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I’m not gonna give you a lot of crap about getting in touch with my feminine side, or being secure enough in my masculinity to carry a .32 for backup. I will tell you that for all but a week of that time, the .32 was a third gun, since I had an Airweight .38 on my left ankle and a Glock .45 on my right hip. But during the week where the .32 was my only backup I didn’t start going through withdrawal symptoms or anything.

This is the latest incarnation of the Tomcat, with an enlarged and more ergonomic safety lever, and Inox construction.

For all this time I used one holster: Jerry Ahern’s excellent pocket scabbard. While some pocket holsters, like the Kramer, require an upward draw to strip off the holster and clear the sidearm, the Ahern design needs you to rock the gun back with its muzzle pointed tactically toward the threat. Now it clears both pocket and holster, the holster perhaps hanging out of the pocket lining as the separation takes place. I found it unerringly effective.