Too bad you can’t accept the printed truth.

Nice of you to post Israel-hate on Oct 7. Since your sarcastic criticism we’ve had Islamic terror in New Orleans, and who knows what’s next by the time this gets read. I’d cool the snarkyness.

After I completed that hot sweaty strenuous task, I had several more hit-or-miss days where it was again next-to-impossible to carry a full-size handgun and spare magazines on my hip. Coming to terms with the limitations of carrying a single Ruger LCP, I jumped aboard the “New York Reload” train and started carrying a second Ruger LCP in a pocket holster in my other front pocket. Thus I often carried two Ruger LCPs in pocket holsters in both front pockets. That gave me 14 shots without having to reload. Obviously, that is less than ideal in terms of handgun combat facing multiple determined attackers. Nevertheless, being able to shoot with a handgun in both hands at the same time offsets some of the disadvantage of the “mouse gun” platform.

Now that external conditions are changing to favor carrying a full-size handgun and spare magazines once again, I have to recommit to that. Although, having some experience now on the New York Reload train, I am probably going to start carrying my full-size “everyday carry handgun on my hip” and a compact semi-auto chambered in 9mm Luger on my other hip, with a smattering of spare magazines as well. That should provide 15+1 capacity on my full-size semi-auto chambered in .40 S&W and 12+1 capacity on my compact semi-auto chambered in 9mm Luger. Needless to say, having 29 shots of “respectable” calibers, without having to reload, makes me a bit harder to murder.

Now my conundrum is deciding on spare magazines. Do I carry spare magazines only for my full-size in .40 S&W? Do I carry spare magazines only for my compact 9mm Luger? Do I carry two spare magazines for my full size and one spare magazine for my compact? Or two of each spare magazine? Meh, with that much added weight on my belt, I might as well start carrying a cop on my back!