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Opening Up To Off-Body Carry (Page 2)

In the old days, off-body carry entailed rudimentary “fanny packs” for handguns and firearm-specific cases for rifles and shotguns. Today, a wide variety of discreet cases make off-body carry a whole new proposition.

The other consideration is the casualness about safety and responsibility that such gun carrying methods can sometimes bring about. When no longer needed, fanny packs can be tossed on car seats, tabletops and bedspreads. Purses can be left on counters or hung on the backs of chairs. Backpacks can be set on the floor, rested in shopping carts or set down next to us on public transportation or restaurant seating. Briefcases can be left behind to remain unattended on or alongside our desks. The same can be true of those portfolios and planners that I mentioned. Even discreet long gun cases can be too easily left alone for just a moment because after all, it is “just a moment” and “nobody knows there is a gun in it anyway.” Bad idea!

If you do plan on using any of these methods to go armed throughout your day, then you need to be just as much on guard against these mindset issues as you do those external threats that warranted your carrying the firearm in the first place. These off-body solutions can solve some problems but like many things in life, they can bring about others of their own making. However, if you approach them logically and carefully, they too can be resolved in your favor.

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3 Responses to Opening Up To Off-Body Carry (Page 2)

Tom Marx wrote:
December 01, 2013

Mr. Martinez, I hate to be the one correcting anybody here but “Frebitz” is mistaken. The pictured planner is not a BLACKHAWK! but is, in fact, the one I refer to in the article. It is a Galco “Hidden Agenda” and the biggest plus it offers (beyond very good looks and an exterior that does not resemble a gun case) is the fact that it actually looks and works like a conventional scheduler. Most such planning simulators merely serve in that function when closed (Galco makes one of those too; its their “Defense Planner”. And for the record, BLACKHAWK! does make one like that: they call it their “Day Planner Holster”.), so if you are merely looking for something to walk around with that stays closed (zippered) up in your hand, briefcase or pack, they are fine. But what I like so much about the Galco “Hidden Agenda”, is that with its second compartment that contains a conventional calendar and notepad, you can open it, work from it, write in it, and not only still hide the gun, but actually further increase the illusion that you are unarmed (while at the same time, making the handgun you possess, even more readily available than it would be in most of the other designs). As much of my work revolves around law-enforcing applications, this approach has numerous advantages but even in civilian uses, it gives you something more than just a “gun rug” (traditional zippered gun case) in which to carry and conceal your firearm “off the body”. It gives you something all of the items I discussed in the article are supposed to have: good but not gimmicky functionality in regard to hiding the gun in plain sight. It looks exactly like something else and yet it does exactly what you need, both safely and discretely. Use the Galco link that's found further along in the article and then either formally open or just pull down the Drop-Down Menu on their Homepage that is accessible through the “Holsters & Ammo Carriers” button at the top of that Homepage. Either way, when it opens, click on the “Specialty Holsters” category and when you get there, click on the “Hidden Agenda” image/link. It opens up to a very detailed page about the device, which itself offers up to two separate groups of photos that illustrate its dual function (that of both planner and gun carrier). Hope this helps and I also hope you enjoyed the article. Tom Marx

Frebitz wrote:
November 26, 2013

@Matt- Blackhawk, but I made one with a double CD wallet and some velcro strips from Home Depot. Didn't cost $68.

Matt Martinez wrote:
November 26, 2013

I would like to know who make the day planner in the picture above