aroundlsu
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Hey guys. I'm a 30 year old guy who carries daily in the Baton Rouge area. I've had my CCW permit since Sept 1 and have carried concealed 24/7 since. I've also taken a 20 hour combat pistol course at the LSU police academy taught by Tom Givens from Nashville. Already I've used my pistol once to persuade someone attempting to break into my office on Florida near Foster while my girlfriend and I were working late.
I'll admit before I obtained my CCW permit I open carried and also concealed carried off and on for the last 9 years since the day I turned 21 and bought my first H&K USP in .40 S&W. Illegally carrying a full size H&K USP for years on end will teach you a thing or two about how to keep the thing hidden.
Now that I carry a much smaller H&K P7 with a permit the last few months have been a breeze. I usually carry IWB with an untucked shirt but a few times I've had to dress up in a suit and got out of my car at gas stations with the gun open. When I'm wearing a jacket I sometimes wear a USP .45 OWB which might as well be open carry since I think half the population of Baton Rouge can see it under the jacket. So far, no incidents to report except for a few kids I heard at PF Changs on Corporate arguing on whether it was a gun or a cell phone under the jacket.
I usually practice at Precision Firearms twice a month or more. Like many of you, I had very bad first impressions there but, really, once they get to know you aren't some crazy idiot with a gun the employees really warm up and treat you well. I also shoot at Red Stick Firearms since I have a Class III silencer sitting there waiting on paper work to clear and it's the only place I can use it until the papers come back from the ATF (picture attached below). But Red Stick doesn't allow rapid fire or drawing from a holster so that really ruins it for me.
I noticed a few of you were trying to get together for an open carry meet up. I'd be very interested in that. None of my friends or co-workers are gun enthusiasts and in fact only a few of them even know that I'm packing so it would be nice to sit back and talk about our experiences. I live right on the "front lines" of mid-city Baton Rouge within a javelin throw of the Texas Club.
Hey guys. I'm a 30 year old guy who carries daily in the Baton Rouge area. I've had my CCW permit since Sept 1 and have carried concealed 24/7 since. I've also taken a 20 hour combat pistol course at the LSU police academy taught by Tom Givens from Nashville. Already I've used my pistol once to persuade someone attempting to break into my office on Florida near Foster while my girlfriend and I were working late.
I'll admit before I obtained my CCW permit I open carried and also concealed carried off and on for the last 9 years since the day I turned 21 and bought my first H&K USP in .40 S&W. Illegally carrying a full size H&K USP for years on end will teach you a thing or two about how to keep the thing hidden.
Now that I carry a much smaller H&K P7 with a permit the last few months have been a breeze. I usually carry IWB with an untucked shirt but a few times I've had to dress up in a suit and got out of my car at gas stations with the gun open. When I'm wearing a jacket I sometimes wear a USP .45 OWB which might as well be open carry since I think half the population of Baton Rouge can see it under the jacket. So far, no incidents to report except for a few kids I heard at PF Changs on Corporate arguing on whether it was a gun or a cell phone under the jacket.
I usually practice at Precision Firearms twice a month or more. Like many of you, I had very bad first impressions there but, really, once they get to know you aren't some crazy idiot with a gun the employees really warm up and treat you well. I also shoot at Red Stick Firearms since I have a Class III silencer sitting there waiting on paper work to clear and it's the only place I can use it until the papers come back from the ATF (picture attached below). But Red Stick doesn't allow rapid fire or drawing from a holster so that really ruins it for me.
I noticed a few of you were trying to get together for an open carry meet up. I'd be very interested in that. None of my friends or co-workers are gun enthusiasts and in fact only a few of them even know that I'm packing so it would be nice to sit back and talk about our experiences. I live right on the "front lines" of mid-city Baton Rouge within a javelin throw of the Texas Club.
