Been eating brunch after church at the same place now for a while. An older group of church goers have started also, and invited us to join them. Politely declined as its our time together.
I conceal under a sport jacket or vest in church, then OC if weather is warm. They had seen my firearm a few times before and casual comments made. Nothing bad.
This past Sunday standing by cash register and two of the guys come up to me.
Guy 1 says "I want to thank you, I feel safe when you're here, and I don't have to carry."
Guy 2 says almost before he's done, " I don't open carry, you'll be the first one shot."
Guy 3 (me) says, "So you feel safe because I'll be shot first?"
Uncomfortable silence with sharply pointed darts of intense glaring from my wife, who is paying the bill.
Guy 3 (me again) says "You probably shouldn't feel safe because of me."
Guy 1 says "why, are you a bad shot?"
Guy 3 says, "No, it's not that, I'm not responsible for your safety and just because you aren't being responsible doesn't mean it falls on me by default. I'm responsible for my own safety, and I would protect my wife..........provided I haven't been shot first.......
My wife and I have a bet they go somewhere else next week. I say they do, she thinks they don't. We talked for 5-10 minutes longer, I think they got some answers out of me they weren't expecting. I know they had been talking at their table about it for a couple of weeks, and apparently got the nerve up to talk to me about it. I heard all about it after the first week from a mutual friend, who was not there, but heard about it later.