Just did the dumbest thing I've ever done with a gun

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pax said:
Tallpine wins.

I call my fanny pack "my PURSE." It's not a purse, (and I rarely carry the gun in it in any case) but my thinking is that if I call it a purse there's no chance at all that my darling husband will ever be tempted to borrow it.

Even if it is a no-pants Halo 3 emergency.

pax

yay a new sig!
 
Being really clever, I answer, “I dropped my gun.”
I hate to admit it, but I have a situation where I wasn't thinking fast enough for a suave PC response...

I was out riding my motorcycle with some new people, stopped at a parking lot (most of whom I did not know). There was a girl who needed a ride on someone's bike. I wouldn't have offered, but I overheard her say that she needs to get back home later, right near my house. She hopped on the back, with her right leg pressing on my IWB holster (under my jacket). We got to the first red light and, just as it turned green, she said in a pained voice "what is this thing on your waist?!?!". Since the light was green, I had no time to be gentle and explain things carefully. I turned quickly and said "Don't touch - it's a gun" and we took off down the road. About a mile later, at the next light, I turned around... I told her "Don't worry, I am licensed and legal". She seemed pretty cool about it, but I think she later told me that she was a little scared for the ride. We are pretty good friends now :)
 
If you wouldn't have been such a cheapskate and paid the extra $50 for the anti-gravity Makarov, none of this would have happened.
 
In communist Bulgaria, Makarov drops you. :scrutiny:

If you wouldn't have been such a cheapskate and paid the extra $50 for the anti-gravity Makarov, none of this would have happened.

CHEAP ANTI-GRAVITY GUNS FLOOD INNER CITIES

Shirley Youjest, AP

BOSTON - Police are reporting a disturbing new trend among the city's gang population: Cheap, easily concealed pistols that are effortless to carry all day. "It doesn't matter how heavy these guns used to be," said Police Commissioner Ed Davis, "now they can be toted around without these guys breaking a sweat." Reports indicate that the first type of anti-gravity guns available are Russian Macaronis, with 3.8 caliber bullets. "These guns can be hidden anywhere," said Mayor Thomas Menino, "outside of a window, just below the grate of a sewer, even under a 'fro." Late last night the Massachusetts legislature convened to pass a quick addendum to Mass General Law Chapter 269 to address the new threat. "The manufacture of the Macaroni has no business marketing these weapons to civilians," said Congressman Barney Frank. "The NRA cannot possibly justify their existence."
 
Being really clever, I answer, “I dropped my gun.”

well you proved the old adage, "Honesty is the best policy."

Back when I used to carry IWB, I would slip my PT-111 into my insulated lunch bag when riding home from work in my truck to spare myself the "pain in the back", have piece readilly available and yet out of sight.

Sure enough, the stinkin' bag flips over and dumps the piece onto my gravel drive way while walking from the car to the house.

moral of the story....

know your zipper status.
 
He's in that awkward phase... Almost an author...

Kinda like my favorite beertender, who is destined to drop a pair of twins in about three months...

Dude. We'll be kind. No red locktite between palm and pistol... Just the duct tape.
 
here's a bulgaria story that is somewhat appropriate. i went to BG two years ago for christmas. while i was there, we (GF and I) went to a knife shop. they have a lot of those there. they sell brass knuckles, shuriken, balisongs, etc... all the stuff they ban here in CA. anyway, GF wanted to buy me a folder. i took one look at them and snorted, "eh, these are for tourists... mine is much better." i then proceeded to pull my boker tactical to show her. i carry a knife clipped to the inside of my pants when i don't want to show. the problem was, my fingers slipped and my knife fell straight back down, into my waist and lodged firmly inside my underwear.

me digging into my underwear to get it back out, my GF having to hurriedly explain to the shopgirl in bulgarian why this guy was suddenly digging into his crotch, ensued. :eek:
 
kind of like a young Tony Soprano

Indeed.

When you started out saying you just got done teaching your CFP class, I thought for sure you were going to tell a story about pulling your red, rubber gun on some BG.

BTW, anyone in Utah ought to go take Correia's CFP course (free for university folks!) just to see him run around the room like a madman while waving his rubber gun and/or an imaginary knife.
 
I am sorry to here what happened and glad it was not a problem.
How about a review of Halo3? I am not a big video game nut but Halo is awesome!
 
Never assume. Know your gear, especially when you borrow your wife’s stuff.

Tell ya what... you ever see me out with my wife's purse, you just go ahead and shoot me. ;) :p :D
( At least so long as I'm not standing in front of a women's dressing room at the mall... I don't usually have a choice in the matter then. :eek: )


J.C.
 
Cue Jack Thompson using this story as "evidence" in his lawsuit to ban Halo 3 in 5.. 4.. 3..

But, wow, that must've been embarrassing. Doubly so from the clerks response. And triply so after telling everyone on the internet about it. :neener:

Either way, it's a good thing the clerk didn't think you were robbing the place or something when he saw the flying gun.
 
Great Story.

My wife started carrying a Bersa Firestorm 22, in an Uncle Mikes IWB holster. One day rather than put the holster inside her waistband like she was supposed to, she just stuck it in the front pocket of her jeans. Later, she was at the grocery store, and knocked over a couple of boxes of something or other, and bent over to pick it up. At the same time a gentleman bent over to help her.

You guess it, the Bersa fell out of her pocket, and bounced across the floor and landed at the fellows feet. He picked it up, looked at her, and said "uhhh...You dropped your uhhhhh.....gun?" She took it, shoved it back in the holster, mumbled "thank you" and went on shopping.

No more Uncle Mikes IWB for her.
 
Ok, I officially spit out my morning pizza slice in response to a HALO3 gun mishap! Correia....good form and by the way GREAT woman you have surprising you with that! My new brother in law (oh...I just got married on September 22nd!) came over about 2 hours after the midnight release and we played until...well a long time....you need a Bubble Shield!
 
Good luck with Halo 3, tell us how it plays.
I saw the multiplayer aspect yesterday. A guy bought in a 360 and a wall projector and put it up at lunch. All I can say is, it's awesome.
 
OK, home slice.

Go to Wal-Mart or your retailer of choice and drop about $15 or so on the play & charge kit. It includes a rechargeable battery and a charging cable; when the battery runs low, you plug in with the cable and it acts like a corded controller.

Or get the quick charge kit and make sure you have 2 batteries. Or a corded controller. Or rechargeable AAs. Or just buy BIG packs of AAs.

There's no reason to be wearing your wife's clothing....
 
I wouldn't say what you did was dumb, just an embarassing oversight. Hopefully you've learned and retrained yourself on a few things:

- Always double-check your carry rig
- Rechargable batteries are your friend
- Halo 3 is great, but will still be there no matter when you get home.

Trust, I know the feeling. I picked up my copy from Target the day of release before I came into the office and it sat on my desk, just staring at me and calling my name. I dang near pushed people out of the way to get to the elevator banks at the end of the day and probably broke a few traffic laws trying to get home. It was also my night to cook...I cooked up an on-line order for Pizza Hut. :D

And...if anyone wants to play some Live Halo 3 action, my gamertag is the same as my username.
 
Gots ta love Makarovs. Had one of mine fall out of an Uncle Mike's IWB, landed muzzle-up on its hammer on asphalt. No boom.

I had a security guy tell me that "if the SHTF, we shoot the guys with fanny packs first, vests second". I wear both. Vest covers the 9x18 du jour in a paddle OWB, and the fanny pack holds the BUG.
 
littlegator, I'm almost a professional writer. Check my blog linked in my sigline. I'll be taking preorders on my novel in a little bit. I've written for gun magazines too.

Halo 3 is awesome. I've played the last couple of nights. Darn having to actually go to work and stuff!

Flood. That's what shotguns are for. :)
 
Heh, woodybrighton, good point.

When our women's study group got a new member from Australia, we all learned to call them waist packs instead of fanny packs. The poor new member just could not stop blushing & giggling otherwise ...

Ain't cross-cultural relations grand!

pax
 
Good thing you didn't take a side trip to the public potty and do that.:evil:

"Uhhh, Hon? I gotta get a new pistol for you tomorrow. Y'see ...";)
 
I carried a PA63 in a belt slide holster. One day I was in a hurry to get into the local wallyworld I was jogging up to the door. Apparently I was running a bit harder than I thought because my pistol popped out of my holster and hit the sidewalk. I was amazed at how fast I bent over and scooped it up. I don't know if anyone really noticed and I don't think anyone figured out what just happened but I retired that holster that day.
 
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