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So all you guys who are saying that you put your gun in the crotch of your drawers, I'm assuming you're wearing "tighty whiteys"...
What's a fellow to do if he wears boxers, and not briefs. If I put my pistol inside my boxers, it would just drop through the leg, down my pants...No good...
I rarely go #2 when I'm out and about, but sometimes, that Super-Deluxe 3-bean burrito you had for lunch just KICKS IN while you're walking in the mall, or right in the middle of Lowes, and you just HAVE to use the immediate facilites.
This is actually one of the main reasons I use retentions holsters whether I OC or CC. A retention holster won't let your gun hit the floor if it gets tipped over or bumped or something.
And it seems that the bottoms of the stall dividers are getting higher and higher every day--I remember when I was younger, the bottoms of the dividers were just a few inches off the floor (high enough to get a mop under, but not high enough to crawl under in most cases). The stall dividers in my local WalMart and Lowes look almost high enough to drive a Lamborghini underneath. So you've got to keep your belt and holster pretty high--you can't just "drop trou" when you "take your seat". And anyway, who wants to have their pants bunched up on the FLOOR of a public restroom anyway. Eeeeeewwwww!
Here's my drill. I usually try and get the "handicapped stalll", as enumerated by several other posts, for th esame reasons. It's larger, has more room to maneuver, and it's harder for people to see your legs (and what's on your belt) because of the optical angles presented by having a larger stall with a seating position that is further away from the door and dividers.
When I take down my pants and drawers, I keep a hold of them, an only let them down to about mid-thigh, and as I sit, I'll shift my holster so that it sits on top of my right thigh. If it's my CC IWB Galco thum-snap, the friction of the suede and my pants will keep it in place. If it's my OC Serpa, I may have to keep my right hand on it, because of the way the weight distribution is, and the fact that I wear it at 3:30, but then am pulling it to about 12:30 to sit.
Finish my business, and then when I stand up, be sure to bring up the pants and drawers in a controlled manner so as not to catch or snag the holster on my clothes.
It sounds complicated, but after a dozen or so "practice evolutions" in the privacy of my own home john, I've got it down to where it's not any more complicated than using the john would be when wearing an expensive cellphone on a belt holster (which, as an iPhone owner, I've been doing for several years, and believe me, you DON'T want to drop one of those in a public RR either--if it doesn't break, it will very likely get snatched!)
This is one of the "silly little things" about carrying a firearm that isn't a "silly little thing" at all. I think it is a VERY good idea to discuss practical, procedural issues like this, because it's not something you're going to know intuitively, and it's DEFINITELY not something they're going to teach you in an NRA safety course or your CC certification class...
Would controlling your firearm and drawers while using a public rest room fall under the "well regulated" part of the 2A? :lol:
I'm just sayin'...
