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When I started to carry here, I took exactly the opposite attitude. See, I work with a group of thespians. No, not lesbians, lol, I mean actors, stage crew, directors, and musicians. Just about as liberal a group as is possible to encounter. So, I made the bold statement that I was thinking of getting a gun. The response was, interesting. Rather varied opinions all, but for the most part, they all talked about me behind my back, and after a few months, when I hadn't killed anyone, they started to take a different view of me.
Now when the alarm goes off at the business, they call me. When the parking lot is empty and scary, I'm walking people to their cars. When someone runs across some old heirloom firearm, they say, "Hey, Matt..."
I've taught two people to shoot, one was willing but afraid because of her kids, and only one or two people were overly hostile (one a friend) who thinks that "No one should have a damned bazooka in his living room." But we still have lunch together.
Another that I thought was anti-gun was in reality just keeping quiet because of appearances, but he is ex-military and loves to shoot.
So, my attitude from that was that I am a gun nut. I tell everyone I am a gun nut. When they ask me what that means, I tell them that I swore an oath to support the Constitution of the US, and take it seriously, and that crime has dropped dramatically since I started mowing my yard with a 9mm strapped to my hip.
Shrugs, the reality is simple. I do what I want, when what I want is legal. What they say, well, if I lived my life concerned with theattitude of those around me, I would be a little scared little mouse. And I can assure you that I am anything but a mouse.
