I had what I thought was a humorous encounter earlier today. My mother discovered that she like a particular sandwich from a particular resturant, so she called me on my cell phone and asked me to pick one up for her. Being the dutiful son I stop and pick one up. I was open carrying my pt92 holstered on my hip with just my jacket hanging over it. I have the required permit.
I'm digging in my pants pocket for some loose change to keep from having to break a $20 and the cashier spies my handgun. Here's the paraphrased dialogue.
Her: "You work for the police or some 'um?"
Me: "No."
Her: "Then why do you have that?" (pointing to my hip)
Me: "For moral support."
***puzzeled look***
Her: "That helps you support your morals?"
Me: "Nah.........(smile) mine are fine, it helps support other people's."
I smile while saying the last part and she gives a little chuckle, but I don't know if she got the joke or if she didn't get it (she didn't seem to recognize the difference between "moral support" and "supporting morals") and was unsure of what to do. She remained polite and friendly the whole time, but it could have been the whole "the customer is always right" training. It was the first time that someone had openly noticed or acknowledged my firearm and wasn't as bad I thought it might be.
I must admit that I read a post on here a long time ago that contained something along the same thought as the last line, so it wasn't original.
I'm digging in my pants pocket for some loose change to keep from having to break a $20 and the cashier spies my handgun. Here's the paraphrased dialogue.
Her: "You work for the police or some 'um?"
Me: "No."
Her: "Then why do you have that?" (pointing to my hip)
Me: "For moral support."
***puzzeled look***
Her: "That helps you support your morals?"
Me: "Nah.........(smile) mine are fine, it helps support other people's."
I smile while saying the last part and she gives a little chuckle, but I don't know if she got the joke or if she didn't get it (she didn't seem to recognize the difference between "moral support" and "supporting morals") and was unsure of what to do. She remained polite and friendly the whole time, but it could have been the whole "the customer is always right" training. It was the first time that someone had openly noticed or acknowledged my firearm and wasn't as bad I thought it might be.
I must admit that I read a post on here a long time ago that contained something along the same thought as the last line, so it wasn't original.