I spent six years in the Army and was authorized to carry a pistol concealed during part of it. I carried AIWBNH when I did. I have carried AIWBNH for over two years now and have carried that way during several week-long and weekend classes. I run a large ranch and carry that way all the time when working stock or doing field work, etc. I also have a day job and carry at work when I can. I am armed this way unless I am in bed.Liberty wrote:
You really might want to reconcider getting a holster. A holster not only helps secure the weapon, it also protects it against damage and the trigger is protected against an unintentional activation accidental trigger pull. I assume your XD doesn't have a manual lever operated safety. This is particularly dangerous to carry without holster protection.
Bottom line - it works for me. Millions of Mexicans can't be wrong either!
Here is why AIWBNH is superior.
1. The area between my pants and my t-shirt is just as smooth as the inside of a holster. There is nothing to grab or hook the trigger.
2. Many pistols can ND in holsters due to clothing getting between the holster and the trigger. This cannot occur in AIWBNH so technically, its safer.
3. I can do full flips and roundoffs with AIWBNH and the pistol stays put.
4. A holster can and will get hung up on stuff as can the pistol when you are moving in certain directions. Not so AIWBNH.
5. No one can come at me either from the front, side or back and easily grab my pistol unlike OWB and some IWB rigs.
6. I can easily access the pistol while sitting, driving, and being knocked to the ground.
7. I dont have a holster dangling when I visit the men's room.
8. Its very easy to rearm/disarm when I go to a client site or the gym or get ready to leave the house or have to work on heavy machinery.
9. Its a faster, more natural draw stroke when under physical attack or otherwise.
10. I can easily do an off-hand draw.
11. If someone does get the drop on you, they probably wont find the weapon if they search you.
12. Its virtually impossible to print or be made.
As for manual safeties, I consider them to be unsafe for conceal carry weapons or weapons that have to be drawn and used NOW because they can be forgotten or bobbled in a surprise situation. I have seen highly trained shooters bobble their safeties during high-stress FOF training or during mock physical fights and thus they lost the fight.
I do think manual safeties are required for weapons used during deliberate assault such as police or military teams when working in group.
I suggest you go get an airsoft G19 and carry in AIWBNH for a while and see what you think. Have someone punch you there, get up and do stuff with it. You will find that it is a natural place to carry the pistol and after a while you will love not having to carry a holster. If you are not in shape, then you probably wont want to try it.
Here is a real life situation where "Mexican Carry" paid off.
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/open_ac ... 133203.php
"About that time, Hector, a friend of the Wolfe Street renters, whose last name they would not reveal, happened to show up at the house.
Hector had never been to the house before and none of the other guests had any idea he was going to drop by for a visit, they said.
"When Hector showed up, (the robbers) walked him to the back room, too," Whitman said.
She said the two made Hector empty out his pockets and take off his shoes just like everybody else. What the two didn't realize was that Hector had a .45 caliber pistol tucked in the front of his jeans.
One of the attackers was in the kitchen area and the other in the front hallway when Hector began shooting.
It played out just like a scene from a movie, Whitman said.
"When the robber tried to rob (Hector), he emptied his pockets, then said, 'I don't know who you think you're robbing,'" she said Monday afternoon. "That's when he pulled out his gun and began shooting them."
Hector allegedly fired two shots at the suspect in the kitchen and three at the suspect in the hallway.
"He took both of them out before either had a chance to shoot back," Herd said. "It all happened so fast ... It's a blur."
The suspect in the kitchen was shot in the abdomen; the one in the hallway was fatally shot in the right side.
"After Hector shot (the robbers), we all crawled out the windows of the house, and (Hector) stayed inside to make sure we got out safe," Whitman said."
What is AIWBNH?
Really? 
