CAPTAIN MIKE
Member
Words can be important sometimes
I never use the words 'Gun' or 'Weapon' - because they can be 'Red Flag' words that stir paranoia to a police officer in a traffic stop or to an airline ticket agent at the check-in counter. Instead, I refer to my Kimber 1911 or my S&W 99 simply as my 'sidearm' -- the same term used by both police and military. It conveys the correct concept of the sidearm being a 'tool' to be used in appropriate circumstances.
I never use the words 'Gun' or 'Weapon' - because they can be 'Red Flag' words that stir paranoia to a police officer in a traffic stop or to an airline ticket agent at the check-in counter. Instead, I refer to my Kimber 1911 or my S&W 99 simply as my 'sidearm' -- the same term used by both police and military. It conveys the correct concept of the sidearm being a 'tool' to be used in appropriate circumstances.