While shopping for a new holster and a jacket under which to conceal it, there was no way that I could keep my gun out of sight. (The holster had to fit my gun, and the jacket had to hide it, so I had to try both with the gun.) I explained the situation to the sales people and got their O.K. before I took off my jacket, so there were no sudden surprises. I didn't expect the gun department of a sporting goods store to give me any trouble, and they were very cooperative. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the manager of one men's store also had a CCW, as did the father of the sales associate who helped me at the department store.
On more than one occasion I was asked if I was an undercover cop. No, I am just Joe Citizen who has decided to carry and give the average BG an incentive to find another line of work. I used the question to educate the person asking the question about CCW laws and the benefits of having guns in the hands of responsible law abiding citizens.
I brought this subject up an a gun store, and the guy behind the counter got rather animated about it. He insists that the people asking the question should have kept their question to themselves. He felt that any questions about a gun that is visible in public, particularly if you are "made," is out of line and a potential danger to the person with the gun.
I might agree, if I had been "made" in public, but when I intentionally exposed the gun, I didn't mind the question, and I liked having the opportunity to educate someone who was ignorant about guns and CCW.
How do the rest of you feel about this?
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Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other, and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked.
Nehemiah 4:17,18
On more than one occasion I was asked if I was an undercover cop. No, I am just Joe Citizen who has decided to carry and give the average BG an incentive to find another line of work. I used the question to educate the person asking the question about CCW laws and the benefits of having guns in the hands of responsible law abiding citizens.
I brought this subject up an a gun store, and the guy behind the counter got rather animated about it. He insists that the people asking the question should have kept their question to themselves. He felt that any questions about a gun that is visible in public, particularly if you are "made," is out of line and a potential danger to the person with the gun.
I might agree, if I had been "made" in public, but when I intentionally exposed the gun, I didn't mind the question, and I liked having the opportunity to educate someone who was ignorant about guns and CCW.
How do the rest of you feel about this?
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Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other, and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked.
Nehemiah 4:17,18