hollabakzach23
Regular Member
Good morning everyone!
This is my first post here at Open Carry and I couldn't find an introduction section so I just put this post in the Indiana section since I am from Lafayette. My name is Zach and I have been reading posts on this site for quite some time now whenever I have down time and have read a ton of great information on here and decided to join! I have been carrying ever since I turned 21 a few months ago and was legally able to do so. I carry everywhere legally able to do so except for campus because Purdue does not allow it. I usually carry a my glock 23 or my ruger sr1911.
Anyway, my reason for this first post was I had my first encounter with another citizen regarding carrying my firearm. I usually carry in my seeps paddle holster or my blackhawk thumb break pancake holster. I really only carry the paddle holster when I am traveling to work as I work in a restaurant in west lafayette and its easy to remove from.my jeans to lock in my glove box. This morning I met my mother at the Christos restaurant a few doors down for breakfast as I work with her during the school year. We eat there probably five times a week so everyone knows us and that I am carrying if its not right after when I have a class. So this morning we finished our pancakes and were just sitting there chatting because we had plenty of time before we had to open. A couple had sat down next to us at a table and I heard them referencing my gun the entire time they sat there. And this gentleman's wife even corrected him a couple times reminding him that in Indiana it is only a license to carry a hundgun permit and that I did not have to conceal it. After a few minutes this gentleman finally spoke up and asked me how old I was.to which I replied 21 years old. He then said I assume you have your permit? To which I also answered yes. Then he went on this rant and began scolding me like a father would about how I should have switched my mother seats to hide my gun and that if someone didn't like it they would call the cops and one would be here in a heartbeat. And how hes been carrying for as many years as i have been alive. I told him that would be fine as I had no problem communicating with an officer about what I am legally able to do. And he just kept making comments and snide remarks. So I responded by politely telling them to have a wonderful afternoon and that I was not going to argue with someone who wasn't even my father.
I guess since this was my first encounter with someone who didn't agree with the act of open carrying I kind of froze up and didn't reply the way I always thought it would end up. And my first question here is what should I have done differently and how should I go about dealing with those types of situations other than to stay confident is the only thing I could think of.
Again, thanks for having me and I hope to continue learning an abundance of information as I have been reading here!
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This is my first post here at Open Carry and I couldn't find an introduction section so I just put this post in the Indiana section since I am from Lafayette. My name is Zach and I have been reading posts on this site for quite some time now whenever I have down time and have read a ton of great information on here and decided to join! I have been carrying ever since I turned 21 a few months ago and was legally able to do so. I carry everywhere legally able to do so except for campus because Purdue does not allow it. I usually carry a my glock 23 or my ruger sr1911.
Anyway, my reason for this first post was I had my first encounter with another citizen regarding carrying my firearm. I usually carry in my seeps paddle holster or my blackhawk thumb break pancake holster. I really only carry the paddle holster when I am traveling to work as I work in a restaurant in west lafayette and its easy to remove from.my jeans to lock in my glove box. This morning I met my mother at the Christos restaurant a few doors down for breakfast as I work with her during the school year. We eat there probably five times a week so everyone knows us and that I am carrying if its not right after when I have a class. So this morning we finished our pancakes and were just sitting there chatting because we had plenty of time before we had to open. A couple had sat down next to us at a table and I heard them referencing my gun the entire time they sat there. And this gentleman's wife even corrected him a couple times reminding him that in Indiana it is only a license to carry a hundgun permit and that I did not have to conceal it. After a few minutes this gentleman finally spoke up and asked me how old I was.to which I replied 21 years old. He then said I assume you have your permit? To which I also answered yes. Then he went on this rant and began scolding me like a father would about how I should have switched my mother seats to hide my gun and that if someone didn't like it they would call the cops and one would be here in a heartbeat. And how hes been carrying for as many years as i have been alive. I told him that would be fine as I had no problem communicating with an officer about what I am legally able to do. And he just kept making comments and snide remarks. So I responded by politely telling them to have a wonderful afternoon and that I was not going to argue with someone who wasn't even my father.
I guess since this was my first encounter with someone who didn't agree with the act of open carrying I kind of froze up and didn't reply the way I always thought it would end up. And my first question here is what should I have done differently and how should I go about dealing with those types of situations other than to stay confident is the only thing I could think of.
Again, thanks for having me and I hope to continue learning an abundance of information as I have been reading here!
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