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longwatch wrote:
I don't think that it makes a difference really how you dress. Frankly with the cuffs people probably think you are a plainclothes LEO. I've met a few folks who actually try to look as little as a LEO as possible and they don't seem to have a problem.
As a critique of your setup I'd say lose the cuffs and use the pouch for a pressure bandage as I'd think that would be more likely to be useful.
ETA: Minus the cuffs, I carry analogous gear in almost the same way.:monkey
You honestly do not think it makes a difference how you dress? Legally, or course it doesn't. But when you have sheeple around, and people checking you out, and interactions with cops, it can give an unwanted impression. Personally I try to dress nicely, or at least presentable to give a good impression, even when cc'ing.
Police are not the only ones who profile you. If someone goes into a gas station with a gun on their hip, ripped up jeans, and a "high times" shirt, and another guy comes in with nice jeans, polo shirt, same rig set up--you can bet that if either of these guys gets unwanted attention from sheeple or police, it is going to be the former. Should it be this way, no, but some people take it as such.
If you walked in with the ripped jeans, sloppy shoes, high times shirt combo, without the gun, a lot of people would give you a second look from where I am from, add in the firearm, and you would really look like an oddball.
Again I do not care what anyone wears while packing, but the difference of unkempt vs. presentable in the eyes of sheeple can do wonders.
If you think it makes NO difference, not even the tiniest bit, you are only fooling yourself.