What to say when people complain they are "uncomfortable" because of your gun?

[OC for ME]

Do OCers, in NC, have a special tee shirt, or ball cap, they must wear to indicate that a CHP is in their wallet?

 

[georg jetson]

Home Depot encounter:

A guy notices I'm OCing while in the rope isle, googling which type of material I needed for a project, walks up to me, takes his wallet out, and everything inside falls on the floor next to me. I keep my eye on him out of the corner of my eye. He eventually gets his things back in to his wallet, minus his CHP. He gets my attention, holds the card up, and goes,

Him: Hey buddy! You should get yourself one of these!
Me: No thanks.
Him: It would help a lot with the people that are uncomfortable with you carrying that around, like that.
Me: Sounds like those people have a personal problem.
Him: Yeah, well...I used to open carry too, and decided this was just a whole lot less trouble.
Me: ...
Him: Well...nice talking to you! *walks away*

Shoulda asked him if he practices drawing from the concealed position as often as he practices pulling out his wallet.

 

[wimwag]

Its like a Jackie Chan movie where he pulls the gun out and it falls apart...

 

[marshaul]

Home Depot encounter:

A guy notices I'm OCing while in the rope isle, googling which type of material I needed for a project, walks up to me, takes his wallet out, and everything inside falls on the floor next to me. I keep my eye on him out of the corner of my eye. He eventually gets his things back in to his wallet, minus his CHP. He gets my attention, holds the card up, and goes,

Him: Hey buddy! You should get yourself one of these!
Me: No thanks.
Him: It would help a lot with the people that are uncomfortable with you carrying that around, like that.
Me: Sounds like those people have a personal problem.
Him: Yeah, well...I used to open carry too, and decided this was just a whole lot less trouble.
Me: ...
Him: Well...nice talking to you! *walks away*

"Hmm. Interesting. Myself, I stopped asking for permission to do things when I became an adult moved out of my parents' house. I guess that's not for everyone, though."

 

[PistolPackingMomma]

"Hmm. Interesting. Myself, I stopped asking for permission to do things when I became an adult moved out of my parents' house. I guess that's not for everyone, though."

Lmfao. Well done!

 

[MAC702]

...A guy notices I'm OCing while in the rope isle, ... walks up to me, takes his wallet out, and everything inside falls on the floor next to me. I keep my eye on him out of the corner of my eye. He eventually gets his things back in to his wallet, minus his CHP. He gets my attention, holds the card up, and goes,

Him: Hey buddy! You should get yourself one of these!
...
Him: Yeah, well...I used to open carry too, and decided this was just a whole lot less trouble...

I'm much more uncomfortable around fumble-fingers who hide their gun in their pants.

 

[mikeyb]

I'm much more uncomfortable around fumble-fingers who hide their gun in their pants.

This. As long as I'm not nearby and would have to apply pressure to stop the bleeding. *shudder*

 

[Bernymac]

This. As long as I'm not nearby and would have to apply pressure to stop the bleeding. *shudder*

I don't think that was a gun in the pants :shocker:

 

[JoeSparky]

All I have to say on this is if they find my oc'd firearm uncomfortable then they are riding my hip entirely to firmly!!!!!!

 

[stealthyeliminator]

All I have to say on this is if they find my oc'd firearm uncomfortable then they are riding my hip entirely to firmly!!!!!!

hahaha nice

 

[Jack House]

"Hmm. Interesting. Myself, I stopped asking for permission to do things when I became an adult moved out of my parents' house. I guess that's not for everyone, though."

That'd be a good one. Myself I was thinking I would pull my CHL out and "you mean this?" then just walk away.

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[DanNabis]

... a store clerk who asked me to leave a store and stated that he was doing so because "he was uncomfortable that I was carrying a gun".

I tried asking him ... why he was frightened..

Theoretically

Would responding with "That's unfortunate you that have that reaction."
and not providing them with a question to respond to
then going about your business like nothing happened be a bad idea?


I feel that getting in to a conversation with an emotional and possibly defensive person in a public setting would be unproductive and possibly more upsetting than just sort of politely shutting that person down.

or is it better to let them speak their reasons..
I know I've had some thoughts after a good discussion/debate with a fellow
where just hearing yourself say what your concepts are - out loud allowed you to look at it from another perspective and reconsider its merits.

I dunno. I'm a ramblin' man..

 

[Yaki]

The problem with most of your responses is your not talking rational people.
You can say the most common sense things and they don't get it.

It's like this guy was standing next to me in a line and said god bless. I said I'm atheist and he responded with sorry. You know your going to hell.
I responded your going to hell if you don't get away from me.
He moved on to bother someone else. My point is you will never be able to rationalize with an irrational person.

 

[Gallowmere]

Nor are you, "talking rational," Yaki. Someone apparently volunteered to bless you by his lights and you rebuffed him. Not a civil response. An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with your life.

I have to agree with this a bit. See, this is part of the issue that I have with Atheists. They have become dogmatic, almost to a degree that puts the faithful to shame. To me, the proper response to such a situation would have been to just say "thank you", give a nod, and be done with it. There's absolutely no need to the most trivial daily encounters into confrontation. For all you knew at the time, that guy could have been an unbeliever as well, and was merely speaking out of a combination of habit, and courtesy.

And yes, this is coming from a person who finds the idea of religious deities to be preposterous, given the utter lack of evidence. That doesn't mean that one has to be an ******* about it.

After reading back over this, I have come to realize, that I am becoming too damned nice, as I age.

 

[HPmatt]

It's like this guy was standing next to me in a line and said god bless. I said I'm atheist and he responded with sorry. You know your going to hell.
I responded your going to hell if you don't get away from me.
He moved on to bother someone else. My point is you will never be able to rationalize with an irrational person.

If you are in Salinas you're pretty close - I guess it c/b worse - there's always Los Banos.

 

[Maverick9]

The problem with most of your responses is your not talking rational people.
You can say the most common sense things and they don't get it.

It's like this guy was standing next to me in a line and said god bless. I said I'm atheist and he responded with sorry. You know your going to hell.
I responded your going to hell if you don't get away from me.
He moved on to bother someone else. My point is you will never be able to rationalize with an irrational person.

I have to agree with Nightmare and others. Having a 'superior philosophy' does not excuse bad manners. Besides 'godbless' is really just an expression, like 'excuse me', or 'have a nice day'. Everyone knows it's just the equivalent of 'waving' hello to a stranger.

Please take the time to consider that spreading good will trumps anything gained by being/acting 'superior', and I say this as a lesson to myself as well since I'm kinda prone to do what you did, but I'm working on it.

 

[marshaul]

It's like this guy was standing next to me in a line and said god bless.

You could have smiled and said,

"And may he touch you with his noodly appendage, my friend."

 

[WalkingWolf]

I knew a atheist girl that repeatedly screamed "Oh God!" Just sayin`

 

[stealthyeliminator]

lol I saw this on Facebook - see attached photo. No, I don't think I'd ever actually say this to anyone but damn it's funny.

 

[davidmcbeth]

lol I saw this on Facebook - see attached photo. No, I don't think I'd ever actually say this to anyone but damn it's funny.

It is funny ... very funny....I enjoyed it.