So, you are hiding from the police and gun owners? Are you afraid of them?

I’m not an asshat and I don’t wear these vests because they are a dead giveaway that you are likely carrying. Police know it, gun owners know it.

I prefer to be discreet and the only time I want someone to know I have a gun if when it’s in my hand.

Don’t know. I had a homeless guy once target me for my shoes. Not that he needed shoes because he was wearing shoes that looked almost brand new but said he liked mine and was going to take them so I went into ‘here it comes’ mode ready just in case he did try something and started moving away from him to go a different direction. But then he asked me if I had a gun, so I’m thinking he is seriously thinking about attacking. As I continued moving away I told him it would not be a good idea to try to find out. He said ‘nah man, I think ya have a gun so I’m not gonna take your shoes.’ and turned to leave.

So after that a few seconds later as I was watching him shuffle away with that drugged out unsteady gait I realized how he got those almost new shoes he was wearing, and someone went home without shoes and maybe to the hospital because this was a really big homeless guy.

Never know what crazy people will target you for.

Lets suppose they knew who he was and had been casing him…. that it its self shows that criminals did indeed surveil their target with a fanny pack.

But aside from that incident, what about all the others (not just the few examples I posted, there are thousands of these) that had a commonality of the victims having a fanny pack. Ya don’t think criminals notice a fanny pack?

Street level criminals (especially the ‘slash, grab and run’ types) often target fanny packs because they are seen as easy to access (being outside the body, and generally with a strap behind the body they can slash from behind for the ‘slash, grab and run’ types), plus they are associated with tourists or others who may carry cash and valuables.

Think about it, do people wear a fanny pack just to carry it around all day empty? No, most people using fanny packs tend to put their stuff in it for easy access and that is often wallets and credit cards and cash and sometimes prescription drugs that can fetch some cash on the streets or ‘self medicating drugs’ like pot, or other things that might be valuable to the criminal – and you don’t think criminals are not aware of this and don’t notice fanny pack people?

Then there is the ‘looks harmless’ factor. The more harmless you look the more the criminal sees you as prey, especially the ‘target of opportunity’ type of criminal. Sure, maybe you are armed but the criminal may not know that, and indeed criminals surveyed in prisons have said they would avoid targets they thought might be armed with a firearm. But wearing a fanny pack to ‘conceal carry’ the firearm does not mean you will not be targeted because the criminal thinks you could possibly be carrying something of value they might want and they know people do carry valuables and cash in fanny packs. So they might not pick you out as a ‘shoot-me-first cause I have a gun in my fanny pack’ type of thing – but that does not mean they will not target you simply ’cause fanny pack could contain something valuable.

Nonsense. For all we know, they knew WHO he was, and had been casing him. How many people have THAT much money on them? It wasn’t random.

Perfect answer.

But do you take cover first? Draw while taking cover?

Draw while digging around in your fishing vest AND taking cover?

Lol

So many things to worry about, maybe just a good belt and a quality holster is enough. Leave the fishing vest in the truck?

He did research on that subject. I’ve heard his interviews from years ago. Very educational.

You need to learn how not to act like a victim.

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