tjaw
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Kind folks, I'm asking for a little help here, and I accept the pummeling I expect to get for asking...
Can someone provide an original thread about MD W&C-style permit versus CCW?
I have not found the thread as of yet.
It seems to me (and this will probably be proven incorrect) that MD W&C is often conflated with/understood as CCW.
The difference is a Big Deal to me. I am way past the half century mark in age, and probably a grouchy old man to boot.
When it comes to a Life & Death situation involving the fiream I am carrying, I am still Old School about the reliability and the recovery from a Fail to Fire of a DA wheel gun. When it comes to Life & Death, the five-nines reliability of a semi-auto is not sufficient.
That said, I practice a lot with wheel guns and semis. I send a stupid amount of ammo down range.
I have a good Rationale Engine for the cost of poofing all of that ammo. As a Wood & Steel guy, I *enjoy* the practice, whatever the cost, much in the way that I *enjoy* practicing on guitar. Practice is boring, right? Not to This guy.
I have found that my wheel guns are much more difficult to conceal in carrying.
But I understand that I have a Wear & Carry permit, not a Concealed Carry Permit.
I know very well the argument about other people saying Gun! Gun!! when my SP101 bulges on my hip.
But I also observe people who believe they are concealing their handguns, when the guns are not concealed to anybody who cares to take a real look. Do they really believe their guns are concealed? Are they fooling themselves? Do they just not really care (not the problem of the legally-carrying person)?
There are exceptions such as the LCP II (I like it, it really almost disappears).
And winter in MD makes for big exceptions (pun intended) in concealing a handgun.
But in summer in MD, putting a big hunk of gun under a tee-shirt is not fooling anybody, except maybe the carrier.
I promise to be properly chastised and put in my place for asking. My promise back is that I will read every word of the thread original thread, and get myself more informed.
Can someone provide an original thread about MD W&C-style permit versus CCW?
I have not found the thread as of yet.
It seems to me (and this will probably be proven incorrect) that MD W&C is often conflated with/understood as CCW.
The difference is a Big Deal to me. I am way past the half century mark in age, and probably a grouchy old man to boot.
When it comes to a Life & Death situation involving the fiream I am carrying, I am still Old School about the reliability and the recovery from a Fail to Fire of a DA wheel gun. When it comes to Life & Death, the five-nines reliability of a semi-auto is not sufficient.
That said, I practice a lot with wheel guns and semis. I send a stupid amount of ammo down range.
I have a good Rationale Engine for the cost of poofing all of that ammo. As a Wood & Steel guy, I *enjoy* the practice, whatever the cost, much in the way that I *enjoy* practicing on guitar. Practice is boring, right? Not to This guy.
I have found that my wheel guns are much more difficult to conceal in carrying.
But I understand that I have a Wear & Carry permit, not a Concealed Carry Permit.
I know very well the argument about other people saying Gun! Gun!! when my SP101 bulges on my hip.
But I also observe people who believe they are concealing their handguns, when the guns are not concealed to anybody who cares to take a real look. Do they really believe their guns are concealed? Are they fooling themselves? Do they just not really care (not the problem of the legally-carrying person)?
There are exceptions such as the LCP II (I like it, it really almost disappears).
And winter in MD makes for big exceptions (pun intended) in concealing a handgun.
But in summer in MD, putting a big hunk of gun under a tee-shirt is not fooling anybody, except maybe the carrier.
I promise to be properly chastised and put in my place for asking. My promise back is that I will read every word of the thread original thread, and get myself more informed.