What are the firearm owners here carrying and how?

[GTP]

If you have a CCW or CCL and carry regularly, what do you carry mostly and how?

Lol, strange to read a post like this because carrying any firearm in Australia - even a licensed firearm - in a public place will get you a free orange jumpsuit and a cosy 3 x 3 meter room for a few years!

 

[MichaelEC]

Carrying a firearm is as second nature to me as putting my pants on in the morning.

 

[MichaelEC]

Private citizens legally carrying a firearm are some of the most polite and pleasant people you will ever meet.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

That's probably the reason why I feel so uneasy whenever I'm in the states...

I guess if I think about it...it depends on your upbringing....if you brew up around guns, or not.
I grew up around them. Semi country....homes that had hunting rifles up on the fireplace mantle for example. And my dad was into marksmanship competitions...he did lots of target shooting competitions...had lots of trophies. We would spend quality father and son time at the ranges....starting at a young age with me, and out in the woods shooting.
My neighbor was a hunter...he had dozens of guns, one of those finished "man cave" basements with lots of rifles and pistols in fancy gun safes.
Many other friends of mine growing up...shooting was just a common "guy thing"...out in the back yard, the woods, targets, etc. Not "stupid stuff" shooting, not "irresponsible" gun handling. We learned how to handle weapons properly at an early age, and it was just a normal part of growing up. So that being said...when you saw someone with a gun...you didn't go "OOooh...he's got a gun...wow...scary!". Us rural kids grew up with them just being a part of everyday life. You wouldn't look at them much differently than someone having a pocket knife or a Buck knife hanging off their belt. It wasn't a big deal.

Now...that being said, in recent decades, we have this issue with "disturbed people"...and inner city thugs (this is across all colors)....doing bad things with guns. But that's an entirely different topic....I don't want to derail this thread that much by discussing that.

 

[GTP]

With the greatest respect to you, your country and freedoms, thank God I live in Australia!

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I have heard great things about the S&W SD9VE, but personally if I were buying S&W, I would probably buy the M&P. Otherwise instead of the SD9VE I would just buy a Glock, which in my estimation is what the SD9VE more ore less copies.

Personally, I carry the Springfield XDS .45 3.3"

I have the second generation model...they've evolved a bit. The first ones came from the el budget Sigma...which had a bad rep (deservingly so).
Yeah I've love an M&P but I didn't have the budget. At 40% the price of the M&P...I got this for 300 clams brand new. I wanted a 45 but ammo is just too much. I hit the range monthly....so budget dictated 9 mil. Over a thousand rounds downrange and only 1x cart behaved badly, and it was a cheaper box of Winchester "loose in the box" ammo, it failed to eject after firing. Todays 9 mils have evolved to pretty decent stopping power anyways.

Also I try to buy American made...being a firm believer in "buy as local as you can" to help the economy. Granted Ruger "started" in my state...Connecticut..but mostly moved out over recent liberal movements in this blue state. Smith is actually closer to me, right north of me in Massachusetts.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Fair enough Nige...started typing replies a while ago but didn't hit reply cuz busy at office. Feel free to peel mine out.

 

[Moltuae]

Lol, strange to read a post like this because carrying any firearm in Australia - even a licensed firearm - in a public place will get you a free orange jumpsuit and a cosy 3 x 3 meter room for a few years!

Same in the UK.

Does a water pistol count?

 

[GTP]

Does a water pistol count?

If you paint it black and wave it at a bank teller, yes!
10 years at least!

 

[trevm999]

Do guns scare you?

I guess if I think about it...it depends on your upbringing....if you brew up around guns, or not.

I grew up in a rural community and live in a rural community. I own a rifle. But in my mind, that is a tool, not a weapon. It seems completely different than carrying a gun for the purpose of using it on a person if you need to.

I was kind of joking about the unease thing...I do feel uneasy in the states, but I had never though about people carrying weapons around. I think it's more to do with a kind of an alternate reality feeling. Everything is similar...but slightly different

 

[MichaelEC]

So if I understand this correctly, you would not use a firearm to defend yourself against an attacker that means to cause grave bodily injury or death to you or a loved one?

I just want to make certain I understand you.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I was kind of joking about the unease thing...I do feel uneasy in the states, but I had never though about people carrying weapons around. I think it's more to do with a kind of an alternate reality feeling. Everything is similar...but slightly different

I can identify with that...being in a different country/culture (although I don't consider Canada a different culture that much...most like close neighbors). Example though, first time I traveled to Mexico, way down on south border by Belize, military all around street corners with automatics...just something I'm not used to seeing. Had that "police state" feeling to it. This was back when I was a bit younger, and with my second wife (who was from Calgary, Canada).

 

[Kitten Kong]

Hi everyone.

I have moved the majority of the gun related postings from the original thread to here.

Apologies if they appear out of sequence..

 

[allstarit]

im from Australia same as Barcelona. Here is so different compared to the US. In Australia all high capacity semi-automatics rifles, semi-automatic shotguns, pump-action shotguns are banned for private ownership. Gun shops are hard to find too- you cant just walk into your local convenience store and pickup a gun, you have to be a licensed gun owner- even then its probably hard to get one without proper security checks ect.

This happened 20 years ago when we have a massacre in Port-Arthur 35 people dead and 21 wounded - i think its up there as one of the worst gun massacres - well for Australia anyway.

 

[Koala]

I have a Thompson Auto-Ordnance .45

I never carry it, it is in my closet for defense. So far have never shot it at anyone, which is a good thing.

 

[NETWizz]

With the greatest respect to you, your country and freedoms, thank God I live in Australia!

I can promise you that most likely you would be in no danger if you visited the United States. If you are constantly looking over your shoulder in fear

That is completely fine that you feel that way, and Australia is undoubtedly a great place. Personally, with the greatest respect to you as well, I feel the same way about the United States thinking "Thank God I live Here," but to each his or her own.

All I am saying is that in my experience it is generally more a fear of the unknown that frightens people, and this fear can and is regularly exploited and made worse by the mass-media and various propaganda whereby society as a whole teaches children from a young age that guns are bad. The difference is that my judgement are made on first-hand experience for which there is no substitute.

 

[NETWizz]

im from Australia same as Barcelona. Here is so different compared to the US. In Australia all high capacity semi-automatics rifles, semi-automatic shotguns, pump-action shotguns are banned for private ownership. Gun shops are hard to find too- you cant just walk into your local convenience store and pickup a gun, you have to be a licensed gun owner- even then its probably hard to get one without proper security checks ect.

This happened 20 years ago when we have a massacre in Port-Arthur 35 people dead and 21 wounded - i think its up there as one of the worst gun massacres - well for Australia anyway.

Makes sense, but how did they get all the guns back from the people?

 

[TimM]

Makes sense, but how did they get all the guns back from the people?

The government bought them, but they were mostly small calibre rifles and shotguns. Even before the buy back it was illegal for Australians to own handguns without a permit, and you needed a really, really good reason to get a permit.
I'm over 60, but in my whole life I've only ever known one person who owned a handgun.

 

[trevm999]

So if I understand this correctly, you would not use a firearm to defend yourself against an attacker that means to cause grave bodily injury or death to you or a loved one?

I just want to make certain I understand you.

I'm glad I don't have to make that choice. If carrying was an option for me, and I did carry, would I be able to shoot? I don't know, but if I didn't shoot and something happened to someone, that would be hard to live with. And on the other hand, taking a human life? That would be hard too.

I can identify with that...being in a different country/culture (although I don't consider Canada a different culture that much...most like close neighbors). Example though, first time I traveled to Mexico, way down on south border by Belize, military all around street corners with automatics...just something I'm not used to seeing. Had that "police state" feeling to it. This was back when I was a bit younger, and with my second wife (who was from Calgary, Canada).

I've been to different countries with different cultures, so it's not so much that, but more like it is the same culture...just feels a bit off. As if I've entered an alternate reality where some small thing changed and now everything is just sort-of different.

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

I carry a Springfield XDM 9mm.