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jason812 wrote:

HighHandicap wrote:

VMI77 wrote:

NotRPB wrote: If I can't carry my handgun, I'm happy with a carrying a rifle concealed in a computer bag, briefcase, etc. which only gets displayed/used when shots come through the examination room door of the doctor's office and ...
If Successful .... By the time the Police arrive I just have a carrying a rifle concealed in a computer bag, briefcase, etc. they can examine if they want to.

Pistol or Rifle ... Who would, when police arrive, not to reholster or be dumb enough to still have a weapon in hand?

Exactly.

I carry a backpack almost everywhere I go. I'm a dad so I have all kinds of kids stuff in there and nobody bats an eye. I've been scouring the web for a bag that could handle an SBR but most of them look like rifle bags even though they're supposed to be "discreet". The ones that don't scream rifle bag, are usually just one big pocket and don't have any utility beyond concealing the rifle. I think a tennis racket bag or similar would seem really odd. It's not often that I see folks walking around the mall/wal-mart/dr's office, carrying their rackets.

I'm getting one of these:
http://www.lawtactical.com/ar_folding_s ... /99312.htm

Pricey yes, but it will make finding a backpack a lot easier.

You would think, but I'm still having a tough time finding a bag that I consider to be acceptable. I currently use a maxpedition sitka and I'm looking for something similar (maybe without all the molle) but about 22"-25" long.

VMI77 wrote:

NotRPB wrote: If I can't carry my handgun, I'm happy with a carrying a rifle concealed in a computer bag, briefcase, etc. which only gets displayed/used when shots come through the examination room door of the doctor's office and ...
If Successful .... By the time the Police arrive I just have a carrying a rifle concealed in a computer bag, briefcase, etc. they can examine if they want to.

Pistol or Rifle ... Who would, when police arrive, not to reholster or be dumb enough to still have a weapon in hand?

Exactly.

I carry a backpack almost everywhere I go. I'm a dad so I have all kinds of kids stuff in there and nobody bats an eye. I've been scouring the web for a bag that could handle an SBR but most of them look like rifle bags even though they're supposed to be "discreet". The ones that don't scream rifle bag, are usually just one big pocket and don't have any utility beyond concealing the rifle. I think a tennis racket bag or similar would seem really odd. It's not often that I see folks walking around the mall/wal-mart/dr's office, carrying their rackets.

I find the topic of using an SBR as your EDC very interesting.

At this point, over half of my life has been spent training with an AR and I'm much more comfortable and proficient with an AR than I am with any handgun. I've certainly been considering getting a backpack and using that as a way to conceal and SBR for my PDW/EDC. I'll have to ask some of my LEO friends for their thoughts on the topic. I'm sure it would make you an obvious target if you were using it in a defensive scenario with LEO arrived on scene but I wonder what the likelyhood is of us being engaged in a long enough firefight that we'd still have our weapons deployed by the time the LEO's arrived on scene.

Another consideration is, what if it's not a justifiable defense scenario or even if it is? Could the family of the bad guy come after you for a federal violation for using an NFA item during commission of a crime? For that matter, would choosing to use a rifle/SBR/subgun seem to a DA or jury that you were out looking for trouble?

Lots of good thoughts and questions that are probably off topic for this thread but still intriguing to think about.