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After nearly a month of wearing nothing but dresses, I’ve come to the following conclusions:

1. Someone has got to start making and selling a better concealed carry thigh holster.

Everything I’ve tried has either been very painful (constriction, scratching, chafing, blisters) or slid down enough to become visible or even threaten to fall off 😱

These things are too expensive to keep “trying” and failing…

2. I may have to not only learn to sew, but learn to sew weird materials like stretch fabrics and Velcro just to be able to carry in a dress or skirt.

Sewing is expensive and intimidating to start and I’m not thrilled about jumping into the deep end as a rush job, even though I do want to learn to sew someday.

3. A truly open carry-friendly culture would be SO much better, especially for pregnant women.

#gunstr

#holstr

#selfdefense

#concealedcarry

#pregnancy

#fashion

#thisiswhyidontweardresses

#grownostr

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𝔼𝕣𝕪𝕟 𝔹𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠 2y ago

If anyone knows of a concealed carry thigh holster that is truly comfortable and stable, I welcome your recommendations!

a source familiar with the matter 2y ago

This triggers one of my favorite soapbox subjects: caliber

People see military & law enforcement carrying 9mm & up and conclude that they need this as well

But these calibers are chosen to engage at distance, possibly through light cover, and possibly to defeat a subject by eventual bleeding out (poking many large holes in them)

In contrast civilian self-defense occurs over shorter distances, with fewer rounds, and eventual bleeding out is rarely satisfactory

So I think for civilian self-defense people should generally carry smaller calibers (and thus smaller, lighter weapons) which still achieve good penetration, such as 380 ACP, 38 Sp (wadcutter) and 32 ACP (ball FMJ)

So while it's not at all a complete solution to your problem, I suggest you might have an easier time with something like a 38 Sp snub-nose or 32 mousegun than the compact 9mm you were probably told to buy

Apologies if this whole rant is entirely irrelevant or unhelpful to you, perhaps others will find it insightful

𝔼𝕣𝕪𝕟 𝔹𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠 2y ago

I’m actually having this problem with a 38 sp snub nose 😂 a relatively lightweight one, as well

Jac 2y ago

The problem seems to be that most woman’s clothing is designed to display hips, belly, waist, cleavage, small of your back, in some cases pudendum. What’s a girl to do? I appendix carry, I suppose double NA Arms or Bond Arms in a panty waist position would be inconspicuous if double bulges were present? There is always the safety aspect with appendix carry though. Breach the femoral artery and you have 30 seconds to live.

𝔼𝕣𝕪𝕟 𝔹𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠 2y ago

I actually found a solution I’m planning to make a post about very soon! It allowed me to carry comfortably in late pregnancy and will allow me to keep wearing dresses and skirts afterwards.

So when it comes to skirts and dresses, most of the fashion incompatibility you mentioned would be solved by wearing flowy skirts / dresses with a flowy skirt and a thigh holster underneath. As long as possible and flowy below the waist happens to be my style in skirts and dresses anyway. It’s just the thigh holsters I was finding were inadequate.

Stay tuned for what I ended up doing!