{"id":2064,"date":"2024-01-30T12:10:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2024-01-30T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:10:28","slug":"dressed-to-kill-5-11-tacticals-new-blazer-redefines-carry-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2064","title":{"rendered":"Dressed to Kill: 5.11 Tactical\u2019s New Blazer Redefines Carry Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Doug Howlett Photo\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-696x928.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/511TacticalBlazer-560x747.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"5.11 Tactical Blazer\" title=\"5.11 Tactical Blazer\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Howlett Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing I have come to recognize over the years is gun owners, and more specifically people who carry guns for self-defense, come in all shapes and sizes and certainly hail from all walks of life. Let\u2019s face it, not all of us care to rock the 80s dad fanny pack nor does every occasion call for donning today\u2019s ever-popular tactical pants with their 27 utility pockets. It\u2019s not necessary to always look like you\u2019re about to teach a firearms class. Sometimes, you need to dress a little nicer, whether it\u2019s dinner at an upscale restaurant with the only potential mate you matched with on Bumble in the past two months or attending your sister\u2019s third wedding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter 5.11 Tactical, who listened to the suggestions of some legit security bad asses; dudes who provide high-level protection for politicians and executives. That means they do it in suits or at the very least dress jackets so as to blend-in with the hobnobbers and not freak-out their refined senses when toting enough hardware below the surface to put down a minor Somali revolt. They wanted something that would move with them, flex as they needed to flex, yet keep equipment covered whether going waistband or shoulder-holster. They also needed quick access beneath the jacket and yes, they still needed some of the pockets found in their tactical pants, just without it looking like they were there. In other words, they still needed to look nice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response, at this year\u2019s SHOT Show in Las Vegas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.511tactical.com\">5.11 Tactical<\/a> displayed their answer to these requests: a sharp looking, navy blazer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first glance, the blazer looks like any key component of a South Carolina tuxedo. It\u2019s navy blue, nicely cut and lightweight. But here\u2019s where the devil always rides in on the details, the thing is made of amazing stretch fabric that would rival the comfort of any athletic warm-up, and the pockets in the jacket have slits that allow you to discreetly grip your sidearm and draw it if necessary, but do it in a way that maintains discretion, until we want to be anything but discreet. And you don\u2019t have to be a Secret Service agent to appreciate the design; it can be worn by and appreciated by anyone who needs to look nice but wants to carry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even better, for those of us who attend more formal functions when we travel, but like to pack light, the jacket is made of wrinkle-free material. So, you can fold it up in a carry-on or even backpack, pull it right out of the bag and wear it to speak on the podium at your next political fundraiser or show your next home listing to the young couple still struggling to qualify for their starter house\u2026or virtually whatever it is you actually do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, the jacket won\u2019t be ready for consumers until later in 2024, but when it does, it should pop up on 5.11 Tactical\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.511tactical.com\/new.html?gender=800927\">website<\/a> or in one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.511tactical.com\/store-locator\">retail shops<\/a> scattered across the country for around $165. Oh, and when you visit either, they do have plenty of great options when it comes to tactical pants for those occasions when we don\u2019t have to dress so sharp and actually do want to do some cool stuff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/dressed-to-kill-5-11-tacticals-new-blazer-redefines-carry-style\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Howlett Photo One thing I have come to recognize over the years is gun owners, and more specifically people who carry guns for self-defense, come in all shapes and sizes and certainly hail from all walks of life. Let\u2019s face it, not all of us care to rock the 80s dad fanny pack nor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}