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The other night I went over to my best friend Bill's place to meet him for dinner. Bob (his brother) and his fiance were over watching television when I arrived.
As it's summer, 90 plus degree, and 90% plus humidity here in Texas I was in shorts and a t-shirt. My Kahr K-40 was in my strongside pants pockets in a Mitch Rosen pocket holster with a spare mag in the other pocket.
As we weren't going anywhere fancy, I put my Laser Products Surefire 6P flashlight on my belt in this black Kydex horizontal carrier I bought from Massad Ayoob's Police Bookshelf several years ago before they were common.
Well, I'm talking with Bob and his fiance when she interupts me midsentence, points at my belt, and asks "what's that" in the most condescending tone. Looking down I realized she was talking about the flashlight. Bob smiles as he knows Bill and I have been WAY into guns for years.
Slipping the flashlight out of the carrier, I held it up for her to see. "It's a light," I said. She looked at the light and then back at me as though I was Batman and had pulled some little gadget off of my belt.
"Why do you carry that?" she asked with an equally naive and condescending tone.
Fighting the urge to be a smart@ss and say, "To see in the dark...DUH." I decided to put her in her place as I know she has kids from a previous marriage.
"Well," I started, "I feel it's only responsible to have a small flashlight with you when you carry a gun so you don't unintentionally shoot some innocent kid in the head when it's dark and you mistake them for a gangbanger."
Her eyes grew wide. "You're carrying a gun?"
I smiled. "That's for you to figure out."
Bob started laughing and patted her on the thigh. She didn't seem to like that either.
Bill walked in shortly after that. So I returned the 6P to its home and we left.
Anyone else had a similar experience with people that don't approve of your armed lifestyle???
These lightweight Yuppies scare easy. Hell, she named her dog Beamer after the BMW she drives. Jeez!
- Anthony
The other night I went over to my best friend Bill's place to meet him for dinner. Bob (his brother) and his fiance were over watching television when I arrived.
As it's summer, 90 plus degree, and 90% plus humidity here in Texas I was in shorts and a t-shirt. My Kahr K-40 was in my strongside pants pockets in a Mitch Rosen pocket holster with a spare mag in the other pocket.
As we weren't going anywhere fancy, I put my Laser Products Surefire 6P flashlight on my belt in this black Kydex horizontal carrier I bought from Massad Ayoob's Police Bookshelf several years ago before they were common.
Well, I'm talking with Bob and his fiance when she interupts me midsentence, points at my belt, and asks "what's that" in the most condescending tone. Looking down I realized she was talking about the flashlight. Bob smiles as he knows Bill and I have been WAY into guns for years.
Slipping the flashlight out of the carrier, I held it up for her to see. "It's a light," I said. She looked at the light and then back at me as though I was Batman and had pulled some little gadget off of my belt.
"Why do you carry that?" she asked with an equally naive and condescending tone.
Fighting the urge to be a smart@ss and say, "To see in the dark...DUH." I decided to put her in her place as I know she has kids from a previous marriage.
"Well," I started, "I feel it's only responsible to have a small flashlight with you when you carry a gun so you don't unintentionally shoot some innocent kid in the head when it's dark and you mistake them for a gangbanger."
Her eyes grew wide. "You're carrying a gun?"
I smiled. "That's for you to figure out."
Bob started laughing and patted her on the thigh. She didn't seem to like that either.
Bill walked in shortly after that. So I returned the 6P to its home and we left.
Anyone else had a similar experience with people that don't approve of your armed lifestyle???
These lightweight Yuppies scare easy. Hell, she named her dog Beamer after the BMW she drives. Jeez!
- Anthony