28kfps
Regular Member
I'm going to see if this stirs up some additional posting. If so, cool; if not, I guess that’s okay, too. After working 50 years nonstop, I finally got to retire in 2020. Forty-six of those years were spent at the Nevada Test Site, with the last 26 years as a gunner on a two-stage gas gun. I spent 13 years enjoying my lifetime membership at Front Sight. It was going to be my retirement hobby. Being only 20 minutes away, while some went golfing, I planned to go shooting and training once a month.
I always knew Piazzia was a crook; I was hoping that over time he would finally make it grow or get a financial backer. Well, his scamming ways caught up to him, and there goes my retirement hobby. I was way ahead of the cost curve, as I paid $250 for my lifetime membership, and over the years, I received tens of thousands of dollars worth of training. But I do miss it. I miss the events we used to have. We had some great outings doing what I would call PR walks on the Strip and Fremont Street. Most of them were enjoyable, seeing open-carry individuals; some were not. Most of the time, we would get asked about open carry, and the responses were mostly positive. I do carry openly all the time where legal. I do not go into casinos that do not accept my legal right to carry, and I don't go to Costco unless helping my father-in-law. I counsel if I do. I’d say 95% of the time, I am open carrying while shopping and at most doctors' offices and banks. I've kind of lucked out, as I have a doctor's office that has no problem with me carrying openly.
I carried openly on three different trips to Sturgis. Once I got there, I locked it up in a small lock box on the bike when walking around. During every stop on the two-day ride, I had it at my side for gas and meal stops. I got a few looks, but no one ever said anything.
I did get pulled over on one trip just as I was entering Sturgis. I wasn’t worried, as I always run five miles over the speed limit and have never had an issue. I knew the tags were good. He was in a black Tahoe with no markings and hidden red and blue lights. The officer walked up to me on my left side while I was sitting on my motorcycle, which is my strong side. I run a modulating headlight on my bike, legal in all 50 states. He said, "I stopped you because I thought you were having an electrical problem with your bike due to the headlights flickering."
He stood next to me with my nicely staged two-holster firearm positioned between us. He never asked for my ID and never mentioned my firearm—he was very pleasant. Sturgis calls in extra law enforcement from all over to help out during the yearly event, he was wearing an ATF badge on a chain.
I have many examples of OCing on the motorcycle and every day. OC smart and safe.
I always knew Piazzia was a crook; I was hoping that over time he would finally make it grow or get a financial backer. Well, his scamming ways caught up to him, and there goes my retirement hobby. I was way ahead of the cost curve, as I paid $250 for my lifetime membership, and over the years, I received tens of thousands of dollars worth of training. But I do miss it. I miss the events we used to have. We had some great outings doing what I would call PR walks on the Strip and Fremont Street. Most of them were enjoyable, seeing open-carry individuals; some were not. Most of the time, we would get asked about open carry, and the responses were mostly positive. I do carry openly all the time where legal. I do not go into casinos that do not accept my legal right to carry, and I don't go to Costco unless helping my father-in-law. I counsel if I do. I’d say 95% of the time, I am open carrying while shopping and at most doctors' offices and banks. I've kind of lucked out, as I have a doctor's office that has no problem with me carrying openly.
I carried openly on three different trips to Sturgis. Once I got there, I locked it up in a small lock box on the bike when walking around. During every stop on the two-day ride, I had it at my side for gas and meal stops. I got a few looks, but no one ever said anything.
I did get pulled over on one trip just as I was entering Sturgis. I wasn’t worried, as I always run five miles over the speed limit and have never had an issue. I knew the tags were good. He was in a black Tahoe with no markings and hidden red and blue lights. The officer walked up to me on my left side while I was sitting on my motorcycle, which is my strong side. I run a modulating headlight on my bike, legal in all 50 states. He said, "I stopped you because I thought you were having an electrical problem with your bike due to the headlights flickering."
He stood next to me with my nicely staged two-holster firearm positioned between us. He never asked for my ID and never mentioned my firearm—he was very pleasant. Sturgis calls in extra law enforcement from all over to help out during the yearly event, he was wearing an ATF badge on a chain.
I have many examples of OCing on the motorcycle and every day. OC smart and safe.
