Don Gwinn
Moderator Emeritus
Fair enough, ISP, but there are two problems with that:
1. It only really makes any difference if you start from the assumption that a so-called "fanny pack" is a different item from a so-called "case." You make that distinction, but the law doesn't. And since they're discussing the UUW code there, not the Wildlife Code, there's even less substance to that objection since they acknowledge that it doesn't even have to be a case, fanny-pack or otherwise. It could be a gunny sack or (as in the case cited) a purse, and it would still be legal.
2. Gary didn't just pull that from nowhere--those are the words of the Appellate Court judges who decided Bruner v. Illinois--the ones who ruled that an unloaded gun in a purse was legal. If you can name a substantive difference between a purse and a fanny pack I'll eat my hat. The closest I believe anyone could come would be to mention the buckle that allows the fanny pack's strap to be opened and closed around the waist. Other than that, it's just a pouch on a strap, just like most women's purses.
I realize you're more than half playing devil's advocate here. That's OK; I'd argue with the Devil or pretty much anyone else.
1. It only really makes any difference if you start from the assumption that a so-called "fanny pack" is a different item from a so-called "case." You make that distinction, but the law doesn't. And since they're discussing the UUW code there, not the Wildlife Code, there's even less substance to that objection since they acknowledge that it doesn't even have to be a case, fanny-pack or otherwise. It could be a gunny sack or (as in the case cited) a purse, and it would still be legal.
2. Gary didn't just pull that from nowhere--those are the words of the Appellate Court judges who decided Bruner v. Illinois--the ones who ruled that an unloaded gun in a purse was legal. If you can name a substantive difference between a purse and a fanny pack I'll eat my hat. The closest I believe anyone could come would be to mention the buckle that allows the fanny pack's strap to be opened and closed around the waist. Other than that, it's just a pouch on a strap, just like most women's purses.
I realize you're more than half playing devil's advocate here. That's OK; I'd argue with the Devil or pretty much anyone else.