Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

folksi got a few questions. now that colder weather is getting here, we are starting to wear jackets. i was wondering if i wear a shoulder holster, put on a coat, go out to say... dinner, or lunch somewhere where you eat in, can i take my jacket off and still be legal? also as silly as this sounds, can i open carry in a shoulder holster and be legal? can a person carry 2 guns in a shoulder holster and still open carry?

A shoulder holster still qualifies as OC and you can carry as many guns as you want.

ProShooter wrote:A shoulder holster still qualifies as OC and you can carry as many guns as you want.

Right.

I'm not a big fan of shoulder holsters. I've used one with a compact 1911, and after a few hours, my shoulders were aching.

Jim

jrswanson1 wrote:I'm not a big fan of shoulder holsters. I've used one with a compact 1911, and after a few hours, my shoulders were aching.

Jim

I doubt that it was because of the 1911. It was probably the thirteen loaded mags hanging off of it

Legally you can carry, two guns in shoulder holster, a couple on the hip and sling a rifle over the shoulder. This assumes you are not wondering in the woods without a hunting license.

Open carry is legal for anyone who can posses a gun legally in VA, with the exception of sensitive places, state and federal forests outside hunting season or on ranges.

We really need to get rid of all the "make the game wardens job easier laws"

"It was probably the thirteen loaded mags hanging off of it "

ROTFLMAO!

Except I wouldn't want to be the person behind you who is looking at the muzzle if it is a horozintal shoulder holster.

SELFDEFENSE wrote:Except I wouldn't want to be the person behind you who is looking at the muzzle if it is a horozintal shoulder holster.

Yes, but it is there regardless if you see it or not.

gunderwood wrote:

SELFDEFENSE wrote:Except I wouldn't want to be the person behind you who is looking at the muzzle if it is a horozintal shoulder holster.

Yes, but it is there regardless if you see it or not.

Friend of mine had a lady express concern about his shoulder holster. She didn't say much after he brought up what gunderwood did.

P.S.: I love your sig gunderwood.

t33j wrote:

gunderwood wrote:

SELFDEFENSE wrote:Except I wouldn't want to be the person behind you who is looking at the muzzle if it is a horozintal shoulder holster.

Yes, but it is there regardless if you see it or not.

Friend of mine had a lady express concern about his shoulder holster. She didn't say much after he brought up what gunderwood did.

P.S.: I love your sig gunderwood.

A similar "complaint" was made during a long range shoot I attended this past spring. Most people were open carrying on their hip and most holsters have some forward cant to them. When you lay prone, technically the barrel is pointed back at observers or your spotter (depending on setup). This is a common occurance in the military and happens at public shooting ranges all the time, you just don't usually see it because most people are CCing or doing what the instructor says or are in a war zone and have bigger issues. The same is true when hunting in groups. It isn't possible to keep the barrel pointed 90 degrees from anyone and everything.

In field conditions you have to handle the firearm proficiently in order to perform the task at hand. However, a certain degree of risk is assumed above and beyond a controlled environment like the range. Due to the very nature of it field operations, there almost certainly will be people "down range." Don't mistake this as justification for violating gun safety rules, on the contrary, always follow them, but it is important to understand how field conditions slightly reinterpret them compared to a sterile range.

Personally I don't see a reason to get bent out of shape over a firearm in a holster. One may as well freak over cased firearms, or ones stored in safes.

When the draw comes in, then it matters. But for simple carry? Worry about something worth worrying about.