Thread: Public perception of rifles

Based on your experiences with the public in your neck of the woods, how would you think people would react if you walked through town, or along roads/state highways, with a rifle attached to your backpack in a fully enclosed scabbard? With perhaps some trekking poles or an ice axe attached to the outside of it to make it look somewhat vague? I mean - a long, rectangular neoprene scabbard doesn't necessarily scream 'rifle'...especially if you look like a hiker/tourist?

I talked to Police at the beginning of the year, and they said I'll have to use my own discretion, and they won't give me any written permission. They didn't explicitly say whether it was illegal or even legal.

Things may be a little murkier now after March 15th.

Plan B) is to go with a takedown rifle.