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What's your best "is that a real gun" comment?

Shotgun

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gollbladder13 wrote:
Just got back from Sam's. One of the workers said, "Somebody's enjoying the WI open carry law!"
I like that. Although they could have also truthfully said "Somebody's suffering the effects of Wisconsin's concealed carry law."
 

Athena

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I try in the nicest way possible to make the other person seem like the weird one. Example:

Random dude: Is that a real gun? or Why do you carry one of those around?

Me: You mean you don't carry?

At this point I will gladly take as much time as the other person wants to fill them in on the legality, rationale, etc behind open carry. I always carry a few copies of the relevant statutes/case laws with me and keep a few extras stashed in the car.
 

Shotgun

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Athena wrote:
I try in the nicest way possible to make the other person seem like the weird one. Example:

Random dude: Is that a real gun? or Why do you carry one of those around?

Me: You mean you don't carry?

At this point I will gladly take as much time as the other person wants to fill them in on the legality, rationale, etc behind open carry. I always carry a few copies of the relevant statutes/case laws with me and keep a few extras stashed in the car.
Do you have copies of the WI Open Carry pamphlet? I still have a some from the La Crosse picnic.
 

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I don't have any of the pamphlets. I cp'ed the more interesting/important statutes into a word doc. I keep a copy of all of the extended laws just in case there is a question of the exact wording of specific laws with one of Madison's finest.

I also carry a copy of the public records map of exactly where the property lines are for a school that is rather close to me.
http://accessdane.co.dane.wi.us/html/parcelsearch.asp
 

Shotgun

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That's a handy website. My plan is to visit the couple of nearby schools with my GPS to measure 1000'. But since neither school is that close to anywhere I normally go on foot, it's not been a high priority.
 

hugh jarmis

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Random dude: Is that a real gun? or Why do you carry one of those around?

Me: You mean you don't carry?
That (and variations of it) are very effective approaches.

The "assumptive" approach.

If someone says "I didn't know that was legal" and you say surprised "really? it was ALL over the news for weeks back in the spring" thats very soothing for people to know vs. saying "yeah, not many people know about it" which tends to evoke more suspicion.
 
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