The Kingston(TM) Car Seat Holster

The Kingston(TM) Car Seat Holster

Since 08-02-08

http://desantisholster.com/n92.html

USCCA GEAR REVIEW

When I first heard about this holster, I knew I wanted to try it. I had a few concerns about it... but it was an idea that I had never tried before, and I knew I at least wanted to give it a shot!

Once it came is the mail, I took it right out to my vehicle, and installed it. It took about 60 seconds to install and get adjusted- the hardest part was feeding it below the seat. This wouldn't be a huge problem in a big truck or SUV (or even some cars), but once I got the strap under the seat and to the back, the rest of the installation was a cinch (literally, hahahaha).

One note here: When installed, the holster is sort of visible from the outside of the vehicle. There are a couple ways to deal with this:

1) Who cares. If you have no problem with someone walking by your parked car and seeing an empty holster stuck to your seat, there's not much to worry about. Your average person probably will just assume it holds a PDA or something anyway.

2) Push it down. If you just push the holster down, it will slide beneath the seat. This worked well for me, and you can just pull it back up when you're ready to holster up. You MIGHT have to tighten it up a little after you do this, but probably not. You can STILL see the strap holding the holster on, but with all the car-seat accessories nowadays, people would probably not even look twice.

3) Take the holster off, OR only use it when you are going to need it. Here's what I mean: For short trips in your vehicle, you probably won't even need to use this holster. I DID however, find it VERY useful for long trips. That said, you might just want to pop this holster on and off when you are going on a long trip.

Here's what I LOVE about this holster:

1) It gets the gun off your body. Even the most comfortable carrying positions CAN get less comfortable on long road trips. Plus, if you carry on the front of your waist-band, you have the concern of your seatbelt jabbing the gun into your gun if you are in a car wreck.

2) Above all... your gun is RIGHT there. I mean, when I drive in a relaxed position, my strong hand is usually on my strong knee anyway. From there, you're about ten inches from your gun! No matter where I can think of carrying, drawing while sitting in my vehicle is NEVER faster than it is with this rig.

One VERY important factor you are going to want to consider...

First, this holster MIGHT not be considered "concealed" in your state. Some states require that your gun be concealed inside your car!

Second, if you DO get pulled over and your gun is right there, it might be a little awkward for you. You can close your knees together and hide it, but you're going to have to tell the officer eventually, and some might be a little more weary of a gun THAT accessible than they would if you said "Here is my permit officer, and I am armed... my gun is behind my back inside my belt."

Just some food for thought!

Overall, I really do like this holster. I think it's a great idea!

For more information on this rig, visit this link:

http://desantisholster.com/n92.html

Thanks DeSantis!