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I had an amusing experience last night. I stopped by a local drugstore last night to pick up a prescription. I walked through the store, and back to the pharmacy. There were about 10 ten standing or sitting, waiting on prescriptions. I got in line, and as I standing there waiting, I heard a 13-16 year old girl say to her father (who was sitting off to the side), "Dad, look he's got a gun." I ignored her, and then I heard her father say, in a rather loud voice, "That's not good. I hope he's not planning on robbing them. I don't want to be in here if he's going to shoot up the place." Now, I was wearing a tucked in collared shirt, dress pants, and dress shoes; I don't believe I looked like a low life drug addict of the shirt planning on robbing the pharmacy to get a fix. This guy's daughter was standing a couple of feet away from me, and he didn't tell her to get away from me. In fact, he was so "scared" and "worried" that I was going to "shoot up the place" that he did not move. He sat there for 10 minutes waiting for his prescription, and even when he got it and paid for it, he and his daughter browsed through the aisles nearby; they were in no hurry to leave the store. No one else was bothered or seemed upset; the only person I saw react was one of the pharmaceutical assistants look up when the guy starting talking about me robbing the store. She glanced at him, looked at my properly holstered gun, and went back to what she was doing. I've carried in the store before, and I wouldn't be surprised if she recognized me. It just struck me as funny that a man who is supposedly fearing for his life and his daughter's didn't even bother to leave the store. How scared could someone be by my holstered gun, and then just go on with life?
I had an amusing experience last night. I stopped by a local drugstore last night to pick up a prescription. I walked through the store, and back to the pharmacy. There were about 10 ten standing or sitting, waiting on prescriptions. I got in line, and as I standing there waiting, I heard a 13-16 year old girl say to her father (who was sitting off to the side), "Dad, look he's got a gun." I ignored her, and then I heard her father say, in a rather loud voice, "That's not good. I hope he's not planning on robbing them. I don't want to be in here if he's going to shoot up the place." Now, I was wearing a tucked in collared shirt, dress pants, and dress shoes; I don't believe I looked like a low life drug addict of the shirt planning on robbing the pharmacy to get a fix. This guy's daughter was standing a couple of feet away from me, and he didn't tell her to get away from me. In fact, he was so "scared" and "worried" that I was going to "shoot up the place" that he did not move. He sat there for 10 minutes waiting for his prescription, and even when he got it and paid for it, he and his daughter browsed through the aisles nearby; they were in no hurry to leave the store. No one else was bothered or seemed upset; the only person I saw react was one of the pharmaceutical assistants look up when the guy starting talking about me robbing the store. She glanced at him, looked at my properly holstered gun, and went back to what she was doing. I've carried in the store before, and I wouldn't be surprised if she recognized me. It just struck me as funny that a man who is supposedly fearing for his life and his daughter's didn't even bother to leave the store. How scared could someone be by my holstered gun, and then just go on with life?
