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Bronson wrote:
Yeah but that and your 3-5 recording devices, gun, spare ammo, maybe a spare gun, probably a pocket knife, phone, wallet, keys, change and hopefully some breath mints makes for a might hefty load.
Bronson
Umm, seriously, no.
I currently carry 3 recorders (modern recorders are small), usually 2 spare mags, wallet (yes, with paper work in it), phone, keys, chewing gum in place of breath mints, holster, and only one gun.
I don't carry knives while OCing, because some police in this state will do anything they can to cite you for a law. Knives are not preempted, so I don't carry one with a gun. It is extremely annoying and wrong to have to make that decision, but I feel it is the best course of action at this point.
Compare that to carrying a tool belt with a hammer, nails, speed square, utility knife, tape measure, chalk line, pencils, pry bar, pliers, and maybe some other stuff depending on the job, and it ends up being a very small amount of things to carry. Hell, compare it to all the crap a cop carries. OCing just isn't very cumbersome.