Ferrari Mailing List: CCW SECURITY ISSUES

[dale sailors (sailorsdaleedward]

Hi Larry,

             I know it is risky to break rules but if the facility doesn't routinely search

vehicles, I would be tempted to find an easily accessible spot to leave the piece.

I used to have aftermarket saddle blanket seat covers on a Toyota pickup that had a row of vertical pockets along the front of the bottom cushion  and a sling in the back from the seat to the rear cab wall  for two shoulder weapons. A padded or lined pistol pouch could be fastened under the seat, in a door pocket, etc. A waistband pouch system with integral holster could be left on the vehicle floor. For over 18 years a portion of my time was devoted to searching vehicles and contraband can be hard to find. Assuming you don't anticipate needing the piece on the facility property, under the hood or in the trunk are other possibilities. A small ice chest or insulated bottle with a wide mouth might allow for "hiding in plain sight". If someone is searched, don't look at the hidden item. Experienced "mules" if stopped at the border will sit on the inspection table and look 180 degrees from the vehicle being inspected. The highest rates of seizures are made by inspectors in my experience who key on the subjects actions more than they look at the search area. Ex prison guards are often very good at reading body language to detect contraband too.

       If you need the piece off facility, its better to say "Sorry." and still be alive.

       An example of bureaucratic thinking along this line was another Del Rio incident, Two DEA agents were going to make a narcotic buy at a hotel. Their backup was an old timer ex-Customs Agent/ Customs Patrol agent named Jesse Torres who had a drinking problem and was counting the days till retirement. Things went off scenario as the dopers just planned to kill the buyer and run with the money. The dopers had disarmed the undercover agents and were debating whether to have some fun with them prior to execution. Jesse burst in and ended the party with a magazine full from his unofficial semiautomatic pistol. The right two died at the party. Jesse was nominated for a Presidential award and got a long suspension for carrying an unauthorized firearm. Everyone thought the Agency decision was kind of "c.s." because he did have the issue weapon, he just used something much more situation appropriate. While the lower powered revolver might have worked, he would have run thru his on board ammo much sooner using a less effective cartridge. In Washington it must have looked different? In prespective during WW II , a SAS soldier did kill 5 German officers in a meeting room with two 455 caliber Webley revolvers but he was prepared well before the action, caught the persons seated and their response was slowed by flap top holsters. An older friend of mine named Martin Kelso winessed the man's after action report. He said the hardest thing to concentrate on was putting two rounds in each person before traversing to the next target. So a revolver might have worked for Jesse?

            Just some thoughts,

            Dale