I have not felt the "need" to carry here in N. Idaho so much, but over the last few years I've changed my mind. I carry a Sig P938 when needing to be discreet, I have a couple other choices when it's colder out, and have double mag pouches for them. Wanting another 9mm compact for my wife. I'd dare say probably 75% of the rigs around here have a rifle in them. Crime is pretty low around here for some reason. Times have sure changed. Used to be a coyote messing with calves was the most likely threat. A bolt rifle seemed most appropriate. I now keep an AR handy, and with spare mags. Won't go into town unarmed. It's a matter of time before tensions boil over.

“You never need fear a man, no matter what his size. When danger threatens, call on me, and I will equalize.”
Samuel Colt.

�Common sense is genius dressed up in work clothes.� - Ralph Waldo Emerson