afcarry
Regular Member
Earlier this morning my family and I went to Warrensburg to our local Wal-Mart for some groceries. Nothing out of the ordinary really happened until we were about to leave. We were grabbing our delicious skim milk when a large elderly man who was walking by seemed to stop dead in his tracks, and stare intensely at my Government sized 1911 sitting comfortably in my Serpa holster. I suppose he wanted attention drawn to me because he didn't bother walking up and discussing his concern, but rather yelled at me from across the aisle. Here's about how it went:
Man: "Do you realize that that gun is cocked?."
I walked over to him (hoping that that would lower his voice) pushing the stroller with my 10 month old son and replied:
Me: "Yes sir, I do. In the state of Missouri, it is permitted by law to carry a loaded weapon in public."
Man: "I know, but that Glock 40 is posing a threat. With that hammer back it could go off at any moment."
Me: "Well sir, If i were to relieve the hammer it would pose a larger safety concern."
Man: "No! If it went off right now, what do you think would happen to all of these people around here?"
Me: "Sir, being as its in a holster, its pointed in a safe direction."
Man: "No, your going to wind up shooting somebody!"
Me: "Sir, have a nice day."
I would have no problem with discussing his concern with him further but the man began this conversation with a raised voice and didn't lower it, nor show any intention of lowering it. The last thing I want is to be seen arguing with a loaded gun. That just doesn't seem to be a good idea. So, I walked away. The last words I heard was him telling his wife that I was going to kill somebody in the store. I'm not sure I did the right thing, or that I did everything I could have done, but at the time, I was unable to come up with a better idea. We checked out, and left without any further issues. So does anybody here have any suggestions or advice for me? I didn't get the audio, and now I feel like retard for it, but oh well.
Man: "Do you realize that that gun is cocked?."
I walked over to him (hoping that that would lower his voice) pushing the stroller with my 10 month old son and replied:
Me: "Yes sir, I do. In the state of Missouri, it is permitted by law to carry a loaded weapon in public."
Man: "I know, but that Glock 40 is posing a threat. With that hammer back it could go off at any moment."
Me: "Well sir, If i were to relieve the hammer it would pose a larger safety concern."
Man: "No! If it went off right now, what do you think would happen to all of these people around here?"
Me: "Sir, being as its in a holster, its pointed in a safe direction."
Man: "No, your going to wind up shooting somebody!"
Me: "Sir, have a nice day."
I would have no problem with discussing his concern with him further but the man began this conversation with a raised voice and didn't lower it, nor show any intention of lowering it. The last thing I want is to be seen arguing with a loaded gun. That just doesn't seem to be a good idea. So, I walked away. The last words I heard was him telling his wife that I was going to kill somebody in the store. I'm not sure I did the right thing, or that I did everything I could have done, but at the time, I was unable to come up with a better idea. We checked out, and left without any further issues. So does anybody here have any suggestions or advice for me? I didn't get the audio, and now I feel like retard for it, but oh well.