Big Gay Al
Michigan Moderator
Oh, I don't know, I think he should have just turned around and said BOOO!! :banana::banana:
As Bill Engvall would say "Here's your sign"!I usually get asked "Is that a real gun?" like I would be carrying around a toy.
I've been thinking a lot about this lately. We have two different types of these people who are "scared to death": the frightened ninny who calls someone else and stands by worriedly keeping an eye on you in case that gun jumps out of your holster and goes on a rampage (like this one), and then we have the confrontational person who demands to know why you're carrying a gun, what you're afraid of, etc.Lady is frightened by sight of gun.
Lady stands there and stares open-mouthed at gun she is frightened by.
Lady stands right next to gun she is frightened by and has hushed conversation with key-counter guy.
Lady stands there next to gun she is frightened by and "stares you down" while looking "scared to death".
Lady stands next to gun she is frightened by and says "'I dont feel safe until that man leaves this store".
Profit?
I'm not sure, but I think there is something wrong with that.
Could it be that the lady continued to stand right next to the thing she was "scared to death" by?
Wonder if she'd reach down and pet a rattlesnake coiled up right next to her?
If I were not such a kind, considerate and empathetic person known far and wide as being anything but a curmudgeon with a sarcastic streak a mile wide I would have looked right at her and asked why she was continuing to stand right next to the gun if she was so frightened of it.
Earlier this evening, I was at a Shell station waiting in line to pay for my gas...
I reached back to grab my wallet, going to count my money, then my hand hit my Hi-point, must have hit it at the right spot, because my magazine fell out of the pistol grip, and hit the floor. There was a older gentleman standing behind me, wearing a Vietnam veteran hat, he reached down and picked up my mag, and handed it to me, to which I said thanks, and locked it back into my pistol.
Not but a second later, this vet asked me with a straight face; "dat a real gun?"
After watching my mag fall out by accident, picking it up, he had to have noticed the Hollow-point rounds, and i know he watched me put the mag back in. He seriously asked that question.
I responded with a straight face, dripping with sarcasm; "No sir, it's a paint ball gun, I can't afford the real thing".
This guy carried on a conversation with me about how realistic paint ball guns are these days, and how similiar they are to the real things. It was as though this veteran seriously didn't know I was OC'ing a real pistol, and actually didn't pick up my sarcasm.
Its things like these, that you must become accustomed to when you're OC'ing in public. And you should treat every OC event special-like~
You did great on your encounter, btw, just keep that up.
Al, I'll just politely remind you not to order a steak "well done"
Sorry, when I eat beef, I want it dead, not ready to get up and walk away.Al, I'll just politely remind you not to order a steak "well done"
Yes, you did fine.
Don't wrestle with a pig or explain to the ignorant, it just makes you dirty or tired and they enjoy it.
I personally like the people that come up to me and ask "You're not going to shoot me are you?"
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What if he didn't have a CCDW?
I think given the context she wasn't all that afraid. I mean she did stand there and whisper loudly enough to be heard. It is much more likely she was just trying to get management to throw him out because she doesn't believe people should be allowed to carry guns in public. A quick mental exercise will bring just about anyone to this conclusion I think. For instance I'm afraid of snakes so if I see one I'm not going to stand there and tell anyone who will listen about my fear of snakes. No, I will be getting away from the snake.
She said she didn't feel safe.
I have the "facts"....she stated she didn't feel safe. You are speculating and trying to read minds my friend. You are spinning it to justify your belief instead of looking at the facts.The point made earlier on is that if she truly didn't feel safe, she wouldn't have stayed where the frightening object was. If you're scared of flying, do you get on a plane? Scared of spiders, do you tap the web? She wasn't scared, she was trying to get people to do what she wanted them to do, based on her beliefs; not based on any one persons rights.
I have the "facts"....she stated she didn't feel safe. You are speculating and trying to read minds my friend. You are spinning it to justify your belief instead of looking at the facts.
I have the "facts"....she stated she didn't feel safe. You are speculating and trying to read minds my friend. You are spinning it to justify your belief instead of looking at the facts.