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I always look like, and sometimes sound like, a nerd....so here in Kentucky, I use an over-the-shoulder-messenger-laptop-type bag (onto which I've added appliques of roses, the American flag, and a couple of other things denoting ultimate harmlessness), for carrying concealed and so forth. In that bag, I've carried both a Taurus .357 5-shot revolver (with two speedloaders), and a Ruger SR9c (with extra magazine) in a sewn-in holster.
As well as anywhere from three to five knives of various kinds, at least two or three flashlights, and one telescoping head knocker, sufficiently heavy enough to kill a topped-out farm-raised hog.
I've never been asked to reveal the bag's contents, nor ever been looked upon as doing anything unusual.
I don't consider myself to be paranoid, just prepared.
JJ