Free For All Friday 1-2-2015: More Ankle Holster Stuff

ankleIt’s a brand new year! Let me first take a moment to give my most sincere thanks to all of you that have been reading Gun Noob. I can’t possibly thank you enough. You all have journeyed me through 3 years of running this site and I look forward to many more years with you all.

Happy New Year and thanks again!

We start this year off with a question about ankle holsters. We’ve been talking a lot about them lately, for some strange reason, and Mike has a great one:

I see a lot of arguments against ankle carry. Are there any circumstances where ankle carry would be the preferred method of carry? -Mike H.

You’re right, there are a lot of arguments against it. The biggest one is that on the ankle isn’t readily accessible. The typical rule of thumb is, in a defensive situation, you need to either be shooting, reloading or moving. Trying to draw while moving with an ankle holster is going to have you hopping around on one foot or stopping and crouching to draw. Typically, ankle carry is relegated to backup guns and most people will carry a tiny snubnose revolver on the ankle in the off chance their main gun breaks or runs out of ammo.

So should you never use it? There are a couple of great reasons why you should ankle carry, or at the very least, shouldn’t discount it. For starters, it is super easy to conceal a gun there. Depending on your body size and the kind of pants you’re wearing you could probably hide a Desert Eagle .50 down there and no one would notice. If bellbottoms ever come back, you could even hide an AR-15! If you’re wearing skinny jeans…well…not so much. Sorry, hipsters. Also, when you’re in a sitting position or if your hands are bound, the ankle holster is probably the best spot a gun could be. 

The big one, for me at least, is for women who want to carry. I always recommend against off body carry (i.e. in a purse) but thanks to women’s fashion, hiding a gun anywhere else is near impossible. With ankle carry, it allows on body carry with a variety of outfits.


Thanks for the questions!

So do you have a question burning in your mind? We answer them every Friday so send them in! It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it’s arguably gun related we want to hear it! Head over to our Facebook or Twitter or Contact Page and send them in. See you next Friday!


Like what you read?  GunNoob is now part of Pew Pew Tactical.  Check out the rest of our awesome resources:

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *