Awhile back I conducted a short, informal survey with 100 of my former
concealed-carry class students.
The questions included:
Do you carry your handgun every day?
If not every day, how often do you carry?
What handgun do you carry?
How do you carry (OWB, IWB, appendix, etc)?
How often do you practice?
Sixty-two said they carry every day. This group preferred auto pistols,
with only three of them carrying revolvers. All but four carried outside the
waistband, and replied they went to the range at least twice a month, and
devoted a total of around two hours a week to dry fire.
Thirteen replied they carry three to four times a week. All carried pistols
and in every imaginable way, including ankle and cross-draw rigs.
This group went to the range one to two times a month, and only six said
they did any dry fire.
I was very disappointed in the remaining 25—a full quarter of the students
questioned. Most carried a concealed weapon only once or twice a
month. They often switched between different handguns as well as how
they carried, and practice was almost non-existent. The reasons they gave
were that handguns were too uncomfortable to carry, they only carried
when going into a “dangerous area,” and they couldn’t find the time to go
to the range or dry fire.