concealability

Handguns are usually a bigger issue than shotguns and rifles even semi-auto rifles due to their concealability.

Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #45 2009

There are significant tradeoffs between concealability and deployment time, between portability and strength; I always found it curious that laws against certain features of portable blades were most common, because it forces a knife carrier to choose a potentially more damaging blade.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Huge win for Knife Rights 2009

So using the flintlock as the basis for the Supreme Court's decision was apparently not such a hot idea because concealability was definitely not a characteristic of flintlocks.

Bazookas, flintlocks & concealibility: The handgun's role in the coming hard times 2009

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Bazookas, flintlocks & concealibility: The handgun's role in the coming hard times 2009

Not sure what gun nuts you refer to — the “gun nuts” here I have assumed, perhaps erroneously, that the AK-47 comment was “tongue in cheek” have discussed pepper sprays, martial arts, and the merits of various guns in terms of concealability, reliability, caliber, and ease of use.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Pepper Spray Recommendations: 2009

And this concealability has amazing criminological consequences.

Bazookas, flintlocks & concealibility: The handgun's role in the coming hard times 2009

So as a psychologist, I look at this and I say, I really think that the motive is probably more about accessibility, controllability and concealability.

CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2009 2009

BROOKS: Is because of concealability, Nancy, because a sawed-off shotgun -- and it ` s in the same statute.

CNN Transcript May 21, 2008 2008

Experience has shown that ‘gun’ laws are hard to pass, and harder to enforce because of the easy concealability of firearms.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Sensible Restrictions” on Gun Rights: 2007

Time and again, the gun industry has injected into the civilian market guns that are specifically designed to be better at killing—guns with greater ammunition capacity, higher firepower and increased concealability—or all three.

Outgunned PETER HARRY BROWN DANIEL G. ABEL 2003