SovereignAxe
Regular Member
I had my most interesting OC encounter yet, recently. I was shopping at Old Navy a couple days ago (their workout clothes are not quite as good, but way cheaper than Under Armor) and a guy comes up by me and asks "Is that a pistol!?" I say yes it is. He asks what kind and I tell him Walther P99. He asks if he can see it and I say "sure, but I can take it out of the holster in the store" and turn strong side towards him (keeping several feet of distance, of course).
Immediately after I finish that last sentence he says to me something like, "oh no, I couldn't, I'm a convicted felon."
I'm almost speechless for a moment and the only thing that comes to mind is something like, "oh, well I'm sorry about that." And that was pretty much it. He walked away a moment later. I have it all on my voice recorder, but it'd been recording for nearly an hour before this, so I haven't had time to scan for it yet.
I'm guessing whatever he did wasn't that serious if he's as young as he is and out walking around in public instead of in prison, so I feel kinda sorry that a citizen lost his rights, but at the same time, that encounter still put me from condition yellow to orange for a few minutes. It also got me thinking about how many convicted felons there probably are around us...not necessarily a threat, but good cause to stay in condition yellow whenever in public.
Immediately after I finish that last sentence he says to me something like, "oh no, I couldn't, I'm a convicted felon."
I'm almost speechless for a moment and the only thing that comes to mind is something like, "oh, well I'm sorry about that." And that was pretty much it. He walked away a moment later. I have it all on my voice recorder, but it'd been recording for nearly an hour before this, so I haven't had time to scan for it yet.
I'm guessing whatever he did wasn't that serious if he's as young as he is and out walking around in public instead of in prison, so I feel kinda sorry that a citizen lost his rights, but at the same time, that encounter still put me from condition yellow to orange for a few minutes. It also got me thinking about how many convicted felons there probably are around us...not necessarily a threat, but good cause to stay in condition yellow whenever in public.