Carry method while backpacking

[Jamisjockey]

Yeah, but will you do it, right now 

If one is concerned about defense, you take appropriate steps out of mindset.  If one isn't that concerned about it, I consider that mindset to be vulnerable anyways. 

[roo_ster]

Packing a gun in a pack does seem a bit like purse carry.  It really is not on body, though the downside can be partially ameliorated via mindset and ingrained habit. Still, fall down an embankment and dislodge your pack and you are now disarmed, habit or no.  Maybe I fell down too many muddy embankments, though.

Also, am I the only one for whom the safepacker screams "gun."  Moreso than a fanny pack or shootme vest, which can be somewhat decoyed and are more common.

[SADShooter]

Packing a gun in a pack does seem a bit like purse carry.  It really is not on body, though the downside can be partially ameliorated via mindset and ingrained habit. Still, fall down an embankment and dislodge your pack and you are now disarmed, habit or no.  Maybe I fell down too many muddy embankments, though.

Also, am I the only one for whom the safepacker screams "gun."  Moreso than a fanny pack or shootme vest, which can be somewhat decoyed and are more common.

I think the SafePacker screams gun to US because we recognize it. To Joe or Jane Schmoe, the reaction could just as likely be "Wow, what a neat phone/PDA/geegaw carrier". JMO.

[dm1333]

Packing a gun in a pack does seem a bit like purse carry.  It really is not on body, though the downside can be partially ameliorated via mindset and ingrained habit. Still, fall down an embankment and dislodge your pack and you are now disarmed, habit or no.  Maybe I fell down too many muddy embankments, though.

Also, am I the only one for whom the safepacker screams "gun."  Moreso than a fanny pack or shootme vest, which can be somewhat decoyed and are more common.

If I fell down an embankment and got separated from my pack being disarmed is going to be the least of my worries.  That would mean both shoulder straps and a pretty herky waist belt got torn loose from my body.  If you think Safepacker screams "gun" you can always go with a camera pouch.  I see them all the time on people's waist belts and the only thing is screams is "camera"!

[roo_ster]

Fell and slid down many slopes in the service.  Became separated from pack a few times.  Never became separated from my weapon.