Exactly.
And its quite unfortunate. Thats why when I made a bonker stick that I carry with me when I go out at night walking the dog, or even taking the trash out, looks nothing like knuckles. 1/2" square bar bent up to fit nicely around my hand.

If anyone asks, its just something I found out on my walk.

Good plan Monkey. A nice heavy large padlock works well too, just be sure you have the key for it and a place you "sometimes" lock up with it. The toolbox inside my truck which only gets locked up on the job site when it's not in the truck for example

Yeah but there might be a safty catch on the bag so you can just pull the handle off eh

Hmm....I bet a Bulldog .44mag would fit in there as well.

It'd be smooth if the back of the bag had a hole in it big enough to get your hand in it. Kind of like those fire through holsters so you don't have to take your gun out of the holster to shoot it, which takes precious seconds when you need them most, or worse, you snag your gun on something and drop it, or misfire.

a gun can't always protect you. nothing can. personally, i suggest studying a martial art to defend yourself. if some one does pull a gun on you, give them the material things they want. if that doesn't work, you can always run.

but do you run at 1,000 ft/sec? and thats only the low-end crappy guns