Concealed Carry/EDC

When it comes to your carry gun, one of the great debates is always inside the waistband (IWB) or outside the waistband (OWB). Both have strengths and weaknesses, so what are you to choose?

The RM 380 Executive won’t stop a buffalo. Nor was it made for such heavy work. But it is a handy, very portable little handgun, and accurate enough at close range.

You don’t have to look for trouble to find it. In times of instability, it is prudent to consider where the trouble may come from and form a tentative plan to address it. I have always sought to understand things at a fundamental level. Fighting involves all the components of marksmanship and overlays tactics.

So I thought this week we would take a minute and look at some often missing bits and pieces to the BOB conversation.

It does, however, have downsides. It lets everyone know you are armed, which may make you the first victim in a shooting.

Carrying your handgun every day sounds like a great plan when you’re a new gun owner. But once you get going you realize it isn’t as easy as you expected to find the right holster and belt to make carry comfortable and effective.

SIG’s P365XL is a sub-compact that performs like a full-size pistol. Big enough to handle serious self-defense but small enough to carry concealed. The optics ready XL model features an enhanced frame, flat trigger and increased barrel length while retaining the concealability of the original P365.

This isn’t even a question worth asking because we’ll never know the answer. It’s a counterfactual.

These are the tips and tricks you, as a woman, can use to make your way through the world of concealed carry gun ownership. The great thing about them is they really do work across the board.