AKCOP remarked:
Seems fanny packs are not so much in vogue and Jansport, as well as others, no longer makes them.
That's also been the conclusion of my observations from last summer.
Persons who are wearing biking and hiking garb still use them as the most practical way of carrying their (presumably) non-firearms junk, but I've noticed a decline in their use among, let's say, folks dressed in "business casual" mode around the city (Denver).
I have seen an increase in oversized Hawaiian shirts, which are pretty good for concealment, but I don't know if this is just a new-ish style fad, or a result of increased numbers of CCW permitees using them.
Despite the dire warnings about fanny packs advertising that you are packing, I used a cheapo fanny pack from Walgreens just to try out the concept and nobody seemed to notice. I kept the pack at about ten o'clock because I prefer cross-draw. The zipper on this one opened from right to left, so I could unzip it with my left hand and draw the gun with my right in one smooth tacticool motion.
It was nice and convenient and it had a lock ring on it so I could lock it with a small padlock to satisfy the gun-stored-in-car-in-a-locked-case requirements of Denver. (I cannot bring a gun into the workplace.)
This pack worked well until the muzzle of my .380 started to poke through the cheap stitching and I had to re-stitch it and reinforced it with RTV.
I bought another one to keep as a spare, but I also keep an eye out for any further damage or wear to the original and I still plan on using it this summer.
All in all, though, except for the fact that fanny packs seem to be going out of style, I have found this method of carry quite suitable, despite the hand-wringing warnings about "constructive printing" and "fanny-pack-snatching" and other terrible consequences.
I believe these warnings are on about the same level of logic as the antis' mantra that (insert whiney nasal voice pattern here) "if you carry a gun, they'll only take it away from you and use it against you."
("Full shields up, Mr. Spock.")
--Terry