SFCRetired
Regular Member
I carry a Springfield Armory "Champion" .45 which is, I think, a clone of a Colt Commander. Someone tell me if I'm right, please.
The question is this; I carry cocked and locked and have had I don't know how many people ask me if I know that the hammer is back ("trigger" in one case!). Most of these folks seem to be quite interested in my answers and also in the fact that OC is legal in Alabama. However, there are a few that want to get rude, crude, and socially unacceptable when I tell them that the way I carry is the safest way to carry a 1911.
One individual told me that I was full of excrement, that he had served three years in the Army, and he knew about weapons. My reply, "Thank you for your service. I served a total of twenty-one years and retired as a senior NCO." Clue jaw drop and rapid exit on his part.
Does anyone else, anywhere in the country that it is legal to carry open and loaded, get this same sort of attention?
I do notice that I seem to get more attention carrying the .45 cocked and locked than I do carrying the 9mm with the hammer down.
The question is this; I carry cocked and locked and have had I don't know how many people ask me if I know that the hammer is back ("trigger" in one case!). Most of these folks seem to be quite interested in my answers and also in the fact that OC is legal in Alabama. However, there are a few that want to get rude, crude, and socially unacceptable when I tell them that the way I carry is the safest way to carry a 1911.
One individual told me that I was full of excrement, that he had served three years in the Army, and he knew about weapons. My reply, "Thank you for your service. I served a total of twenty-one years and retired as a senior NCO." Clue jaw drop and rapid exit on his part.
Does anyone else, anywhere in the country that it is legal to carry open and loaded, get this same sort of attention?
I do notice that I seem to get more attention carrying the .45 cocked and locked than I do carrying the 9mm with the hammer down.
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