BUG carry

[Simple Shooter]

Having spent years teaching weapons retention and take-away, I have a different view. A gun in the back pocket would be difficult to defend if a bad actor noticed it and decided he wanted it.

Now, let's be careful this doesn't take off. The gun manufactures would come out with special butt guns and we would all have to go out and buy new guns designed just for rear pocket carry. Then there would be the special butt gun holsters and $2.00/round butt gun ammo. The 'Silent But Deadly" round and "Sit On It" holster with a picture of the Fonz on the box come to mind. This would all be followed by an MSNBC expose on the proliferation of butt guns, congressional hearings, and the ladies of "The View" claiming butt guns kill more people every year than cancer.

 

[luzyfuerza]

Is the rationale for off side so you can drop your non-dominant hand casually into your pocket so as to not draw attention?

I don't normally carry a BUG, but when I do, the decision to carry it on the non-dominant side had to do primarily with redundancy. If my dominant-side hand is injured, pinned down, or otherwise occupied, I wanted to make sure that I have an effective tool readily accessible to my non-dominant-side hand. "Visually quiet" draws from a pocket, provisions for malfunctions of the primary tool, etc., are not really drivers for me.

 

[Vonderek]

I've related the story before but a Cliffs Notes version bears repeating. Used to carry a .32 NAA Guardian in my backpocket until I got rear-ended by a Ford F-350. Did a real number on the sacroiliac joint which still bothers me much 20 years later.