A Reddit user said the scare happened at home, not out in public, and that was part of what made it hit so hard. He wrote that he was unloading groceries when his four-year-old reached into his pocket and pulled out his holstered Ruger LCP. According to the post, the worst part was that he did not feel it happening at all. He only realized what had happened after the gun was already out of his pocket and in his child’s hands.
He said the gun was still inside the holster, and the trigger was still covered, but that did not make him feel much better about the situation. In the post, he sounded shaken and embarrassed. He said the moment left him sick to his stomach and that he felt like a massive screwup. He also wrote that the whole thing was enough to make him stop carrying for a while because he was so rattled by how easily it happened.
The poster did not describe some long chain of mistakes or a complicated setup. He described a normal moment around the house that suddenly turned into a carry nightmare. One second he was dealing with groceries and kids like any other parent. The next, his child had removed the holstered pistol from his pocket without him even noticing. That was really the center of the story. It was not about a stranger, a threat, or a public scene. It was about realizing his carry setup had failed in the one place he never wanted it to fail.
In the comments, people reacted strongly. Some told him this was exactly why pocket carry has to be done with a holster and pocket setup that stays secure no matter what. Others said a child being able to pull the whole gun and holster free that easily meant the setup was not safe enough in the first place. A few people urged him not to stop carrying entirely, but instead to change the method and treat the incident as a hard lesson.
The original poster did not argue with much of that. He did not try to downplay what happened or make excuses for it. He wrote like somebody who already knew how bad it was and did not need anyone to spell it out. The post read more like a confession than a debate. He was clearly replaying the moment in his head and trying to come to terms with how close he had come to something much worse.
What stayed with people in the thread was how ordinary the setup was. He was not running, fighting, or crawling over something. He was home with groceries, and his child was close enough to reach into his pocket. That was all it took. No dramatic buildup. No warning. Just a normal family moment turning into the kind of mistake that makes somebody rethink everything about how they carry.
By the time the post ended, the message was pretty clear. The gun stayed holstered, and nothing worse happened, but the scare was enough for him to step back and admit he did not trust that setup anymore. He had been carrying in a way that felt normal until one small hand proved it was not secure at all.
What do you think — would a moment like that make you stop carrying for a while too, or change your setup the same day?
Original Reddit post: Hanging up my spurs for awhile…failing at pocket carry
