Concealed Carry for Women by Gila Hayes

Author:Gila Hayes [Hayes, Gila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4402-3602-0
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2013-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

Purse carry is most safely practiced in one of the many fashionable bags designed specifically for concealed carry. These pretty pistol purses feature separate compartments for the gun, and the best designs include a built-in holster so that the gun is held in the same orientation all the time. Thus, when your hand reaches for the grips, they are always in the same place. The pocket holster serves the same purpose. Alessi Holsters has a clip holster that does double duty as an inside-the-waistband holster as well as a holster clipped inside the pocket of a fashionable handbag. We’ll review these products in detail a bit later. For now, suffice it to say that concealed carry done safely really requires a holster.

Just any old holster won’t do, though. For a holster to do its job, it has to be made specifically to fit the model of gun it carries. If it is not molded to the exact contours of the gun’s trigger guard, ejection port and other topography, the holster needs a retention strap to guarantee that the gun does not fall out. The latter method is widely used in holster waist packs and gun purses. For high-quality belt holsters, the holster’s material is generally molded so that the holster locks lightly around the gun when the gun is holstered. Accurate molding is one way to identify a high-quality holster. A holster that retains the gun through molding, not a strap across the top, is quicker and surer from which to draw, and more readily secures the gun if it must be holstered quickly during an incident, for example.

When carrying a gun in a belt holster, the question of how to secure it while using the toilet is quite a topic of contention. One school of thought calls for drawing the gun and setting it on the toilet tank, the tissue roll dispenser, or other flat surface. This is probably functional at home and maybe even in a locked single restroom if you’re not too germ-phobic. This solution, however, is very iffy in restrooms with multiple stalls separated by metal dividers where one door slamming shakes the entire structure, and the toilets rarely have water tanks at all. Here, some trainers recommend drawing the gun and stowing it in your purse, or even in the crotch of your trousers. If the gun must come out of the holster at all, a safer solution, in my opinion, is the one offered by Kathy Jackson, author of The Cornered Cat(1) website, who recommends hanging your purse on the coat hook, opening it, and stowing the gun in the purse.

Accurate molding is one way to identify a high-quality holster.

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