Concealed Carry For Reality

As we start offering more tactical training, I want to provide a clear visual and the reasoning behind my personal everyday carry kit (picture at the bottom).
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I keep everything centralized on the abdomen: the gun, a fixed-blade knife, and an extra magazine all grouped along the centerline. That placement isn’t about style. It’s about function under stress. When you’re cut off from fine motor skills, injured, or being moved around, reaching to the centerline is the fastest, most reliable option. It’s easy to access one-handed, simpler to retain if you’re grabbed, and much safer if you take a hard fall or are thrown to the ground.

Mechanically, centerline carry changes the access picture. If an aggressor grabs your arm you can often get to the gun and draw by manipulating your wrist while keeping your motions compact and inward. Small, controlled movements near your core are far harder for someone to stop than big, sweeping reaches. If the gun were on my hip or lower back I’d need to retract my elbow and make a much larger arc to clear clothing and get a firing grip, a motion that’s easy to block or control in a grappling scenario. Keeping the package at the centerline lets me clear garments and obtain a usable grip with minimal, tightly controlled movement.

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