COL said:
A week ago I was at the deli counter of a local grocery store. This particular store is closing. In discussing the closing a man joined in the conversation and commented in not taking his business to Kroger. I asked why. When I asked the question his wife walked up. She heard the question and answered that Kroger allows people the carry guns. She informed me that her and her husband are very active in "Moms Demand Action." When she said that I turned and pointed to my openly carried firearm. You could see the panic set in. With anxiety in her voice she asked, do you have a permit? I said if you mean a conceal carry license, yes I do, but I don't need one to open carry. You could feel her anxiety melt away. She declared I had training and spent hours at a gun range. And everything was right with the world.
She even wanted a picture of her with me so she could show the other ladies. She had herself convinced that having a license makes a person responsible. And there was a way to keep guns out of bad peoples hands.
I quickly moved on. I wanted to point them to the Kool-aid aisle.
I understand why you "......quickly moved on", but I would have probably had a "little" more fun w/her than you did and I suspect her and her hubby has been to the Kool-Aid aisle many times before.