danbus
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Last Sunday, I went to 7/11 to get gas in Norfolk. My ex-employer (security company) still provided armed guards there. I was OCing my 1911, cocked and locked of course.
After I walked in, a supervisor, whom recognized me, made a sassy comment about how I still carried with the "hammer back". I informed him yet again it's the way it's designed to be carried and that since I no longer work for the company, firing me was out of the question. He then went on to tell me that I would end up shooting my foot off. I disagreed. Then he goes on telling me how a LEO in NY dropped his service weapon and it "went off" and hit a toddler in the arm. I made claim that it wasn't a 1911 that fell. He differed. I explained that most if not all NY LEOs carry Glocks and how they only fire when the trigger is pulled. He stood silent and still said it's still dangerous for me to carry with the hammer back. I ignored him further, paid and left.
I research the story and found it "mostly" true.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02082008/news/regionalnews/clumsy_cop_shoots_tot_266373.htm
February 8, 2008 -- An 18-month-old boy was accidentally shot in the arm by an off-duty cop in Brooklyn yesterday, police said.
The officer, 24, a two-year veteran who works in Manhattan, according to sources, was cleaning the gun in his second-floor apartment in Mill Basin when the weapon dropped and discharged at about 3 p.m.
The boy was in a playpen with his twin brother in a first-floor apartment when the bullet came through the ceiling.
The tot was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in good condition.
"He's going to be OK," said his 17-year-old brother. "There's a hole in the living-room ceiling, a big hole above the playpen."
The officer has not been charged.
There are more stories, but this the first that I found. Of course we know that Glocks don't fire unless someone fires them. But that's not the point.
The problem I have is the guard making unnecessary comments about my mode of carry and firearm. I used to work for this company until I quit/was fired.
On one hand, I should just ignore the ignorant and move on. On another, I wish to address the company as to the unprofessionalism shown to me.
How would another gun-owner handle this?
Last Sunday, I went to 7/11 to get gas in Norfolk. My ex-employer (security company) still provided armed guards there. I was OCing my 1911, cocked and locked of course.
After I walked in, a supervisor, whom recognized me, made a sassy comment about how I still carried with the "hammer back". I informed him yet again it's the way it's designed to be carried and that since I no longer work for the company, firing me was out of the question. He then went on to tell me that I would end up shooting my foot off. I disagreed. Then he goes on telling me how a LEO in NY dropped his service weapon and it "went off" and hit a toddler in the arm. I made claim that it wasn't a 1911 that fell. He differed. I explained that most if not all NY LEOs carry Glocks and how they only fire when the trigger is pulled. He stood silent and still said it's still dangerous for me to carry with the hammer back. I ignored him further, paid and left.
I research the story and found it "mostly" true.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02082008/news/regionalnews/clumsy_cop_shoots_tot_266373.htm
February 8, 2008 -- An 18-month-old boy was accidentally shot in the arm by an off-duty cop in Brooklyn yesterday, police said.
The officer, 24, a two-year veteran who works in Manhattan, according to sources, was cleaning the gun in his second-floor apartment in Mill Basin when the weapon dropped and discharged at about 3 p.m.
The boy was in a playpen with his twin brother in a first-floor apartment when the bullet came through the ceiling.
The tot was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in good condition.
"He's going to be OK," said his 17-year-old brother. "There's a hole in the living-room ceiling, a big hole above the playpen."
The officer has not been charged.
There are more stories, but this the first that I found. Of course we know that Glocks don't fire unless someone fires them. But that's not the point.
The problem I have is the guard making unnecessary comments about my mode of carry and firearm. I used to work for this company until I quit/was fired.
On one hand, I should just ignore the ignorant and move on. On another, I wish to address the company as to the unprofessionalism shown to me.
How would another gun-owner handle this?
Take a yoga class! 
