Cougar125
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My wife works at Home Depot here in town. I usually work nights and on Wednesdays I get off early to pick the kids up from daycare so she doesn't miss work.
Well, I had my pistol locked in the truck so when I went to switch vehicles, I chose to OC through the store then to the gas station across the parking lot. Walking through HD, I stopped and talked to my wife's manager (sone of the store Assistant Managers)for a few minutes to see how he'd been doing. He didn't hint that he had noticed my firearm nor did he say anything about. I really don't think he noticed it. After speaking with him I walked down the front raceway (front aisle) passing many customers and HD associates. It seemed everybody was pretty complacent with what was going on. I stopped and looked at the tool endcaps (the ends of the aisles with products) to see if there were any deals on a tool I didn't have. I noticed the people that passed me by and kept myself aware of my surroundings. Again, it seems to me that the common citizen in this country has given themselves a false sense of security, the "nothing is going to happen if I go out" ideation.
Fast Forward...
I find my wife and talk to her for a few minutes. We walk back to the break room so I can have the van keys. There are the Department Supervisors sitting around doing paperwork and all the stuff customers don't usually get to see. Nobody seems to even notice that I'm there. Had a person with ill intent come into the store, I think nobody would've been able to intervene because it was "just another day" or "just another trip" to the store. Why does this concern me? My own wife didn't even notice that I was carrying. When she does notice, she asks me why and thats about as far as it goes.
Fast Forward...
I pick the kids up from the babysitters, a friend of ours that loves it when I OC, and he doesn't notice until I'm carrying until I turn to leave. All he wanted to know was if there was one in the chamber. I simply smiled. We then discussed the desperation of of some people lately. IIRC it was Monday that a Mount Vernon man robbed a bank in Sedro Wooley then shot at a LEO behind the HD in Burlington.
Ok...enough of my blabbering. I just feel that people are too unaware of what is going on around. Other than nobody saying anything while I was out, it was a good carry.
My wife works at Home Depot here in town. I usually work nights and on Wednesdays I get off early to pick the kids up from daycare so she doesn't miss work.
Well, I had my pistol locked in the truck so when I went to switch vehicles, I chose to OC through the store then to the gas station across the parking lot. Walking through HD, I stopped and talked to my wife's manager (sone of the store Assistant Managers)for a few minutes to see how he'd been doing. He didn't hint that he had noticed my firearm nor did he say anything about. I really don't think he noticed it. After speaking with him I walked down the front raceway (front aisle) passing many customers and HD associates. It seemed everybody was pretty complacent with what was going on. I stopped and looked at the tool endcaps (the ends of the aisles with products) to see if there were any deals on a tool I didn't have. I noticed the people that passed me by and kept myself aware of my surroundings. Again, it seems to me that the common citizen in this country has given themselves a false sense of security, the "nothing is going to happen if I go out" ideation.
Fast Forward...
I find my wife and talk to her for a few minutes. We walk back to the break room so I can have the van keys. There are the Department Supervisors sitting around doing paperwork and all the stuff customers don't usually get to see. Nobody seems to even notice that I'm there. Had a person with ill intent come into the store, I think nobody would've been able to intervene because it was "just another day" or "just another trip" to the store. Why does this concern me? My own wife didn't even notice that I was carrying. When she does notice, she asks me why and thats about as far as it goes.
Fast Forward...
I pick the kids up from the babysitters, a friend of ours that loves it when I OC, and he doesn't notice until I'm carrying until I turn to leave. All he wanted to know was if there was one in the chamber. I simply smiled. We then discussed the desperation of of some people lately. IIRC it was Monday that a Mount Vernon man robbed a bank in Sedro Wooley then shot at a LEO behind the HD in Burlington.
Ok...enough of my blabbering. I just feel that people are too unaware of what is going on around. Other than nobody saying anything while I was out, it was a good carry.
> about how I usually either carry concealed or open carry." She clearly had not see the gun strapped to my hip. She goes on to say "Oh wow they actually allow that? Isn't that ilegal? You're not carrying now are you? Oh my God why do you have a gun? Don't you live like two blocks from here?" as I was about to reply the friend she had come in with says "Uhm I carry, you never know when you might need to defend yourself and Seattle is a pretty scary town, specially if you're a woman walking alone" when I heard this all I could do was laugh; I thought it was the funniest thing. Some background on them is that these two had known each other for about 2 years now and they were in the same graduating class.
