unrequited
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10-9-2007
No worries at Wal-mart buying .45 ammo and some other odds & ends.
10-9-2007
No worries at Wal-mart buying .45 ammo and some other odds & ends.
Careful where you are when you use that one:Well, the donut shop reply works.
I OC'd into a restaurant at lunch. A sharp eyed staff member near the hostess asked if I had a permit, or was I police officer?
I pleasantly said yes, I had a permit. Then I said (while smiling and looking at my belly) that although I knew it looked like I had spent too much time in donut shops, no, I wasn't a police officer. It got smiles.
This is one of the reasons we OC. To help folks see that a guy with a gun isn't a bad thing. I've only had a very few negative reactions,two of which I've turned around by good conversation and demonstrating that I'm just an average fella. I'll bet that if you get a chance and go back there a few times where you can interact with the same clerk, he just might come around. Don't even talk about firearms or 2A. Just ask how his day is going and be sincere. Maybe strike up some chit-chat about the Redskins, World Series, etc. Now that I think about it, his query about your profession indicates a willingness to talk, at a minimum. So, you rattled his sense of "how the world works" by giving him an unexpected answer. Just give him some conversation that doesn't shake his world. I'll bet he comes around.OCing today, I had aclerk nervously eyeing my firearm. At the end of our conversation, he smiled a fake smile and said affirmatively (as if he was giving me new information): "You're a police officer" (Imagine the way a mother would tell her 7-year old "He's a police officer." Same kind of voice).
I said, "no, sir, justa citizen." He looked annoyed and said, "oh...ok."
I thought it was sooooo weird that my choice of career effected how comfortable he felt. I mean, yeah, he doesn't know me or my intentions. How does my career choice change that?
Another episode in stupidity with the sheeple and their obsession with babysitters and dogmatic belief that we "trust" our rulers, but not each other.
Good advice. People were behind in line so I just smiled and told him I was "just" a citizen and moved on.ama-gi wrote:This is one of the reasons we OC. To help folks see that a guy with a gun isn't a bad thing. I've only had a very few negative reactions,two of which I've turned around by good conversation and demonstrating that I'm just an average fella. I'll bet that if you get a chance and go back there a few times where you can interact with the same clerk, he just might come around. Don't even talk about firearms or 2A. Just ask how his day is going and be sincere. Maybe strike up some chit-chat about the Redskins, World Series, etc. Now that I think about it, his query about your profession indicates a willingness to talk, at a minimum. So, you rattled his sense of "how the world works" by giving him an unexpected answer. Just give him some conversation that doesn't shake his world. I'll bet he comes around.OCing today, I had aclerk nervously eyeing my firearm. At the end of our conversation, he smiled a fake smile and said affirmatively (as if he was giving me new information): "You're a police officer" (Imagine the way a mother would tell her 7-year old "He's a police officer." Same kind of voice).
I said, "no, sir, justa citizen." He looked annoyed and said, "oh...ok."
I thought it was sooooo weird that my choice of career effected how comfortable he felt. I mean, yeah, he doesn't know me or my intentions. How does my career choice change that?
Another episode in stupidity with the sheeple and their obsession with babysitters and dogmatic belief that we "trust" our rulers, but not each other.
I've OC'd in one of the Tysons. Frankly I don't go there enough, or care, to, know whicch one. Went to Restoration Hardware and then left. No issues.I didn't read pages 2 and 3, so don't know if it was covered. But Do the2 Tysons malls allow carry? If so, any of you done it? I used to go to those malls years ago, last time maybe 4 years ago. Some pretentious people in there, but I was able to get the fur salon lady at Neiman Marcus to calm down and talk furs with me( I am a trapper). I looked like some redneck to her no doubt. I never saw anyone not in uniform OCing in there, not thatI can recall anyway.
Was in Mannassas 1 time, got lunch at the McDonalds, but saw no one OCing in there either.
Heh, heh, how about OC'ing in the NRA museum?
where is the great wall supermarket?
OCing in Tysons I or II is a no no. they will ask you to leave (as has happened to me).I didn't read pages 2 and 3, so don't know if it was covered. But Do the2 Tysons malls allow carry? If so, any of you done it? I used to go to those malls years ago, last time maybe 4 years ago. Some pretentious people in there, but I was able to get the fur salon lady at Neiman Marcus to calm down and talk furs with me( I am a trapper). I looked like some redneck to her no doubt. I never saw anyone not in uniform OCing in there, not thatI can recall anyway.
Was in Mannassas 1 time, got lunch at the McDonalds, but saw no one OCing in there either.
Heh, heh, how about OC'ing in the NRA museum?
...and how exactly are we to know that its a no-no to open carry in Tysons? There a ZERO signs di-allowing firearms. Trust me, I've LOOKED for them.
Dangerous assumption in a shall-issue CHP state.Those mall security dont carry gun either...