IWB/OWB carry and the Public Bathroom

[LLthesign]

Originally Posted by BonoVox

Urinal isvery bad because you turn your back to everything and everyone.

But let’s say standing up in a stall, you can unzip fly and pull down underwear without unbuttoning pants or unlatching your belt. Give it a try.

Boy, I can't wait to get home and try all the new things I'm learning.

[Apeman88]

Originally Posted by LLthesign

Boy, I can't wait to get home and try all the new things I'm learning.

It's like potty training all over again!! Quick!! Get the floating ball for target practice!! And don;t forget to give yourself a if successful!!

We're potty training my 3 year old boy... I think I should train him with CCW techniques in mind.

[BonoVox]

Originally Posted by Apeman88

It's like potty training all over again!! Quick!! Get the floating ball for target practice!! And don;t forget to give yourself a if successful!!

We're potty training my 3 year old boy... I think I should train him with CCW techniques in mind.

I seriously practiced this weekend! Just to see if it is possible! I plan to even try the CCW technique at the next ball game I go to "unarmed of course". Beer in one hand and ok you get the point.

[weaselope]

Just don't shoot anyone's **** off and you'll be fine.

[THaves]

Great question and very interesting reading.

I would suggest that you never use a public bathroom unless desperate, and if so never use the urinal ( that includes you Bex).

You are most exposed at the urinal ( excuse the pun) it does not matter if your armed or not you are at your most vulverable. A public restroom is top of the list for choke points with car parks for the best place for BG's to attack.

Knife in your back give me your wallet, and I bet most of you have your gun hand on your privates ( not you Bex).

So if you have to go, always use the stall, I always use the disabled as it gives you more room if you are confronted and there are usually extra place to rest your weapon. Take your gun out ( laughs...ok your firearm) and leave it on your gun side in easy reach. The rest is up to you.

[IAmASensFan]

Originally Posted by hbliam

Stall...just take the gun out if you are worried about it and hold on to it. Then reholster when done.....

This method also helps you dispose of the errant trout that nearly got away...

[IAmASensFan]

Originally Posted by DParker

I'm not sure how else to pee at a urinal. What is the option...pull down your pants?

My developmentally delayed brother in law does that. Drops the pants and skivvies right down to the ground. I was mortified the first time I had to escort him to the mens room and he did that.

Everytime I go to the bathroom at G&M's in Baltimore ( G&M Crabcakes ) I have a chuckle.

[cockedlocked01]

1st of all, I don't take a s@@t in public rest-rooms. As to using the urinal, I don't understand the problem. I personally, don't undo my belt &/or my pants. That's what the zipper's for. I've never had a problem, & I've been carrying for over 13 yrs. literally every day.

[MarKing]

Originally Posted by cockedlocked01

1st of all, I don't take a s@@t in public rest-rooms. As to using the urinal, I don't understand the problem. I personally, don't undo my belt &/or my pants. That's what the zipper's for. I've never had a problem, & I've been carrying for over 13 yrs. literally every day.

I don't carry everyday here in Cali , but when I did in WA, this is exactly how I did.

[hbliam]

Originally Posted by MarKing

I don't carry everyday here in *ali, but when I did in WA, this is exactly how I did.

Please don't tell me we are digressing to gangbanger slang.. I live in California or Southern California, or So Cal.

[BonoVox]

Originally Posted by cockedlocked01

1st of all, I don't take a s@@t in public rest-rooms. As to using the urinal, I don't understand the problem. I personally, don't undo my belt &/or my pants. That's what the zipper's for. I've never had a problem, & I've been carrying for over 13 yrs. literally every day.

Sounds like a good plan. I follow it too except I go use the stall instead of the unprotected urinal whenever possible. I don't like turning my back to people with my CCW tucked IWB at 4 oclock.

[cockedlocked01]

Originally Posted by BonoVox

Sounds like a good plan. I follow it too except I go use the stall instead of the unprotected urinal whenever possible. I don't like turning my back to people with my CCW tucked IWB at 4 oclock.

I fully understand, & did the same. I've been appendix carrying, so it's not a problem. Of course, there's still some risk. A stall's better, I agree.

[PTLACDTYN]

Originally Posted by inboost

Ok, I know this is going to probably go down in flames, but I really do have a serious question!

I was wondering what the IWB/OWB CCW'er does when using the facilities in public. The urinal and the stall both present unique situations were it might be possible to reveal or even lose control of the firearm.

My largest concern was when in a stall and on the throne. The belt and pants supporting the carry rig are now around your ankles and the stall divider may not go all the way to the floor. If someone is in the stall on your strong side they may just get to see the firearm.

Other than avoiding them all together, what kind of advice do those who have been in such a situation have to offer?

Simple, I go to the end (last) of stall and close the door. For urinal, stand up and unzip, then pee. For stool, when you sit on the toilet then put your pant up by the knee and no one can see your gun, because right side of end wall. Or put your gun on the underwear, finish stool, then put it back in holster, remember put your finger off from trigger. Don't discharge it the bullet can go through the door to the bystander. Keep your finger off from trigger!

[El Gato]

Originally Posted by inboost

Ok, I know this is going to probably go down in flames, but I really do have a serious question!

I was wondering what the IWB/OWB CCW'er does when using the facilities in public. The urinal and the stall both present unique situations were it might be possible to reveal or even lose control of the firearm.

My largest concern was when in a stall and on the throne. The belt and pants supporting the carry rig are now around your ankles and the stall divider may not go all the way to the floor. If someone is in the stall on your strong side they may just get to see the firearm.

Other than avoiding them all together, what kind of advice do those who have been in such a situation have to offer?

Throne:... stiff belt and IWB so it don't "flopover" and hit the floor.. keep the belt loose but fastened and around the knees....I favor a threatsolutions.com IWB and wilderness tactical belt and it works well

But (pun intended) I had a friend who also followed the advice to unholster and hold onto it...the firearm (this is a serious question right?)... when sitting on the throne...shot himself in the thigh while....well...whatever...and was still sitting on the throne with a fired glock 27 and a 40 caliber hole in his leg....when the fire/police/sheriff and several of his buddies showed up... broke his leg really bad too so he couldn't move or anything.... and on duty as a reserve deputy along with being a Probation Officer and though it has been years... the jokes are as always....the gift that keeps on giving...especially as he still has a "limp"

[SVTNate]

I just unholster it and ask the guy in the next stall to hold it while I wipe.

Okay, I don't do that.

I drop the deuce in the AM. If I need to deuce it up all nasty style again in the PM, I'm usually home by then, or at the cigar lounge, where the bathroom is a single-person and there is a shelf where I can rest my holstered weapon while I peel the paint off the walls.

So far, I've never had to take the Browns to the Super Bowl in a true "public restroom" while carrying, because I plan ahead or the Browns get held by the Redskin defense until I can get home or to the cigar lounge.

I guess if I did have to grimace a hot smoky in a public restroom, I would place the holstered weapon in my LaDanian Tomlinson underroos and blow it all out.

And if you haven't noticed, I love slang terms for poop, because they make me giggle.

EDIT - Unless I was wearing my Antonio Gates banana hammock, then I guess I'm in trouble.