Bazoo
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What do I have to be afraid of, I have a gun.
The wife said something similar in response.
What do I have to be afraid of, I have a gun.
I was only asked this question once, and by a total stranger. My jacket hooked on a shopping cart and exposed my sidearm.
I answered with "By what authority do you propose to demand information about my private life? And do you have any other questions that you feel you are in a position to demand answers to?
Said with a smile, in a pleasantly conversational tone, with as steely a glare as I could muster.
After she choked on her embarrassment, I gave her my business card and told her if she ever wanted to learn how to shoot in a safe, supervised envionment to give me a call. I would provide all the safety gear and ammunition.
It was a shock when she actually called. Her and her husband accepted my invitation to go shooting with me and they had a great time. The lady really liked my P-365 and her husband wants a good 1911. I'll have him shoot my new to me Wilson XTAC next time we go. We've met up several times now.
They have a lot of questions and both are eager to learn, both are becoming proficient and very safe gun owners. The wife is getting a P-365 for Christmas but doesn't know yet.
I doubt I changed much in their political views, but they are more open minded about gun owners now.
What could have been an unpleasant event turned into something I look forward too.
Be kinda funny if someone looked over your shoulder and read that and freaked out and yelled “he’s got a gun!” Provided ya didn’t get in trouble of some sort of course.I am carrying my Glock 43X in Kohls right now. Standing amongst 30 other people in the checkout line.
No one knows I am carrying, and hopefully no one ever will.
Keeping it discreet is my preference, what nobody else knows won’t hurt them.
Stay safe.
The truth is, I AM staying home today because I’m “afraid” to get out on the highway. Almost every Wednesday afternoon, there’s a small group (5-6) of us “old guys” from around the valley here that get together down at the local truck stop/diner (10 or 12 miles down the road) for a short bible study and prayer. Today though, it’s been an almost total whiteout at times here, and there’s even a tractor-trailer rig on its side out on I-15 that my wife and I can see from the house - whenever the wind lets up, that is.People who are afraid to leave their home should stay home.
What about those of use like myself that carry at home too?People who are afraid to leave their home should stay home.
I'm responsible for my safety and that of my family. I don't live in fear, but with the knowledge that sometimes bad things happen, even to those of us with low risk lifestyles living in statistically safe areas.
I ain’t got a hypothesis. I just got the instances when folks suggested me or my wife were carrying a gun out of fear.
I carry anytime I have clothes on. I don’t wear house clothes, I step into my pants and holster my gun.