Bill Starks
State Researcher
imported post
Over the weekend I went looking through Craigslist to find a camper. I found a few for sale by private owners that were nearby and decided to take a look at them today since I was off.
I finally found one for the right price and overall looks that I was going to buy today. The owner and I spent about 45 minutes going over the camper, top to bottom. I decided to take one more run through the inside before making the offer. As I was stepping through the camper door the guy "finally" mentions the Springfield on my hip and asks if I was a cop or something. I replied with "no, not a cop, just a citizen who carries a gun." So the whole time in the camper he can't take his eyes off the holster even with him explaining things to me. He finally tells me that the gun makes him nervous and asks if I would put it in the truck. My reply was that I was not comfortable leaving it in the truck (and hoped he would leave it be). In the middle of me making the offer for the camper he loudly tells me that this is "MY PROPERTY AND I DON’T WANT GUNS ON MY PROPERTY !!" I told him that while I respect his rights, if he accepted my offer, we would be done shortly and I'd be on my way. He wanted to hear nothing more I had to say unless the gun was off his property. I walked to the truck, drove away and he lost a sale.
The funny thing was his wife. When he raised his voice to me, I looked at her and she let out a sigh and shook her head while looking directly at him. As I was pulling out of the driveway she was giving him the business with her arms flailing.
Otherwise it was a very uneventful day.
Over the weekend I went looking through Craigslist to find a camper. I found a few for sale by private owners that were nearby and decided to take a look at them today since I was off.
I finally found one for the right price and overall looks that I was going to buy today. The owner and I spent about 45 minutes going over the camper, top to bottom. I decided to take one more run through the inside before making the offer. As I was stepping through the camper door the guy "finally" mentions the Springfield on my hip and asks if I was a cop or something. I replied with "no, not a cop, just a citizen who carries a gun." So the whole time in the camper he can't take his eyes off the holster even with him explaining things to me. He finally tells me that the gun makes him nervous and asks if I would put it in the truck. My reply was that I was not comfortable leaving it in the truck (and hoped he would leave it be). In the middle of me making the offer for the camper he loudly tells me that this is "MY PROPERTY AND I DON’T WANT GUNS ON MY PROPERTY !!" I told him that while I respect his rights, if he accepted my offer, we would be done shortly and I'd be on my way. He wanted to hear nothing more I had to say unless the gun was off his property. I walked to the truck, drove away and he lost a sale.
The funny thing was his wife. When he raised his voice to me, I looked at her and she let out a sigh and shook her head while looking directly at him. As I was pulling out of the driveway she was giving him the business with her arms flailing.
Otherwise it was a very uneventful day.
