Posted: 6/1/2012 1:49:02 PM EDT
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My casual setup is a glock 19 in an M-TAC holster and CCW gun belt with a polo or button down shirt. This setup works very well for me and is comfortable all day long. However, I do not think I can make this work climbing ladders, kneeling down, picking things up all day. Not to mention those times when something catches your shirt and pulls it up. If I make this work, it has to be very concealed, as I do not need to be fired or kicked off any jobs. What setups work for you guys? I was thinking I may have to go to a G26 or J-frame in an ankle holster or some kind of belly band/thunderwear. I usually wear just a T shirt at work, as they are 100% cotton, lightweight, cheap and disposable after rips or stains. My options might open up a bit with a different shirt, but I am not sure if some shirts will be ideal for construction work.
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I'm a superintendent and our company policy forbids CCW on projects or in our office.
If I see somebody's CCW showing or openly displayed weapons in vehicles on the jobsite, I just let them know what our company policy and their contractual obligations to it are. The issue seems to just go away then...... If I was to break the rules and carry, I'd probably CCW something like an LCP in the pocket so it wouldn't ever been seen. Going up and down on ladders and all the other stuff we do on a daily basis would make IWB carry tough. |
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Pocket carry. I did it for 3 years straight with just a J-frame and a pocket holster. Even carried in places like Berkeley and Santa Cruz, where you don't want to have a problem with your gun showing, while working around sometimes 150-200 people on the job. Never a problem. Except for the guy I was working for, and my son, I never said a word to anyone about carrying, and no one ever suspected it. I was a ceramic tile contractor of a lot of years.
I now carry a Kahr p380 in a Tuff pocket holster. But since I work in a gun store now, I have many ways to carry. Still I pocket carry 99% of the time while out. |
| I've not found a way to CCW on the jobsite that works, most of my work is on hospitals up in soffits, around conduits, and around ductwork. I've settled on just carrying a pocket knife while working. My CCW stays burried in my lunchpail til my tools are put away. |
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There are times when you just have to risk life and limb and not have a handgun on your hip.  I have never carried on jobsites before, obviously I survived. Just wanted to know how it could be done.
Sorry, I misunderstood. I would just use that loop on your tool belt that you normally put a cordless drill in, that usually big enough for a full sized 1911. Plier pouches would make great mag pouches. Fill that big miscellaneous pouch in the center with ammo. Cleaning rods would fit nicely in the screwdriver pouches. For a backup you could replace your hammer with a tactical tomahawk. Ready for work. 
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OP you should just open carry one of these on your hip.
If you do you are throwing the element of surprise out the window though. 
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| I worked with a guy that carried at work. We were doing some overhead work, and he was Mexican carrying. When I saw it, I said "Fuck, man. At least be like the rest of us and leave it in your car. When I get around to killing you, you won't even see it coming!" He had a real nice 1911. I don't know if he stopped carrying at work, I don't really care anyways. I didn't want to see the company run him off for it. |
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Yes, but not anymore. Why? I found my threat analysis did not support carrying at work. This is what I've done. Honestly, I don't feel the threat warrants running around with a concealed 1911 all the time where I work. I wouldn't mind OCing, but our customers sometimes get a little skittish seeing someone wear a shoulder holster while framing their new garage. Not to mention the other guys on my crew think I'm  for carrying 2 CAT TQs and an izzy dressing. There is probably enough space on my nail bags to conceal a G26 or j frame in a pouch somewhere and eventually I may look into that. Right now I'm stuck using the 20oz framing hammer or the 15" khukuri that is on my hip.
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Yes, but not anymore. Why? I found my threat analysis did not support carrying at work. This is what I've done. Honestly, I don't feel the threat warrants running around with a concealed 1911 all the time where I work. I wouldn't mind OCing, but our customers sometimes get a little skittish seeing someone wear a shoulder holster while framing their new garage. Not to mention the other guys on my crew think I'm for carrying 2 CAT TQs and an izzy dressing. There is probably enough space on my nail bags to conceal a G26 or j frame in a pouch somewhere and eventually I may look into that. Right now I'm stuck using the 20oz framing hammer or the 15" khukuri that is on my hip.I carry a tourniquet in my day bag, because that shit can happen on the job. I'm not sure I'd want a job where I'd have to legitimately consider shooting my coworkers, and if its the random due, SRSLY? you have how many construction workers around you and someone is picking a fight with you?
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There are times when you just have to risk life and limb and not have a handgun on your hip. I have never carried on jobsites before, obviously I survived. Just wanted to know how it could be done.
probably a tool box carry or in your truck. not too many muggings or flash mobs on construction sites. <––––––––- worked 21 years in construction trades. ETA in southern California to include watts, Compton, long beach and downtown L.A. among other better locations. |
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BB/Thunderwear type of holsters are about the only real "deep concealment" option I've found to work well. Ankle carry is too likely to print or have your pant leg ride up and over it for those of us that have active jobs. The plus side to carrying in a BB/Thunderwear type of holster is that you might be able to carry a larger handgun than you might me able to carry IWB without printing. |
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Yes, but not anymore. Why? I found my threat analysis did not support carrying at work. This is what I've done. Honestly, I don't feel the threat warrants running around with a concealed 1911 all the time where I work. I wouldn't mind OCing, but our customers sometimes get a little skittish seeing someone wear a shoulder holster while framing their new garage. Not to mention the other guys on my crew think I'm for carrying 2 CAT TQs and an izzy dressing. There is probably enough space on my nail bags to conceal a G26 or j frame in a pouch somewhere and eventually I may look into that. Right now I'm stuck using the 20oz framing hammer or the 15" khukuri that is on my hip.I carry a tourniquet in my day bag, because that shit can happen on the job. I'm not sure I'd want a job where I'd have to legitimately consider shooting my coworkers, and if its the random due, SRSLY? you have how many construction workers around you and someone is picking a fight with you? Just this winter we had a kid run his forearm through a sliding miter saw. I got stuck bandaging him up and getting him 6 blocks over to the hospital, even after that some of them still think it's strange to carry a basic trauma kit.   Some people you just can't reach.
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Yes, but not anymore. Why? I found my threat analysis did not support carrying at work. This is what I've done. Honestly, I don't feel the threat warrants running around with a concealed 1911 all the time where I work. I wouldn't mind OCing, but our customers sometimes get a little skittish seeing someone wear a shoulder holster while framing their new garage. Not to mention the other guys on my crew think I'm for carrying 2 CAT TQs and an izzy dressing. There is probably enough space on my nail bags to conceal a G26 or j frame in a pouch somewhere and eventually I may look into that. Right now I'm stuck using the 20oz framing hammer or the 15" khukuri that is on my hip.I carry a tourniquet in my day bag, because that shit can happen on the job. I'm not sure I'd want a job where I'd have to legitimately consider shooting my coworkers, and if its the random due, SRSLY? you have how many construction workers around you and someone is picking a fight with you? Just this winter we had a kid run his forearm through a sliding miter saw. I got stuck bandaging him up and getting him 6 blocks over to the hospital, even after that some of them still think it's strange to carry a basic trauma kit. Some people you just can't reach.
Damn I'm a trained EMT, and company wide I don't know how many accidents we've come across while driving, but few if any others care.
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| Worked as super but had to do some self performed work on occasions. I carry every day no matter what. Ruger LCP in a COP Galco ankle holster on the inside of my leg. Nobody will ever bump into your leg if mounted on the inside and it's super secure. I wear thick wool socks for all day comfort and they actually feel better on my feet as well. I've never told a single person, no matter how much I thought they would understand. Also, I wear straight let cut paints and low top work type boots ( look like boots but shoe height). Don't even attempt wearing a ankle holster with anything above a low top boot, places the gun to high on your muscle and it just hurts. |
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My casual setup is a glock 19 in an M-TAC holster and CCW gun belt with a polo or button down shirt. This setup works very well for me and is comfortable all day long. However, I do not think I can make this work climbing ladders, kneeling down, picking things up all day. Not to mention those times when something catches your shirt and pulls it up. If I make this work, it has to be very concealed, as I do not need to be fired or kicked off any jobs. What setups work for you guys? I was thinking I may have to go to a G26 or J-frame in an ankle holster or some kind of belly band/thunderwear. I usually wear just a T shirt at work, as they are 100% cotton, lightweight, cheap and disposable after rips or stains. My options might open up a bit with a different shirt, but I am not sure if some shirts will be ideal for construction work. I basically live with a Charter Arms 38 in my left front pocket. It works. The only recommendation I would make is buy something in stainless steel. I sweat acid, and stainless has stood up really well. This is working in humid Alabama summers to boot. I wear carpenter shorts because of how baggy they are. It conceals well. No one has ever noticed, and I am bent over all the time as it is, so a belt holster is out. |
Worked a couple jobs in the projects; one in Compton, the other in a REALLY bad area in Wilmington. Working on roofs at the time, and we had theives, thugs, and assholes all over the place. This was the early 90's in the midst of the waning days of the crack wars. The super on the project saw my rig in my bucket on the roof. Told me to take it down and store it. I lied to him, said I did. 2 hours later, all hell broke loose. That super was crouched right next to me, asking if I still had the pistol to protect 'Us'........
As for nowadays, I can not comment on what goes on. Different jobs, different area. |
Glock 17 in a Blade-Tech IWB holster. T-shirt and Wrangler button-up shirt untucked. I've never been called on it in the many years I've carried. I'm big enough to conceal a full-sized gun.
I spent all last week climbing up and down ladders and in and out of scissorlifts all dolled up in a tacticool fall protection harness with leather cape and sleeves over everything while welding in 106F heat in Lar_do, TX. This week I was in Falfurrias, where it only got up to 104F. 
I've heard of pipeline bosses down here telling welders to keep a gun handy. There are bad people out there. If I got my britches on, I got my Glock. 
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Glock 17 in a Blade-Tech IWB holster. T-shirt and Wrangler button-up shirt untucked. I've never been called on it in the many years I've carried. I'm big enough to conceal a full-sized gun.
I spent all last week climbing up and down ladders and in and out of scissorlifts all dolled up in a tacticool fall protection harness with leather cape and sleeves over everything while welding in 106F heat in Lar_do, TX. This week I was in Falfurrias, where it only got up to 104F.
I've heard of pipeline bosses down here telling welders to keep a gun handy. There are bad people out there. If I got my britches on, I got my Glock. http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j352/txkl37/IMAG0594.jpg Fuck CCW for Laredo, strap a SBR to your chest 
J frame in a pocket holster is my preferred construction set up. |
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I'll just leave this here, for those that think carrying on a jobsite is ridiculous...
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Skagit-killing-spree-detailed-1284812.php I can't vouch for what actually happened, as it hasn't made the public record, but some first-hand reports have Zamora basically walking up on the two carpenters he killed, starting to shoot, and then chasing them down to finish them off. This happened in a "safe" rural area, not some wild-ass inner-city nightmare zone. When the moment comes, it comes. And, you can't predict where, or when, or who's going to be bringing it with them. All you can do is be ready to react. |
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I'll just leave this here, for those that think carrying on a jobsite is ridiculous... http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Skagit-killing-spree-detailed-1284812.php I can't vouch for what actually happened, as it hasn't made the public record, but some first-hand reports have Zamora basically walking up on the two carpenters he killed, starting to shoot, and then chasing them down to finish them off. This happened in a "safe" rural area, not some wild-ass inner-city nightmare zone. When the moment comes, it comes. And, you can't predict where, or when, or who's going to be bringing it with them. All you can do is be ready to react. I'm not faliliar with the rest of the country, but around here that would be a good way to get the shit beat out of you and taste your own barbequed balls. Just sayin' and thats presumin no other guns present. |
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I'm gonna have to frisk you maam..... So much WIN there; not even funny. 
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Nice! 
Is that you or your woman? |
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Easy to fap to. |
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Another super here. I work in NYC, however. No carry for me, my NYS permit is not even legal within city limits.
I can think of a few occasions where having a gun on me would be a good idea. I don't know if you guys ever heard of "coalitions". These are basically black and hispanic extortion organizations. They come on the site and demand you hire their "members" under threats of physical violence. I've been threatened a few times while working in the Bronx and Manhattan. I also had two coalition members attack a tile setter with knives and shovels right in front of me. I've seen buses-full of these guys pull up to the job and stop all work, attacking everyone that didn't put their tools down. I know of occasions where massive fights would break out on sites between coalitions and workers, bricks thrown from windows onto the coalition buses, shootouts between rival coalition members next to job sites etc. They were really bad in the 1990s and early 2000s. I think it's subsiding now, but they still come out on occasion. Also had a coalition member threaten to shoot everyone on site because he didn't get his paycheck. The reason he didn't get it is because he stole a bag full of power tools and ran away with them. A week later he came back and demanded his money. Well, my foundation guy found it easier to pay than to deal with possible problems. So yes, I would like to be able to carry on a jobsite. I did know a supt that carried, he had a Kahr PM9 in an ankle holster. If he were to get caught, he was looking into 3 years. But he chose to do it anyway. |