Bonk!

[Zundfolge]

So yesterday I was at McDonalds (purchasing a nutritious dinner ). The guy in line in front of me had a couple of rather unruly children bouncing around ... a boy and a girl (boy was probably 5, girl about 4).

Well the little girl shoves the little boy and BONK! his head hits the butt of my concealed pistol!

He says "ow!" and rubs his head and looks up at me with this "what you do that for mister?" kinda look, and this gets his father to turn around ... for a moment I'm concerned he's going to think I did something to his brat, but he quickly apologizes for the kids bothering me and goes on his way.



I don't know what the kid thinks his head hit, but it was kind of a weird and tense moment. In retrospect I have to laugh though.

 

[clipse]

yikes. What is your mode of carry out of curiousity? Hopefully not smartcarry.

 

[Matt G]

When I was a young sprout, my father's duties as a peace officer called for him to wear office attire. Dad would come home in slacks, a dress shirt, and a sports coat and tie, and I would run up to him: "Dad! Daddy! Da... BONK!" I was growing fast, so it was kind of sudden-like when I discovered that my head just about matched the height of the butt and top of the slide of his Commander tucked into his belt. Pretty soon, I learned to run to give my dad a hug from his off-side. During the winter, though, Dad took to stuffing a spare magazine, speed-loader, or BUG in the off-side pocket of his coat or jacket. And so, even with the off-side run-up: "BONK."

I must confess that there was a certain reflexive alienation that must have subconsciously crept in about that time. . .

 

[Zundfolge]

I carry a Steyr S40 in a leather IWB holster at about 4 O'Clock.


Yeah ... if I did "up front" carry would have been less likely to let the kids head anywhere near my piece.

As it was, the kids where behind me and to the right ... I was distracted reading the menuboard or I would have noticed them getting too close to me.

 

[Standing Wolf]

So yesterday I was at McDonalds (purchasing a nutritious dinner).

Didn't take me any time at all to spot the problem.

 

[cool45auto]

I went to my daughter's school to eat lunch with her one day and she went to hug me around the waste and hit her head on my cell phone. However, she said, out loud, "I hit my head on your gun, daddy!"

Thankfully I had left it in the car per the law and it went unnoticed.

 

[P95Carry]

Fear not Zunde ..... it's happened to me too .. tho not quite such a ''bonk'' to a kid's head!

I tend when in such places of high nutrition caliber (and others too) ... to stick my thumbs into front of jeans belt, or pocket tops .. and sorta let my right elbow tuck in over the gun butt..... I would doubt there is anything odd looking about it at all but it does protect the piece from casual ''bonks''!

 

[Zundfolge]

Didn't take me any time at all to spot the problem.

What do you want from me? I hadda coupon

Buy one value meal, get one free (Mr and Mrs Zundfolge dine like kings I tell ya!)



At any rate, this is the second time someone has bumped into my piece ... the first time was at a Walmart back in Wichita and that time it was a woman ... She made some comment about hoping she didn't damage my cell phone.

 

[papercut]

She made some comment about hoping she didn't damage my cell phone.

Haven't had a headbonk happen yet, but this is kinda the best 'response' I'd come up with yet. Anyone know of a better one? I'd rather not try to claim it's a PalmPilot out of fear that someone might get giddy and ask to see it.

What do you want from me? I hadda coupon

 

[BerettaNut92]

When little kids run into me, it's like they hit their elbow on my forehead. :banghead:

I may not be as tall, but I can get to rollover prone faster than you