Exactly ditto... though Greenwood Mall persuaded me to make "rare" become "never" without spare mag... even if just theoretical or psychological...Extra mag carrier here. There are a few times I don't, but that is rare.
Exactly ditto... though Greenwood Mall persuaded me to make "rare" become "never" without spare mag... even if just theoretical or psychological...Extra mag carrier here. There are a few times I don't, but that is rare.
Your on it.I guess I am more towards the side of carrying extra mag/mags dependent on where or what I am doing. I know it doesn't help but I do carry First aid kit and extra mags in car(s). It is mostly just an urge type of thing for me. People just have to figure out what the purpose is and follow it. It is a well-meant thought of carrying spares/extras but when all is considered, most don't have situational awareness and/or training. I am NOT saying that all are unprepared yet do feel that it is useless to have the extra where-with-all if one is not prepared in their own state of being (such as training in both use and awareness of the environment.). --"One Man's Opinion!
Exactly! Carry if you will, or don't. It is up to one's self to decide the better. I myself have a go-bag in each of my vehicles, though I am lax in carrying extra on my person.Might as well carry extras. None of us can predict if something will happen and how long it will last. Honestly I don't think there is a right/wrong answer. If I get into a gunfight and fire 6 rounds to end it, would I be considered "over-prepared" to have 3 extra mags on me? Or if I bring 3 mags and end up in a prolonged situation where I could have actually used 6, was I "under-prepared"?
I think having something is better than nothing any day, but none of us can really say how much something is going to be enough.
99% of us are LARPing when we carry so it doesn't really matter.
I'm with several of the posters on here with, "Where do you carry all that stuff?" Do you never just throw on a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and flip flops to run to McDonalds? Is every venture outside your home akin to gearing up for a raid against enemy combatants?
If you run a backup mag, why not have a backup for your backup? What about a backup for your backup backup? If you're running lots of spare mags why aren't you running a spare gun? If you need your little gun you might need your big gun!
Where does it stop???
Nope.Do you never just throw on a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and flip flops to run to McDonalds?
If you run a backup mag, why not have a backup for your backup? What about a backup for your backup backup? If you're running lots of spare mags why aren't you running a spare gun? If you need your little gun you might need your big gun!
We live in a dangerous world. If the shooting at GPM doesn't solidify that for people, then nothing will short of having a violent encounter happen to you. I have my gun on me at all times when I'm not at home. At home my gun is either on my hip, or within arms reach. The one rare exception is when I go jogging and then I wear a knife around my neck. You never know when you'll be confronted with violence and the need to respond. I hope I go my entire life without needing my gun or knife, but I'd rather have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.To that, as I said in another thread recently: "Prepared" is a scale, not a binary condition. Nobody is running around in concealable body armor. Way more of us are going to die from a heart attack than a gunshot, yet how many have a defibrillator at hand? How many carry a gun but drive some econobox with a 3 star crash rating? Different levels of prepared for different risks, and we're all like that if we're honest with ourselves.
I feel it is also a state of mind. As in other threads, when you finally decide to carry you feel everyone is staring at your gun. You carry a while, are more comfortable carrying. Then you work on other carry positions, holsters, etc. Then other carry weapons, chambered or not chambered. A lot is a state of mind as you mature in your own carry mentality.To that, as I said in another thread recently: "Prepared" is a scale, not a binary condition.
LOL, I am not a shorts and flip flops kind of guy, so no.
I had to put pants on to do chainsaw/clearing work for a couple of days. Even then considered shorts. Every other day since May has been shorts.99% of us are LARPing when we carry so it doesn't really matter.
I'm with several of the posters on here with, "Where do you carry all that stuff?" Do you never just throw on a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and flip flops to run to McDonalds? Is every venture outside your home akin to gearing up for a raid against enemy combatants?
If you run a backup mag, why not have a backup for your backup? What about a backup for your backup backup? If you're running lots of spare mags why aren't you running a spare gun? If you need your little gun you might need your big gun!
Where does it stop???
Most of us will never need our carry guns but it's cool to carry and I'm all for the debate of what's necessary and what's not. And anything we carry - guns, mags, lights, knives, armor, etc. - isn't "necessary."
We shouldn't be addressing this from a necessity standpoint. Our guns & gear are seldom necessary. This is strictly an, "I like it so I do it." debate. If we pull necessary into it we lose the argument immediately.
Absolutely, most malfunctions can be fixed by changing mags when all else fails.Haven’t seen the videos yet, but I’m an “always carry a spare mag” kind of guy.
Larping ???99% of us are LARPing when we carry so it doesn't really matter.
I'm with several of the posters on here with, "Where do you carry all that stuff?" Do you never just throw on a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and flip flops to run to McDonalds? Is every venture outside your home akin to gearing up for a raid against enemy combatants?
If you run a backup mag, why not have a backup for your backup? What about a backup for your backup backup? If you're running lots of spare mags why aren't you running a spare gun? If you need your little gun you might need your big gun!
Where does it stop???
Most of us will never need our carry guns but it's cool to carry and I'm all for the debate of what's necessary and what's not. And anything we carry - guns, mags, lights, knives, armor, etc. - isn't "necessary."
We shouldn't be addressing this from a necessity standpoint. Our guns & gear are seldom necessary. This is strictly an, "I like it so I do it." debate. If we pull necessary into it we lose the argument immediately.