ShooterMcGavin
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I ride a motorcycle with some friends once in a while. I have known them for years, but we are not that close. I only see them a couple days a week, and only in the summer.
I saw a bunch of them at the beach today (not literally ON the beach, just at the strip near the beach where people park and meet friends). I was OCing a fullsize M&P40*. One of the guys, who I used to consider to be a decent guy, was grabbing at me, trying to touch my gun. He thought it was cute watching me get annoyed at him, as he was saying "you know I'm just joking". As I was talking with other friends, he would come up behind me and quickly touch my gun. It really pissed me off. I need to pull him aside and explain something. The best way for me to defend against him grabbing my gun is to put my hand on my gun (preventing him from drawing it). If I do that, I am completely open to being arrested (in my state). His fooling around could land one or both of us in serious trouble (not to mention that he is sort of "playing" with a gun!). It really annoyed me.
As I was saying good-bye to the group, a girl in the group started to think it was fun to touch my gun too. When I grabbed her hand away from my gun, she said "it's ok, I have a concealed carry license". I can just imagine a scenario: she grabs onto my gun to be funny, I twist her hand off my gun and hurt her, and then I am "the abusive jerk" who hurt a girl when she was just joking around.
If I can't get through to them, I will need to avoid being around them, and everyone else who they hang around. If that's the only solution, then that's what I have to do. Another option, but probably not a popular one... I often carry pepper spray (OC spray). I could spray him down, but it would probably hit a bunch of people (and maybe myself) at the same time.
*Please do not give me advice on carry methods. I have many sources to do my own research.
I saw a bunch of them at the beach today (not literally ON the beach, just at the strip near the beach where people park and meet friends). I was OCing a fullsize M&P40*. One of the guys, who I used to consider to be a decent guy, was grabbing at me, trying to touch my gun. He thought it was cute watching me get annoyed at him, as he was saying "you know I'm just joking". As I was talking with other friends, he would come up behind me and quickly touch my gun. It really pissed me off. I need to pull him aside and explain something. The best way for me to defend against him grabbing my gun is to put my hand on my gun (preventing him from drawing it). If I do that, I am completely open to being arrested (in my state). His fooling around could land one or both of us in serious trouble (not to mention that he is sort of "playing" with a gun!). It really annoyed me.
As I was saying good-bye to the group, a girl in the group started to think it was fun to touch my gun too. When I grabbed her hand away from my gun, she said "it's ok, I have a concealed carry license". I can just imagine a scenario: she grabs onto my gun to be funny, I twist her hand off my gun and hurt her, and then I am "the abusive jerk" who hurt a girl when she was just joking around.
If I can't get through to them, I will need to avoid being around them, and everyone else who they hang around. If that's the only solution, then that's what I have to do. Another option, but probably not a popular one... I often carry pepper spray (OC spray). I could spray him down, but it would probably hit a bunch of people (and maybe myself) at the same time.
*Please do not give me advice on carry methods. I have many sources to do my own research.