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Agree with comfort issue. To me, comfort is just one of the trade offs that will vary from person to person based on their preferences. Fe a person may take any of the following routes re comfort:It's not tiresome if you also carry concealed outside often. After a few days you don't even notice it unless you wear it on the side. You'll bump it into things you unconsciously walk very close to. That goes away after a while too. This is assuming that you've found a comfortable holster and carry position.
Not a big deal though. Statistically you'll probably never need it. In my case it makes sense. Some people are going to be above the mean and some below it. I have been a data point on the unsafe side of the curve more than once.
1) Forget comfort, live with discomfort for sake of enough firepower (the Clint smith approach)
2) use a gun that is comfortable enough that you will have it all the time even if it's not the best in terms of firepower
3) golden middle, enough comfort that u can carry it almost all the time (or all the time), enough firepower to be effective
To me all those r valid depending on what ur preferences are. For me if u don't have a gun with you (or immediately available and ready to shoot when u need it) then pretty much any other discussion re type of gun etc is totally irrelevant.
For me a NAA 22 mag revolver is underpowered but at 6.7 ounces u will complete forget it's on ur belt or in ur pocket. Better than a knife but lacking in power. So that's a bare min for me if for some reason I couldn't carry anything bigger.
At home I carry a sig p938 9mm either in front pocket in alabama holster or sometimes in iwb holster. It so tiny (same size as lcp .380) I completely forget it's there because it is the only thing in that pocket. Weight is not light however (15 oz I think?) Outside edc can vary based on where I'm going. For me any gun u can shoot well (meaning draw smoothly, shoot accurately under intense stress) and that u will have with u is a valid choice. Totally up to the individual cuz preferences and risk tolerance all vary. That's just how I think about it, someone else may feel different which is all good. As long as we have more armed good guys out there it's a good thing!