Most of our members are lightweight backpackers who find firearms to be cumbersome and unnecessary for their purposes, but we do have some folks who hunt and others who carry, so that the subject comes up from time to time. To get you started, here are a few threads where this subject was discussed in the past:

http://www.backpacking.net/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=150051

http://www.backpacking.net/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=138980

http://www.backpacking.net/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92532&page=1