behind seat, under back seat. Leaving room to egress with a crew cab dually can be an issue, but if it really becomes necessary the diesel and 4WD make generation of bigger egress paths easier, unless you’re surrounded by 18 wheelers. Jumping curbs and other obstacles is less of an issue, also.

      On carry, being left handed inside a vehicle becomes an issue. Becoming adept at ambidextrous shooting becomes paramount. I still haven’t found the comfortable concealed carry position for my tall, formerly slim frame that doesn’t lend itself to concealment well. Deep South Texas coastal environment contributes to me being soaking wet with perspiration at the slightest hint of exersion, another major consideration for me. A leather vest is usually too warm, but likely my only way to conceal carry and keep it somewhat dry. Will likely put in a bolted down holster under the dash or the side or front of the console for my off hand.

  3. You guys actually wear your guns(holstered) while in the car? Mine always went in the center storage console while driving…I may have to rethink this…

    • I can say I do. Some holsters are easier to get to. Say a thigh holster (or in a pocket) would be tough to get to and you are sitting. An IWB, OWB, shoulder, or ankle might be easier. I usually have a shoulder and OWB roughly at the 4 position. The biggest downside that I’ve noticed is that I have worn a hole in the seam of the drivers seat due to carrying a 4.5″ XDm. If I shift the holster back to 5ish position, it sits more flush.

    • When I’m driving, my Glock 27 is in an IWB holster at 4 o’clock. Driving for hours is quite comfortable. I can remove the gun from the holster quickly and easily.

      Re-holstering, though, is a bit more difficult. It’s tough for me to do it while sitting in the driver’s seat, so I’d have to get out of the vehicle with a gun in my hand, lift my shirt, and re-holster. Not something I want to regularly do in public; I don’t need to advertise that I’m carrying.

    • I wear mine holstered in the car simply because it is safer. If I were to store the gun somewhere in the car, that requires taking the gun out of its holster and then storing it as well as retrieving it from storage and reholstering it upon exiting the car — a process that almost always involves sweeping the barrel across someone.

      • I carry a S&W 642 .38 in a Black hawk “sticky” holster. On entering my truck I slip the whole rig into a little slot in my console. Fits perfect

        And rides right next to my right hand.
        No need to unholster the gun at all. When exiting I just slip the holster back under my e or in a pocket.

    • I went so far as to bolt a Fobus paddle in the center console of my Tahoe. When I get in, the firearm on my hip becomes my backup and my snubbie in that paddle in the closed console is my primary.

    • Yes. One of each. A Ruger SP-101 in .357 in a bolted-in holster that stays in the console all the time. And whatever I’m carrying that day, (P-64, CZ-82, etc.) in an IWB holster.

      I don’t worry about the console being broken into. Disclaimer: I’m only a satisfied customer.

    • Try drawing (unloaded, of course) from your holster while seated.
      Between the wrap around seats (I tend to buy performance oriented cars), the seatbelt anchor point, and my shirt/jacket/etc., I find it nearly impossible to draw while seated in a car.
      As I get in the car, I pull my IWB out and clip it to a reinforced section of the map pocket on the door. And as soon as I shut the door, I lock it. I know for righties, there are many companies that sell holsters, or holster mounts that mount near the shifter.

      • I can do it easily in my vehicle. I experimented quite a bit when choosing a holster.

        I do have to lean forward a bit (or at least get my hips away from the seat back), but I can still draw without lifting up or releasing the seat belt.

    • I always recommend on body carry. In a vehicle, one of your many tactical options should include leaving the vehicle in a hurry… without stopping to get your gun on the way out. That being said, drawing from a concealed 4-5 o-clock position is mostly impossible for most people in most vehicles. Almost everyone ends up pinning their shirt against the seat and drawing involves leaning the head and shoulders toward the door (where the threat is most likely to be). For those of you who can draw comfortably from the seated spot, I recommend trying to draw while leaning away from the window as if someone is reaching in for you. This simple and reflexive action typically eliminates the few others who would have been able to draw normally.
      Crossdraws are ideal for driving, but terrible the rest of the time (in my humble opinion). I imagine appendix carry would work for some people as well, and if I could find a holster that made it comfortable, I would give it a more serious look. I would never recommend unholstering and stashing/ retrieving and reholstering every time you enter/exit your vehicle. The chance of an ND or of the cops being called is just too great. A BUG in the console is a good idea, but I dislike leaving firearms in vehicles. As with everything involving concealed carry, a compromise must be made and made up for with an increased level of SA. For what it is worth, I leave mine in the OWB holster I carry it in on my strong hip. It is difficult to get to so I practice it frequently and I adjust my expectation of how long it may take me to get to it. My hierarchy of preferred options when driving is to flee in the vehicle, flee from the vehicle, fight with the vehicle, fight from inside the vehicle. I do not wish to draw my weapon from the drivers seat because I prioritize movement over shooting and it is difficult to get off the x when you are literally a sitting duck.

  4. #2 is the most important. Since I started carrying years ago my driving has changed drastically and I have calmed down in the car. I am prepared to react to road rage but will not be the one to instigate it in any way shape or form.

    • exactly – now when someone cuts me off or is rude. . . I just smile and think to myself: I could run a Mozambique drill on you in less than 2 seconds using these Hornady 115 gr . . . have a nice day. I have mellowed a lot since I started carrying 12 yrs ago

  5. i practiced shooting with my left hand, i set the pistol in the door, and lock the doors. i can get to it without any hassel and very quickly. just make sure you holster before exiting the vehicle, last thing you need is someone getting paranoid for no reason

  6. Rule # 6: ALWAYS be the first one to call the police! If some guy cuts you off, stops to confront, etc, , Don’t stop to confront! Get on the horn and call cops! If HE gets the first call he can claim you pointed your gun at him or any other lie he wants to tell. Get your story in first!

  7. depending on the law, i usually keep my gun in the map pocket of the driver door. its very easy to reach and wont become uncomfortable during a long trip. its also very well concealed.

  8. I have twin .50’s mounted behind the grille under the hood.

    Makes for a pretty crowded engine compartmant, though, and leaves quite a mess when I clear a raging driver off the freeway.

    …If only, I sometimes wish.

  9. Here in CA my gun is in a lock box in the trunk or back of the van, with ammo in a separate container. 🙁

    • Ammo can be in mags and stored with gun. Just not in the gun itself. I use a gun vault that can open with key or biometric, so one swipe and I am in. It works 95% of the time with one swipe.

    • The ammo doesn’t have to be in a separate container. You can have loaded mags in the same locked container as the gun.

      Greg beat me to it. I was looking for the CA court case that discussed it (IIRC, it referred to shotgun shells in a storage device – not a magazine – that was actually attached to the gun; the court said the shotgun was not “loaded”, because the shells were not in a position where they could be fired).

  10. Another RULE. Install a dash cam that looks back into the driver compartment as well as forward.

    No officer, I was not waving my gun at other drivers. Would you like to see the video?

  11. If you’re going to have a loaded pistol tucked into the center console, car holster or door pocket, be sure that it’s legal to do so in your jurisdiction.

  12. Holstered, as always, IWB at 4:00. Work days, shirt is tucked. I don’t want to be unholstering and reholstering. Gun goes in the holster at the beginning of my day and stays there until I’m ready to call it a night.

  13. I have a nice little sleeve between my seat and center console that will hold my Desantis Nemesis and little LCP just fine while I drive. I’ve learned to point the handle towards the window because that helps me get a better grip on the pistol faster.

    I have to always remind myself of #3, and am working on the wife to do the same.

  14. Very good post. I prefer if you go with 9mm rounds use 147gr they beat whimpering 115gr loads everyday and night.

  15. #3 won’t work in Southern California. If you leave a car-length gap while in a traffic jam, some idiot is sure to pull in and occupy the space. Also, when passing a big rig, I try to leave a safe stopping distance in front of the rig before pulling back into the right lane, and nine times out of ten, the aforementioned idiot will occupy that space as well.

    But I think that in So, Cal, driver licenses come in Cracker Jacks boxes. You don’t even have to be in the country legally! Admittedly, the illegals usually drive pretty well – no point drawing attention to themselves!

  16. Important point here to consider:

    If you have never taken a defensive pistol/combat pistol class that drills you in how to deploy and use your weapon seated and inside a vehicle, please do so! And the drills should be far more extensive than the typical IDPA scenario. Various techniques are used for a variety of situations you may have to face in your car.

    So…training, training and more training.

    Here’s one place that covers this very well: http://www.asymmetricsolutionsusa.com

  17. I tend to wear in a crossdraw holster when I am going to be on the road much. That with an untucked button up shirt has always been enough that I have never encountered a problem.

  19. That report was about a friend of mine. I sent the link in to NRA. He was shook up. He and the others are alive. The bad guy is in jail.
    Argue all you want, all that matters is that you know where it is, how to get it and how to use it.

    His was in the glove compartment of an econo-box car.

    R

  20. What would you suggest for us fat guys? It’s kind of hard to drive with a holstered gun all up in your gut. And yes, I know losing weight is the solution, but what about in the meantime?

  21. I carry a Glock 27, 23, Smith 4000 TSW, and / or Smith 340 PD OWB in the 3′ o Clock or 4′ o Clock position. It works pretty well, other than the black marks and dents in my grey leather seats.

  22. My solution?: Shoulder holsters. They were invented for Horse Soldiers, Pilots and Tankers and still do the job for drivers. I have several shoulder holsters to fit different pistols. Tradeoff is conceal-ability vs. virtually instant drawstroke if someone is coming at you. Remember what happened to Bill Cosby’s son and wargame in your mind “what would you do in a similar situation”?. For long trips, always have a carbine handy in the trunk, again, the Cosby scenario applies.

  23. Doesn’t this fo hand-in-hand with the question you posed about CC holders intervening in situations not involving ourselves but only as bystanders?

    We are said to have a “Choice” in my state to intervene but I see it more as an obligation to defuse the situation if at all possible.

    Another reason to keep the doors locked & have a contengency plan in place and practiced.

  24. The best way to carry while driving is the way that is most comfortable to you. For me, I prefer having my gun in the center console. It’s easy and quick to access and its not going to go flying if I am in an accident. I also use the map pocket on the door sometimes. I have tried IWB holsters and pocket holsters while driving and they are both uncomfortable to me and make it more difficult to draw the weapon if needed. The most important thing is to carry if you can do so legally.

  25. Because I have to wear ties about every day I ordinarily carry in an elastic body-band shoulder rig. Mine holds a medium or large frame auto tight in the weak-side armpit and two mags in the strong-side armpit. There are several on the market.
    I find that it’s perfect for inside the car. A belt holster is too uncomfortable and awkward, and I don’t have a console with a lid. If I’m in a truly dicy neighborhood I unholster and keep it under my thigh.
    I’m fully aware of the disfavor toward shoulder rigs, and the logic is sound, but doesn’t outweigh no blaster a’tall.

  26. I have also found that carrying holstered while driving is difficult but all in the same I am a police officer ad I have to keep it holstered at all times until the need arises. But I had a situation a week ago where I was out in BFE and a car was parked on the side of the road and a guy came out in the middle of the road waving me down, now you have a decision to make go around or stop and see what’s wrong now being a police officer I stopped but I had my glock 22 drawed and laying across my lap pointed at the inside of my drivers side door, pointed at the stranger the whole time an the rounds I carry would tear through my car door easily, I just smiled at the guy and realized he was lost but he had no idea that he had 16 rounds of .40 cal pointed at him. Moral of the story have your gun ready at all times, be nice to people but always have a plan to kill them

    • According to “A Child’s Garden of Grass, a Pre-Legalization Comedy,” one of the ways of acquiring pot is (spoken in The Simpsons’ Apu accent) “Be very very nice to everyone you meet.”

      I’ve found that that’s good advice under just about any circumstances. 🙂

  27. I tell my daughter repeatedly, it doesn’t cost anything to be nice – being nice is free.

  28. Are a lot of you you out there carrying while driving even though you may not have a concealed carry permit? The article states that we should all carry a loaded gun while driving and I agree. Problem is that I live in a may issue state so the average joe blow ain’t getting one of those anytime soon. I know safety comes first with or without the little permission slip you bug big brother to give you. Just curious what your thoughts are on making the decision to protect yourself regardless of what he says?….

  29. I drive a Pontiac Solstice Convertible and have a pouch between my legs on my seat, MY S&W M&P 9mm sets in there perfect, all you can see is the metal and is covered by my leg out of site. If I am in a questionable area, I always turn the grip up or at an angle.. Works for me”.

  30. If anyone is seriously saying that a cross draw holster doesn’t work, or isn’t comfortable, I would submit that they’ve never really given that style of holster an honest try.

    After extensive hip surgery on my right side several years ago, I found that carrying in my normal 4-5 o’clock position was no longer comfortable, and even painful. One day, I took my Galco soft suede leather right side IWB holster (with no cant) and clipped it on my left side at the 10:00 o’clock position between the outside of my pants and inside my belt, with the wide metal clip over the belt…… Bingo, it was very comfortable, and my Kimber 9mm was very easy to reach.

    I practiced this method at the range with many different handguns of mine, from 9mm to .45 ACP….. all work good for me as long as I stay with shorter barreled guns, a Govt. Size 1911 tends to get in the way, but any of my 3 inch Kimber Ultras work just fine.

    The secret is to find out what works for you, overcomes any limitations, then practice until it’s second nature to you.

    • Cross draw or shoulder holster,driving or not,I am disabled and this s what works best for me,it depends on what i am carrying,i prefer to carry a full size 1911,but for summer time carry i got the lil Springfield 911,man is that ever a sweet,small pistol,w/+P rounds,it only being a .380 doesnt bother me,but it is one of only 2 that i own that aren’t .45s.
      When i went for my class,which is response to another question,no I never carried in the car before i had my CWP,as it is the law,regardless of anything else.But when they inspected my pistol,i was the oldest smallest guy there,the instructor was older lol,they asked me if i wanted 1 of their smaller pistols when they saw my TRP,,after the classwork on the range,the instructor was the only person to shoot better than me,mobility issues caused me issues in the hide-shoot,hide-shoot scenario,which just made me practice more in that style of shooting.Practice and muscle memory are going to be the deciding factor should anything ever arise.

  31. Or you can have a dedicated car gun, I have one that stays in the safe under my seat unless I am driveing and then it goes in a holster between the seat with a watch cap over it. Also I picked a caliber that can more the. Easily go through a windshield, 10mm and it is the only 10 I own because other then for this reason and hunting I don’t see much use for it. I picked 10mm because I get 15 rounds in a semi auto alowing me to reload without much difficulty while driveing. Also I took in to account the fact that you could have to shoot trough two windows/windshields (yours and your attackers) imagine someone sharts shooting at you from the car behind you by sticking their gun out the window. You now have to either do the same and fire basicly randomly behind you or turn and shoot trough your back window and into theirs. Can this happen? Probably not but I would rather be able too if needed. It also makes the shots through one windshield look like child’s play. Oh and before you say (10 mm is two powerful if you are not shooting through a windshield and may over penatrate) if I did not need to shoot through the window I am probably not in my car, thus I will just use my normal carry… Let’s just say I like to be prepared

  32. I have thought about this for a long time. For to and from short distances, I find the alien gear IWB holster just fine. I am planning a long road trip with my family, though, so I can’t take the butt of my glock 19 in my back that long. I have kids so concealment and safety is key. I have opted for a fanny pack at 3 o’clock (don’t laugh…or do so; I can’t hear you). You can carry it inside (I place it inside a simple galco holster for trigger guard) and drive all day long with no problem. When you step out of the car, you can put the firearm in between your outside waistband and the area where the fanny pack belt meets the pack (assuming your shirt is not tucked in). It is surprisingly stable, fast as hell to draw and the fanny pack removes the imprinting.

  33. Regarding “Stay Calm”… there are stupid people on the road; don’t be one of them by lowering yourself to their level. If someone flips you the bird… smile and wave and take pleasure in having had the last word.

  35. My Colt Mustang goes everywhere with me. I wear it in an IWB holster in the 4 o’clock position and it gives me no problem in or out of my truck. As a backup I carry a NAA mini revolver in .22 LR in my pants pocket

  36. Bottom line: Bring your UNLOADED gun(s) somewhere you can be seen with a gun without causing a panic; try different ways of carrying until you find something that works for YOU, and your gun, in your car. Then PRACTICE that method. A lot.

  37. I did not believe this article could offer much for a 32 yr mil operator however, it was in my opinion about the best Ive encountered. My normal response is to pick apart these type articals for glaring errors, and wrong information. Well done, you have my respect and that’s not easy to obtain.

  38. Thanks to people like Jason, NRA & FRONT SIGHT, I always am aware of my surroundings. One of my worst fears while driving, besides being at a stoplight, is getting stopped by a train. I always make sure I am in the inside lane and leave a least a full car length between me and the car in front. This way I can pull out if I see anything or anyone being suspicious. Plus, I always check the inside of my car and its surroundings before getting into it when parked anywhere.
    I’m still working on finding a comfortable carry spot while driving because my seatbelt is always in the way.
    Thank you Jason for everything you do in helping your fellow gun owners.

  39. When in a car I carry Mexican style! So as it looks like I’m going for my wallet! Just lean forward pull flip off safe there you go!

  40. Many good idea from the comments. For me, being tall with long arms I prefer a shoulder holster for easy access.

  41. First rule of fighting from your automobile: Stop and PUT IT IN PARK – Clint Smith, Thunder Ranch

    This is also one reason that I cross-draw my weapon. It is easily accessible for draw and presentation to either side or front or back, even out the window, WITHOUT BANGING IT ON THE STEERING WHEEL OR CONSOLE.

  42. When I was with the Florida Highway Patrol in the 1970’s, our holsters were on our left hip. Reason: We didn’t have a secure backseat and had to put an arrested individual in the right front seat. By having the firearm on our left side, they would have to reach across us to get to it and with handcuffs on, it was virtually impossible for them to attain the weapon.
    I’m right-handed and having the weapon held by an IWB holster on my left side, makes it much easier for me to quickly reach it. My backup is a North American Firearms .22 Magnum stainless steel mouse-gun with “Frangible” ammo kept in my door. If you are within 50 feet of me, I WILL hit you with it!

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