LegatoRedrivers
Sharpshooter
- Feb 10, 2011
- 564
- 18
I headed out to the grocery store today, walked in and grabbed a cart, when I heard, "Excuse me?" to my left. I turned and there was a guy approaching me, and he started with "Don't mean to bother you, but I just wanted to ask..." I noticed he was glancing down at my sidearm.
At this point, I was mentally getting ready for the negative experiences people talk about. This was at the same store where I've had my only semi-negative experience, (which only turned bad because of a call center guy in ohio, long story) and I was wondering if this was going to be my story of "man attempts to berate me for carrying."
The man continued, "I just wanted to ask...do people give you a lot of trouble for open carrying like that?"
I smiled and replied, "A lot less often than you'd think actually." We introduced ourselves and got to talking. Turns out he's carried for somewhere to the tune of decades, but has always carried concealed. We spoke about the pros and cons of concealed vs open carry for a moment or two, and it didn't turn into a derogatory shouting match (who knew that was possible
) He spoke a minute about why he's always CC'd, I spoke a minute about why I OC, but we were both respectful of each others position on the matter, and didn't argue the points. He also mentioned that he doesn't see too many younger guys who carry wheel guns.
We even touched on glock vs 1911 for a moment, and touched on muzzleloader hunting. I told him about INGO, and gave some lip service to Guy Relford and TFT. All in all, a really nice guy, and what I consider a positive OC experience.
At this point, I was mentally getting ready for the negative experiences people talk about. This was at the same store where I've had my only semi-negative experience, (which only turned bad because of a call center guy in ohio, long story) and I was wondering if this was going to be my story of "man attempts to berate me for carrying."
The man continued, "I just wanted to ask...do people give you a lot of trouble for open carrying like that?"
I smiled and replied, "A lot less often than you'd think actually." We introduced ourselves and got to talking. Turns out he's carried for somewhere to the tune of decades, but has always carried concealed. We spoke about the pros and cons of concealed vs open carry for a moment or two, and it didn't turn into a derogatory shouting match (who knew that was possible
) He spoke a minute about why he's always CC'd, I spoke a minute about why I OC, but we were both respectful of each others position on the matter, and didn't argue the points. He also mentioned that he doesn't see too many younger guys who carry wheel guns.We even touched on glock vs 1911 for a moment, and touched on muzzleloader hunting. I told him about INGO, and gave some lip service to Guy Relford and TFT. All in all, a really nice guy, and what I consider a positive OC experience.
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