Appendix Carry - Massad Ayoob gives the Pros and Cons of AIWB Carry. Critical Mas 54

We are answering questions from You, the viewer. One question was, What is Massad Ayoob opinion about Appendix Carry. Mas lists the pros and cons of carrying AIWB. He looks at the balance of speed, comfort and safety. Mas give you all the info. It is up to you if you want to carry appendix.

Critical Mas(s) with Massad Ayoob is a show that provides expert analysis over a wide range of contemporaneous topics related to civilian and law enforcement self-defense, the use of force, and second amendment issues, provided by a renowned and established author with a career spanning decades in training law enforcement officers and the public at large, who is frequently called upon to provide expert witness testimony.

ABOUT MASSAD AYOOB:
Massad Ayoob has been handgun editor of GUNS magazine and law enforcement columnist for AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications, and law enforcement journals. He is the author of some twenty books on firearms, self-defense, and related topics, including “In the Gravest Extreme” and “Deadly Force,” widely considered to be authoritative texts on the topic of the use of lethal force.

The winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner of the Year Award in 1998, Mas has won several state and regional handgun shooting championships. Ayoob was the first person to earn the title of Five Gun Master in the International Defensive Pistol Association. He is the current President of the Second Amendment Foundation. He served 19 years as chair of the Firearms Committee of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and several years as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. In addition to teaching for those groups, he has also taught
for the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and the International Homicide Investigators seminars.

Mas has received judicial recognition as an expert witness for the courts in weapons and shooting cases since 1979, and served as a fully sworn and empowered, part-time police officer for 43 years, mostly at supervisor rank. Ayoob founded the Lethal Force Institute in 1981 and served as its director until 2009, and now trains through Massad Ayoob Group. He has
appeared on CLE-TV delivering continuing legal education for attorneys, through the American Law Institute and American Bar Association, and has been retained to train attorneys to handle deadly force cases through the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. Ayoob served for two
years as co-vice chair of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also appeared in each episode of Personal Defense TV (Sportsman’s Channel).

0:00 - Pros of Appendix Carry
1:45 - Speed Factor
3:00 - Comfort Factor
4:25 - Safety Issue
6:25 - The Choice is Yours

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[indigomer]

I appreciate that Wilson Combat is willing to use this channel for more than just advertising their products or services. They put aside time and use their experience to genuinely educate people in depth, entirely for free on a public platform. To Mr. Ayoob and the others who put out content for this channel, I appreciate you and I’m sure I don’t speak for just myself.

[krashdude]

"The genitalia and the femoral said

[wildmikefilms]

One thing he didn't mention is that with AIWB you always have a visual on the status of the gun. When I carry 4 o'clock I have to physically check with my hand to make sure its still concealed correctly or is printing. If my shirt is riding up or whatever. When in appendix, I always know what's going on, and I am the only one who can get to it.

[TONY]

This has been one the best and most balanced presentations on this highly debated topic. Great job, Mr. Ayoob. Thank you very much. I carry strong arm OWB because of training and simply years of duty and CCW. Basically, habit.

[flyboy]

Was a 3-4 o’clock carrier for a couple decades, but with some of the newer technology, switched over to appendix carry about 3 years ago and haven’t looked back since, mainly for the retention. As a guy, the place I notice the greatest improvement in feeling secure is when standing at a urinal - both hands in front are still guarding my firearm, whereas side-carry always left me feeling much more vulnerable since both hands were in front of me.

[LF]

This guy is so good, he's got one eye on us and one eye on the door.

[adventurfly]

I appendix carry every day. I did however opt for a p365 with the manual safety due to what I perceived was a trigger weight a little light for concealed carry. I've trained that manual safety into every draw and always have one in the pipe.

[heidi]

Im a woman. With a large chest. I'm having a hard time deciding where to carry. I'm have a lil squish, beer belly. I think appendix carry is what is best for me. I'm still trying to sort it out. Thanks WC. I love the context. As always.

[matt]

I watched a bunch of old Mas videos this weekend and was surprised with how wicked his sense of humor was back in the day. Great content as always!

[billhoppe]

Thanks so much. I'm 73 and have been carrying strong side OWB so long that I truthfully just don't want to change. I really look forward to all of your videos.

[wingman]

Yes. The shoulders back and watching the gun holstering is the way. You should have time for this whether at the range or after an incident is over. Excellent. Thank you.

[stumpyhigginbottom]

There's at least one secondary advantage to AIWB, in my opinion. Because it's intrinsically uncomfortable to wear AIWB while sitting, I've found that my seated posture is best when carrying appendix. I don't slouch forward; I keep my lower back and lower abs slightly engaged; I sit further forward in my seat and have better foot placement on the ground.. It makes a small but noticeable difference over the course of a day.
Thanks for the video. Always nice to see Mas give us some of that 50-year wisdom most of us can only hope to have someday.

[MSmatt]

I believe the popularity with appendix carry has helped bring favor back to DA/SA hammer-fired guns. A decocked hammer fired gun is a great option if considering appendix carry, IMO.

[dl]

Pros and cons is one of the basics that keeps me coming back to your presentations, Mas.

[lazerusmfh]

Appendix carry for the better part of 15 yrs thanks for the safety reminders.

[manderson]

Personally, I only feel comfortable running an AIWB when it’s an SA/DA hammer-fired gun. I bought a 365 shortly after they fixed the pin drag issue and loved the gun, but I ended up selling it because I ALWAYS stressed while holstering it AIWB.

[thomasw.]

i carry appendix, and when holstering gun i almost always take holster out, put gun in and after that i put holstered gun back into appendix carry, only when gun is empty after safety check and magazinless, i put gun directly into appendix carried holster

[Wldtm]

I find that I'm only comfortable with Aiwb when using a revolver. Both from a safety and a comfort position. A longer gun or one less curved just doesn't work for me. Interesting to think that back when a lot of guys justshoved a gun into the waistband. Pants were worn four or five Inches higher. Doing that I could probably caryy a full size 1911 comfortably.

[thinman]

The caution about what the muzzle blast would do from an unintentional discharge when re-holstering appendix carry . . .

[bjs]

I've carried at 3 O'clock to 4:30 for over 50 years. I appreciate the advantages of appendix carry, but it's just not for me. Also, I always trained to twist away from an attacker, so that my gun and shooting arm are out of his reach. The late 60s is not a good time of life to start retraining things that have become instinctive.