Background: My wife is opening her very own retail store here in DFW in about 3 weeks. In preparation she took and passed her CHL this last Saturday. This is a big step for her as she was raised by anti’s and it took her a few years to do the 180.
My wife is good friends with the wife of a coworker. I would be friends with coworker (he is just a little older than myself), except he is a hard core sheeple, and must worse, actively voices his disapproval of any non-sheeple behavior. He is an engineer, and probably the most square headed of them you’ll ever meet. All his disapproval of non-sheeple behavior, therefore, is based on the most “logical” of foundations.
Said coworker stops by Monday morning to shoot the bull, opening up with “Anything interesting going on?” to which I respond that my wife took and passed her CHL, only missing 15 points on the shooting test.
He recoils a bit with major body language and “Oh My My! Does she actually have a gun?” “Yes” I respond, “We got her a 9mm and it’s the gun she qualified with. But she is agitating a bit now for a larger caliber so we will see what we do when she masters the 9mm.”
“Oh” he physically recoils harder now. “I think 9mm is more than adequate, a larger caliber is just going to have more stopping power.” To which I have to laugh and respond with “Isn’t that the point of a self defense weapon?” “Oh, I guess, but I think a 9mm is more than enough”.
Then he moves topics. “So she will have a gun in the store?” “Absolutely, it will be on her at all times.” Then he asks, “Will you post one of those no guns signs on the door?” I have to give him the dumbest look I can muster (genuinely being shocked at the question) “No. What’s the point in that? Criminals aren’t going to respect the sign and why do I care if the law abiding carry guns?”
“Oh” again but seemingly pondering a new concept in thought – criminals won’t obey a sign on the door?
And with that he buzzed off. Because of the relationship between our wives he knows about our mindset, which he treats most of the time with some sort of bemusement at our foolishness. Because they are both dyed in the wool sheep (please excuse the pun), I never try to justify anything we do or challenge their thinking, as I figure it will just re-enforce his thinking that I am nuts. But this one time it was nice to be able to challenge his obviously foolish notions for a change.
My wife is good friends with the wife of a coworker. I would be friends with coworker (he is just a little older than myself), except he is a hard core sheeple, and must worse, actively voices his disapproval of any non-sheeple behavior. He is an engineer, and probably the most square headed of them you’ll ever meet. All his disapproval of non-sheeple behavior, therefore, is based on the most “logical” of foundations.
Said coworker stops by Monday morning to shoot the bull, opening up with “Anything interesting going on?” to which I respond that my wife took and passed her CHL, only missing 15 points on the shooting test.
He recoils a bit with major body language and “Oh My My! Does she actually have a gun?” “Yes” I respond, “We got her a 9mm and it’s the gun she qualified with. But she is agitating a bit now for a larger caliber so we will see what we do when she masters the 9mm.”
“Oh” he physically recoils harder now. “I think 9mm is more than adequate, a larger caliber is just going to have more stopping power.” To which I have to laugh and respond with “Isn’t that the point of a self defense weapon?” “Oh, I guess, but I think a 9mm is more than enough”.
Then he moves topics. “So she will have a gun in the store?” “Absolutely, it will be on her at all times.” Then he asks, “Will you post one of those no guns signs on the door?” I have to give him the dumbest look I can muster (genuinely being shocked at the question) “No. What’s the point in that? Criminals aren’t going to respect the sign and why do I care if the law abiding carry guns?”
“Oh” again but seemingly pondering a new concept in thought – criminals won’t obey a sign on the door?
And with that he buzzed off. Because of the relationship between our wives he knows about our mindset, which he treats most of the time with some sort of bemusement at our foolishness. Because they are both dyed in the wool sheep (please excuse the pun), I never try to justify anything we do or challenge their thinking, as I figure it will just re-enforce his thinking that I am nuts. But this one time it was nice to be able to challenge his obviously foolish notions for a change.
