Nor Cal OC dinner - RSVP!

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Yes, definitely an awesome event!

After the dinner, my friend Todd and I went to Wal-Mart to get some items so he could try his hand at OC as well. There were some interesting looks given by people. The best reaction we got was an employee who was walking by saw his gun first and mumbled some comment. Then she saw mine and said "Oh! He's got one too!" in a surprised manner. Had to be there moment.

On the plus side, we talked to four people who came up to us asking about our firearms, and they all turned out to be a positive encounter for all. One lady was so nice that she actually thanked us for what we were doing.
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That's great news, Juice! My girlfriend was excited that she got the chance to meet a real cowboy. (yeah, we're city folk)

Here's the picture from indoors

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Jeeze, someone give that guy in the Hawaiian shirt a box to stand on...

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Here's a partial caption for the second photo (to get the people who weren't in the first pic):

Far left is supersonic (who was carrying)
Sitting unarmed at the table (left to right): Beau & Miranda (friends I brought along) and Todd (Juice's friend who got kicked by a bull earlier in the day, but still made it out for dinner.)

The only names I don't remember are the two guests not in this picture. One is FreshTapCoke's girlfriend (who was taking the picture). The other was supersonic's teenage son (I guess he was just camera shy).

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ConditionThree wrote:

Jeeze, someone give that guy in the Hawaiian shirt a box to stand on...

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We were a rather tall crowd, weren't we? For those of you who weren't there: I'm 6'0" exactly, and I'm the second shortest person (of those of us standing in this picture).

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Really great you guys all got together for dinner. I hope I can make the next one.

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Awesome job guys. Hopefully I can make the next one.

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Probably a bit premature to start discussing the 'next one.' But we did discuss that a bit over dinner. We discussed the possibility of the next dinner being held somewhere in SF, and maybe inviting a reporter to do a story. Nothing set in stone yet, we were just tossing around ideas.

My hope is that next time we'll plan a little further in advance. I think more people would turn out if we plan further in advance. Of course, this is probably a good 6-12 months away, so there's plenty of time to plan it out.

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CA_Libertarian wrote:

Probably a bit premature to start discussing the 'next one.' But we did discuss that a bit over dinner. We discussed the possibility of the next dinner being held somewhere in SF, and maybe inviting a reporter to do a story. Nothing set in stone yet, we were just tossing around ideas.

My hope is that next time we'll plan a little further in advance. I think more people would turn out if we plan further in advance. Of course, this is probably a good 6-12 months away, so there's plenty of time to plan it out.

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I know a large public place like Outback is good for exposure or "testing the waters" but I'd really like to go to a small mom and pop style restaurant who would really appreciate the business. Maybe some place in San Fran that has been the victim of an armed robbery and would welcome the safety of armed patrons? That would also bring in a nice human interest side to any publicity storywe seek next time.