With more interest among the concealed carry crowd in carrying a second weapon, Greg Ellifritz decided to explain the difference between a backup gun (BUG) and a hideout gun, and how they are employed. He goes into much more detail and provides examples, but briefly it is this: the BUG is smaller than your main carry weapon but is carried in such a way that it is readily available and can be quickly accessed from various positions should, for some reason, you have lost or are unable to draw your main weapon; the hideout gun is harder and slower to access (generally tucked somewhere mostly inaccessible without some effort and generally can't be accessed by either hand) and serves as a weapon that might be passed over in the event of search, or with which you might arm yourself if your main weapon is lost/taken, or with which you might arm another person. In short, the BUG is something that you can still get to in a hurry if you find yourself being attacked, and the hideout is not. Greg does not consider pocket-carry to be suitable for a BUG and ankle carry to only marginally be so. The speed of pocket-carry, in my experience, depends on the size of the weapon, the size of the pocket opening, how tight are the pants, and the holster (some holster tend to stick to the gun).
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