Liberals stuff their pants with socks, I guess a Conservative man stuffs his pants with a gun -totally different intents here regarding how they are trying to attract or divert attention...
No, I don't, in seriousness, have much against appendix-carry -either your firearm is safe to carry and it is safe, or it isn't safe to carry and shouldn't be carried (or even loaded, for that matter). [Shrug.]
That said, I don't appendix carry. I like the control and accessibility offered by AIWB carry, but I'm just not comfortable with it in a consideration of
physical comfort. I don't mind 3-o'clock, 7-5, or even 9-o'clock cross-draw in certain circumstances for IWB, but honestly if I am carrying anything more than a Compact and trying to keep it concealed, I find a shoulder-rig to be the best for me. I am not a large person, neither by frame nor by build, but I have carried my 5-inch full-size S&W comfortably under a sport-jacket (aka 'blazer' -I know, I am old-school, but I like it that way
) in almost every weather warm enough to not need something even heavier layered over. I don't print. It isn't awkward to sit down. I retain a high degree of control over the weapon and maintain a decent accessibility. If someone glances downward, it doesn't make me wonder uncomfortably what they are looking at either.
...And I
never worry about meeting Crocodile Dundee and having my CCW outed.
But to each their own, it is more important that you carry it, than where you carry it...
Edit and Side Note: I do appreciate WPS's mention of safety concerns while holstering, etc; Being familiar with proper grip and draw techniques is crucial for CCW in my opinion and re-holstering is probably the most hazardous moment in the entire process, and that is a good video. I do feel he is being either vaguely over-generalizing or possibly even a little disingenuous however, in regards to a 3-o'clock carry option... I have a narrow waist, and in no reasonable stance is an IWB carry at 3-o'clock pointed into my leg, AT ALL. So this is also a body-type/personal build issue as well. Further, at no point does he show that position with anything but a straight vertical orientation -for me at least, I do find about a 23-degree cant to be far more natural and offer better concealment as well, and actually points the muzzle back and away from the core of my leg. I noticed this exclusion just before Jon (or is it John?) mentioned the small of the back holster, and that holster was canted back, I thought he was going to show that in a 3-o'clock and acknowledge the added safety margin... Nope. Hmm.
Okay,
carry your books, carry a torch, carry a tune, carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash-and-carry, carry me back to Old Virginie, even 'hari-kari' if you must, but remember to always safely and legally carry a gun.