What do you carry (if anything) for backup in case your primary carry fails to fire? If I'm just out normally, I've usually got a 3" pocketknife in my back pocket, steel-toed Docs, and 15 years training in the martial arts... if I'm going somewhere I'm not entirely comfortable, I add a 3-cell Maglite to that. When I buy a G23, it'll become primary carry, and the Taurus will be a BUG, but I still like the idea of having something that doesn't have to be reloaded.
If I'm going someplace scary, I like to take MP with me. I can hide behind him, and only some non-vital bits of me stick out on the sides.
Largely due to lack of funds I do not have a BUG yet, but I'm going to get one before June. Most likely a Kel-Tec P-11 or PF-9.
My primary gun is a snub-nosed revolver, ultra-reliable. The only reason I would need a back-up gun is if I wanted to not worry about reloading with a speed loader. Personally, I avoid going to the sections of town where I would need a backup gun in the first place.
Well, no matter how you wear it everyone needs a little (pocket) gun of some kind, especially in this state.
SW 642...it's sometimes primary. I might pickup a P3AT sooner-or-later. As far as for different situations...SOG Flash II, ASP key defender (OC spray), E2D Surfire and sometimes a steel key grouper thing. Sometimes, there are situations its best not to go to your bang switch first. Oh and a cell.
I normally don't carry a BUG, just my knife and a charged cell phone. The exception is when I go to my favorite BBQ place in Memphis. I always carry a BUG there. Here's a thread about the place. https://www.georgiapacking.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=32671&sid=6a28fb9ff94a1523a9d7bcec665a31bb#32671
I'm with rajl on this one, primary is a S&W model 60, five shots of .357 and I've never had one fail to go bang. I've given some thought to a BUG, but haven't actually gotten one yet. Maybe some day. Maybe not.
CZ-P01 as a primary, CZ-2075 RAMI as a backup when I perceive it might be needed. Of course, in my experience, you have to work REAL hard to get a CZ to go FTF on you... The Packer
No backup I don't carry a backup gun when I'm not expecting trouble. Heck, most of the time I dont carry a spare magazine, although I often have one in my car, my briefcase, or at my desk. Now if I am expecting trouble, my back-up gun is a compact 9mm in an ankle holster, my primary handgun is a 6" stainless .357 magnum, and my primary defensive arm is not a handgun at all, but rather a long gun. Even if I have to be discreet in an urban environment. One time I had a folding stocked Mini-14 folded in a blanket when I was expecting trouble. And body armor. Can't forget the body armor. With the trauma plate in place, thank you.
I don't carry a BUG. I surely have enough to use one if I wanted but I don't see the point. If I think I may need one, I'll find another place to hang out, lol.
Second Conviction You have to already have been convicted of the first "carrying a concealed weapon" at the time you do the second act that is the basis of the second charge in order for the second charge to be a felony. At least, that's how I think it works.