I was bummin around last week shopping some of my local stores, I wanted to make an authentic ethnic dish, so I stopped into a local ethnic store, it also happens to be in a fairly rough neighborhood. Mostly lower income, mixed ethnicity, in fact it is just a block away from where I first move to when I came to Green Bay, that's how I know what they have.
I parused around the store looking at various items on my list, there were about 8-10 people in there, buying of all things, beer! Go figure! It's par for the course in that neck of the woods.
I placed my items on the counter, the store employees didn't even blink at my firearm. I was dressed in blue jeans and a long sleeve shirt (red) I had asked the clerk if they had a "grande" sized bottle of Cholula hot sauce (I discovered it while doing some training in New Mexico last year) I LOVE the stuff!
While finishing up our transaction, a female behind me asked "you a Cop?" to which I replied, would it make a difference? Cause you don't have to be a Cop to carry a firearm in the State of WI. The young man w/her asked "is that a 9?" Please pardon the reference, however this was ghetto education at it's best.
I had replied w/a resounding HELL NO, it's a 45, a "9" will go through ya a 45 will knock you on your arse!
He had a sheit eatin grin all over his face!
No attitudes, no problems, no issues just another healthy life experience for me and the public in general.