You know you are good at Greyman when you can wander around in public OC'ing and nobody notices...Conceal if at all possible. The Greyman philosophy is one I was living by for years before I knew there was a name for it. I always have my Glock 22 on me, and I can hide it well. When the weather's cool out, my favorite concealment trick is an LLBean cardigan. It hides your weapon, and chicks totally dig it!
5.5 days really?!Sidebar: Indianapolis --> Wabash? 80 miles. If you've lost your vehicle, you would be more than lucky to do 20 miles / day, 4 days in a row. Realistically, plan for at least 5.5 days.
I can do it in 2, but I would not be trying to be overly stealthy about it. Also Wabash had better be the end of the line for like 3-4 days to recover...
Ask a LAPD SWAT Sniper what a Long Range shot is, I bet he says 2-300 yards. Now ask a Sniper from the Military what a Long Range shot is, I bet it is a little closer to 4 digits...I disagree with you to the extent that "long distance" can be a relative term. In the city, "long distance" can be the end of the block or across the street - if it's out of your immediate line-of-sight. Seems to me that the solo evader probably needs to be thinking in terms of immediate action drills: "take fire, take cover, assess the threat, drag out the rifle - if necessary - or engage with your secondary weapon, break contact, continue to evade" or something along those lines. Projecting a relatively harmless image may deflect attention away from the evader - or it may attract jackals who think they can take what they want without consequences to themselves. The solo evader had better cultivate the ability to notice the other guy first and be able to assess his intentions - get inside HIS decision cycle; it gives the evader more options than armed confrontation.
Awareness and practice doing it. It is not easy, but with LOTS of practice it can be done.There is the gray man approach but if moving through the city for whatever reason it would be difficult to go totally un-noticed.
Yes and no, my experience has shown to me that if you show your weapon as a type of deterrent make damn sure it looks like you no how to use it and you are not afraid to kill someone with it...I have to disagree on your wolf pack thought assessment, I think even if you show that you are armed, the human approach of the wolf pack is to take what ever they want, from who ever they run across, they have no concerns or cares, they want what you have.
Gangs of thugs are looking for the easy target in the places I have been. I do not think the gangs here would be any tougher, smarter, or more deadly than the gangs in turd world countries...