kBob
Member
Well you go a few years without a major storm, then the neighbors have one, then the weather folks start pointing and screaming "Here it comes" and the state and local government begin running in circles screamy "TEOTWAWKI! and its all their fault!" While pointing at one another.
We are DAYS out IF this lady comes calling in North Central Florida and folks are already getting squirrelly.
One of my regular gas stations is out of gas this AM (see, there is a reason to never get below a quarter tank) and my other had a ten minute wait to get gas. I got some nasty looks putting 19 gallons in my big old pick up truck 25 gallon tank and then filling three five gallon "Jerry cans" to toss in the back. The little town south of us has no gas in any of its five stations as of this morning.
There were about three times as many grumpy folks in the grocery per capita as a normal day and a lot of folks that would not look directly at you but did look when they thought you were not looking. There was no "Store bought bread" oddly folks had hardly noticed the in store bakery as they were fixated on the missing Wonder Bread and Roman Meal and Sunbeam or whatever. I pointed out to a couple of ladies standing there in like shock at the empty shelves that the loaves and buns in my cart had come from the bakery and they took off as though possessed by the spirit of Jesse Ownes.
There were reports from "in town" (Gainesville and yes the folks in the small towns surrounding "The Swamp" get angry when you imply their city does not count by saying "in Town " when you mean Gainesville) that there was no bottled water available. My store had pallet loads of water bottles blocking the major ailses and folks were filling carts with it.......guess they did not know they might need to drink before this morning and don't have a generator and well or good filter system.
So what has this to do with "Handguns General?" (Gawd, this -kBob fellow babbles!)
Well it put me to thinking about carry options during the build up for emergencies. In Florida we Concealed Carry. As a good citizen and CCL holder I feel it is even more important to be sure I do not show while amongst the panicing "sheeple". No point getting an already startled House wife or retired school teacher that is not a CCL holder even more adgitated so they run over someone in the parking lot while looking for gun toaters.
Now I know many states are open carry, but often in large cities you just don't see much of it.
Do other folks agree with me that it is our duty as CCL holders to take special precautions to not start stampedes as it where when the herd is all white eyed and surging already and make doubly sure our Concealed Weapons are in fact concealed while we are stooped over for that bottom shelf or stretching up for that top shelf or lifting that heavy gas can over the tailgate?
-kBob
We are DAYS out IF this lady comes calling in North Central Florida and folks are already getting squirrelly.
One of my regular gas stations is out of gas this AM (see, there is a reason to never get below a quarter tank) and my other had a ten minute wait to get gas. I got some nasty looks putting 19 gallons in my big old pick up truck 25 gallon tank and then filling three five gallon "Jerry cans" to toss in the back. The little town south of us has no gas in any of its five stations as of this morning.
There were about three times as many grumpy folks in the grocery per capita as a normal day and a lot of folks that would not look directly at you but did look when they thought you were not looking. There was no "Store bought bread" oddly folks had hardly noticed the in store bakery as they were fixated on the missing Wonder Bread and Roman Meal and Sunbeam or whatever. I pointed out to a couple of ladies standing there in like shock at the empty shelves that the loaves and buns in my cart had come from the bakery and they took off as though possessed by the spirit of Jesse Ownes.
There were reports from "in town" (Gainesville and yes the folks in the small towns surrounding "The Swamp" get angry when you imply their city does not count by saying "in Town " when you mean Gainesville) that there was no bottled water available. My store had pallet loads of water bottles blocking the major ailses and folks were filling carts with it.......guess they did not know they might need to drink before this morning and don't have a generator and well or good filter system.
So what has this to do with "Handguns General?" (Gawd, this -kBob fellow babbles!)
Well it put me to thinking about carry options during the build up for emergencies. In Florida we Concealed Carry. As a good citizen and CCL holder I feel it is even more important to be sure I do not show while amongst the panicing "sheeple". No point getting an already startled House wife or retired school teacher that is not a CCL holder even more adgitated so they run over someone in the parking lot while looking for gun toaters.
Now I know many states are open carry, but often in large cities you just don't see much of it.
Do other folks agree with me that it is our duty as CCL holders to take special precautions to not start stampedes as it where when the herd is all white eyed and surging already and make doubly sure our Concealed Weapons are in fact concealed while we are stooped over for that bottom shelf or stretching up for that top shelf or lifting that heavy gas can over the tailgate?
-kBob
