You meet gunnies in the most unlikly places

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Me and the wife have our weekly date at Border's(a bookstore)..it's a cheap date...like the library with $5 coffee...
So she's reading her decorating and designing mags,and I have gun mags,a Glock book(very good),a concealed carry book,and a few more gunnrealted books.....so this guy comes over and says"Sorry to bother you,but I noticed the books you were reading."
I'm thinking,great I offened some liberal just by READING abut guns....Just the oppisite...he asks if I'm a competitive shooter...I say yes......seems he's been looking for an IDPA club......we talked for like 30 minutes and I gave him al the info on our club...seemed nice,and said he'd see me sunday night at IDPA practice..................We're all over,and you never know where you'll meet us............:cool:
 
A couple of months ago after a meeting about "violence in the workplace" I got to talking with one of my coworkers. Turns out he was interested in getting a CHL! I've known this guy for two years and never knew we had similar views on personal defense. The rest of my office is super-liberal so I was really surprised.

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I met a gunnie in the LA airport, while waiting in line to buy a gunzine. We had a nice talk.
 
You can buy gun magazines at the LA Airport? I havent travelled much on the West Coast, but I can't find any airport newstands over here that carry gun magazines.

Not sure in today's climate that I would read one on an airplane anyway...
 
I'm a piano performance major at USC, and I expected that the music school there would be completely leftist and anti. One day I was reading through a gun book (can't remember which) when one of the jazz guitarists comes up and says "Do you shoot?". I told him yes, and he proceeded to tell me that he's been a shooter since he was a little kid. Now everytime I see him we get into hour-long gun discussions and we're trying to arrange some trips to the range. You're right, though, you'd be surprised where you meet other gunnies.
 
Whenever I see someone with a NRA hat or gun T-shirt, if I can, I'll say something like "I like your hat." Somtimes this leads to a conversation, and other time's just a quick "thanks" as whoever it is gets back to what they were doing.

I used to wear my Camp Perry Garand Match shirts to work. Most of my office was anti, but one of the new salespeople struck up a conversation with me because of the shirt. Turns out he was a copter pilot in 'Nam and was interested in getting back into shooting. We had some interesting conversations.
 
Not sure in today's climate that I would read one on an airplane anyway...
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I used to feel that way. Now I figure, I bought it in a public place, I'll read it in a public place. If someone doesn't like it--their problem. Or maybe someone will see a businessman in a suit reading a gunzine and realize not all gunnies meet the knuckle-dragging stereotype. Or maybe I'll have a chance to talk to someone I might not otherwise.
 
Back in the 50s I lived on the southern border.
No water.
Spring was on the other side of the fence.
Unclogged the spring intake, dead frog.
Climbin back over the fence wearin shorts n stetson.
Nice young man from border patrol curious why me climbin fence.
For a lot of years after that I got to enjoy shootin with the border patrol.

Sam
 
I used to be very secretive about my little addiction at work. I work for a service company with strict political rules. No religion, politics, or school preference discussions are allowed. No bumper stickers that might offend ANYONE. During a truck inspection one day I had forgotton to take my gun mags off the dash. After chewing me out for displaying objectionable material, the manager asked me what I shot and invited me to his property to shoot. Turns out everybody in the office was a member of the secret society. Now when we have our weekly staff meetings it turns into a gun discussion. All new people are indoctrinated as soon as possible. This experience has taught me that most antis have never been exposed to firearms.

How bad is it when you are known as the gun nut in a progun atmosphere.
 
Sam, when the nice border patrol man stopped you, did he ask you in Spanish?;)
 
..We're all over,and you never know where you'll meet us............
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An adult group at church decided to do a fellowship party type thing with a Western theme. Of the 40 or so adults who were there, 6 of the men were wearing respectable cowboy type holster rigs. I doubt they'd have a good holster without also having something to put in them.

Yup, we're out there.
 
I have found firearm enthusiats almost everywhere. One of the Elders in my hometown church is a gun-nut. One of our former ministers was a gunsmith.Many of my co-workers are too,including several former bosses who were FFL's.
 
One day one of the baggers (he also works produce) at the local grocery store had on a HK hat. I told him that I liked his hat (which I did as I had my USP on my hip at the time :D ). He (mid teenaged years old) got a panicked look on his face that someone recognized what it meant and then relaxed when he saw I wasn't going to "out" him to the management. Since then I've seen him wandering around with the Ruger eagle and the Browning emblem :cool: :D .

Greg
 
Gary....yes.

Was deadheadin home in company uniform. Sittin in the rear of plane.
Turned out my seat neighbor was John Bianchi. We had a neat show n tell flight.

Sam
 
Saw a guy with an HK shirt on in a Pizza Hut once. He was trying to teach his little girl military time (0-24 hours)
 
Darrin and I work at a place that for the most part are really conservitive. Luckly thats partialy in our favor. They arent true anti's for the most part, but are more of let it be. We dont overly talk about our hobbies all the time. We do discuss the next range trip or any new purchases. Occasionaly we find people that are gun nuts as well....and they sneak in with us. We have lightly converted a few, helped a few get more legal since they were doing things illegaly...all sorts.

For the most part the crowd i have been around most my life are all really big anti's tho. ive had a few people gawk at me when I pull the mosin-nagant out of the trunk to take it in the house from a range trip or something.... But for the most part i try to keep a low profile...been that way all my life not just gun related, i try not to stand out
 
Yep, we're all over the place.

You run across gun folks in oddball places, too. Strangest place i ever ran across one was at a rest stop one time.

Middle of the night, heading home on leave, and the coffee I had before leaving my last stop was reallly working it's way through my system. So I had to stop. Found the most isolated place I could, no one else around, and hopped out of the truck into a beeline for the latrine. Coming back out, I heard someone shout "Hey, man!". Here comes this guy out of the woods (NE Wisconsin has a lot of woods) looking like something out of "Deliverance".

Oh, :cuss: , I thought as I started to hear "Dualing Banjos" in my head.

He runs up to me, and I'm freaking out trying to unlock my truck and reach for my 9mm. He stops, coughs, and then asks me if I'd seen his bloodhound. With the blood thundering in my head I told him no. Then he lit up a cigarette and asked if I wanted one.

Had a real nice talk as it turned out. He owned land that butted up to the highway there, and apparently his dog had taken off after a deer or something, and was worried about it getting nailed on the highway. He was a hunter and shooter too, and after a bit I confessed that I was ready to shoot. He had a good laugh over that one, and that was it.

ANM
 
I know what you guys are talking about! Heck, I came to THR because I thought it was a site for mountain road enthusiests! Well did I ever have a treat! :D
 
Ragweed is driving my allergies nuts. So off to see my Dr. buddy whom I used to partner with. I open the door to the clinic and hold open for an attractive obvious drug rep. whom is pulling a pull-along suitcase. We follow each other to my Dr.'s ofc. My buddy gives her a hug, says "give my buddy here a hug". :) I'm game, he then puts her hand on my IWB , "oh my" that a big one". So I'm thinking...okay, well we go to an unoccupied exam room, she pulls back her business jacket and she is packing , I'm packing, Dr. comes in , well he is naturally packing, another partner of my Dr. comes in, he is packing. Now you know why you wait for so long to see a Doc...we are talking guns,ammo and holsters. :)

He asked what I needed, hey I came for free samples for the allergies and nasal spray. Rep leaves, comes back to the exam room with the suitcase, "you want some free samples, I have free samples"...we have now added two nurses to the room...free samples of 9mm, 45 ACP and 12 ga with the Drug company logo on the boxes. She had .32 to 45 ACP, and 12 ga as samples. I got a hug, ammo and meds...I gotta drop by the clinic more often it seems. :D
 
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