I'm so concealed! Tales of the upscale market.

"I was tempted to say - nice way to advertise free gun to anyone with the motivation and brains to approach you".

REALLY.......WOW!!! Wonder if you would have felt so brazen and risk a butt whoopin in the store had you not been carrying a gun yourself? Might as well have considered insulting his mother while you were at it.

Good thing you decided wisely to keep your comment to yourself. However, your desire to provoke an altercation with a complete stranger because you did not approve of his carry method, raises question in my mind as to your temperament to CCW. The type of carry method one chooses that works for them, does not mean they are a moron because you disagree. Ironically, you are still only guessing that his "man bag" even had a gun in it. I would not be patting yourself on the back too hard super sleuth.
 
Colbad - sarcasm and satire escape you. However, on a serious note for you - there are bad folks out there who do seek to challenge those who posture.

Giving them a clue that you are a doofus, might increase the odds of such. Probably not though if you posture in the upscale market.
 
"I was tempted to say - nice way to advertise free gun to anyone with the motivation and brains to approach you".


You continue to miss the point. You publicly indicated that you wanted to confront a stranger over how he was carrying his FA. Surely you know from your experience on this forum that your comments would not have been welcome. You are still only guessing that he was carrying a firearm.....method aside. Why would anyone carrying a FA consider going out of his way to provoke a total stranger like this rather than just mind his own business? I think many get brazen to make snarky comments to random strangers when they have a gun at the ready to escape a whooping. Words have meaning and using them inappropriately could have bad outcomes. Having a CCW means exercising greater restraint than others, not growing a bigger "set" to create unnecessary situations that may precipitate having to defend oneself.

If it is sarcasm to call you out on this....call me sarcastic.
 
Yup, I have a house full of treasure, but I act like I don't.

When I acted like a high roller, I was robbed and burglarized
 
What's a marmot?
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An amphibious rodent.
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Nope. Marmots are basically large ground squirrels that live in burrows or rock piles. They're often called "rock chucks" as they look like a woodchuck and have a propensity to locate their burrows near rock piles. You can often find them sitting on top of the rocks, and they "whistle" to communicate with each other.

You may be thinking of the nutria. It is a native South American rodent that is semi-aquatic. They were brought into the U.S. to be raised for fur and were sometimes sold in pet stores. They are now considered an invasive non-native species and are banned in most states because of the damage they cause to streams, ditches, farm ponds, etc. when released into the wild.
 
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Simmer down, friends. Glenn was using obvious satire and pointing out that sometimes we are not as concealed as we think. Having had my own teenage children crack up laughing because I "walk differently when carrying", I, for one, appreciate both his humor and his point.
 
Nope. Marmots are basically large ground squirrels that live in burrows or rock piles.
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The "amphibious rodent" bit is a gag from The Big Lebowski.

Apparently, I'm the only person here who's seen that classic. Back to our regularly-scheduled programming.
 
One thing is for sure, Yosemite Sam is obviously carrying.

I can rarely pick out someone who is concealing a handgun. But it's quite easy in some cases to pick out someone that for obvious reasons aren't.

What we refer to around here as "the spandex mafia" probably aren't toting a gun. So brave to bully cars around wearing spandex.

I've had more people give me hints about them carrying, I find odd, but their prerogative I guess. It's hard for people not to talk about guns. And it is funny.
Or the guy with the cool car at work. There are as many ford mustangs as there are belly buttons, but they gotta talk about it like it's a on of a kind model.

I have a different approach that helps me. I talk about my testosterone fueled dog that shreds through five steaks a day and tosses around cinder blocks when he's bored... The dog is fictional. My real dog is sweet lol
 
Apparently, I'm the only person here who's seen that classic. Back to our regularly-scheduled programming.
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You still got me, Tom. I've seen it.

In regards to the OP; I don't feel comfortable going down to the local whole foods without my Glock 21 and two spare mags; but, thankfully I can carry both of that rig comfortably under an untucked fishing shirts.
 
Ask the cheese person if they know the difference between Brie de Meaux and Frommage de Meaux, the next time you are in Whole Foods!

Whole Foods in TX are banned with a 30.06 sign. So does Mr. Glock Box Belly leave the box in the car? Not take the gun in but wear the Shirt and Box? Some WF's in town have police officers on premises. What would one of those officers do? Ask him and violate the Constitution?

Solution - you could go to Central Market - equally upscale but no ban signs. They did screw up with a 51% sign but they were corrected.
 
30.06 signs make it easy to tell where not to carry.

I appreciated this on a long traveling vacation through serveral states, some states have laws prohibiting carry in certain establishments and laws allowing them at the same time... Very murky waters indeed.

Texas at least spells out with 30.06 and 51 signs.
They are rare to find on a business but I guess customer safety is important to whole foods.

I've stopped buying crap food, mostly I buy organic. I go to restaraunts that only supply expensive real food.

I can afford this now because I don't require any prescription meds any more and haven't had to pay for medical care in four years.

I still eat foods that make me fat though, but I'm a feel good gun toting portly fellow that dresses in a manner that doesn't point out that I may be carrying.
 
BuckhornCortez
Marmots are basically large ground squirrels that live in burrows or rock piles.
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I saw two chasing each other around the rocks at 13,500' just shy of Pikes Peak summit last weekend. They get around.
 
"...the next time you are in Whole Foods!"

Never been in one...where I live you find groceries at Smith's, Albertson's, etc.

I do, however, frequent Jerry's Market...they're big on Shurfine products..."The Quality You Want - The Value You Need."

...and Jerry's doesn't care if you conceal carry or open carry...either is equally as acceptable.
 
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