Gun safety course is def in the cards for me and missus. As are regular sorties to the range.

Just to clarify, I don't mean to carry it (or a handgun) around at the first power outage. They're for home defense. I brought up the question because I was wondering what I would do if we had to leave and had to take it with us.

Truthfully, now that I think back on it, the scenario I had envisioned was so dire, so over-the-top, that the question is probably moot but I wanted to give it some consideration.

Unrelated to gun carry but related to the question of "to hide or not to hide?" I am also curious about how folks feel about their EDC or BOBs.

In an USK/PSK thread, I noticed that many felt that backpacks might draw too much attention in an urban bugout setting. But, in my mind, short of "tactical-looking" packs and gear, most back packs would serve well and not draw much attention.

True, a Wallstreeter hoofing it with a Jansport might look odd, but if people are bugging out of the area, they might not bother to think about it as they would have more pressing concerns themselves.

Do folks eschew rucks, molle gear and the like for your BOBs for this reason?