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Off Body Carry: What Do You Have to Overcome
Off body carry is gaining popularity, but it comes with real trade-offs. Here’s why we treat it as a last resort and what to weigh before you rely on it.
July 15, 2026
Off body carry is gaining popularity, but it comes with real trade-offs. Here’s why we treat it as a last resort and what to weigh before you rely on it.
Recently my amigo Josh wrote an article titled “Why I Hate Off Body Carry“.
In speaking with female students who come through our firearm training course the most common concern initially is in finding a way to carry a concealed firearm that is in line with modern female style and also functional as it relates to self-defense.
Today, Riley is MIA so Jacob teams up with Beth Alcazar to hash out off body carry. The objective here is to avoid shaming off body carry or thinking of it exclusively as a woman thing, and instead tackling it from the perspective of HOW to do it well. Tune in and share your thoughts and questions with us as well!
About 40 years ago when I started my quest to discover the perfect Concealed Carry (CC) gun and perfect holster, I began to realize the immensity of this ongoing challenge. I compare each of the holsters I am considering buying to each of my 10 criterion which are…
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