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?

  • Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.net
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    21 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)

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      20 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