Accidental open carry at walmart-Could have gone better - Page 2

MinistrMalic · August 23rd, 2009, 11:32 AM

I think you handled yourself with aplomb and restraint. Thanks for being a good ambassador for 2A.

ccw9mm · August 23rd, 2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveinNEPA

Accidental open carry at walmart-Could have gone better

I don't think it could have gone much better than you left it. Someone is know faced with irrefutable proof of a normal, upstanding person not spontaneously combusting simply by carrying a firearm. And that person know appreciates there might be another reason, a rational reason, the average person might wish to carry the means of self-defense. I'd say you did a great job.

Ape · August 23rd, 2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kellyII

Wow, is he a TERRORIST, I have never heard that one before. Makes you think where she heard this and why she might think it as well

Parents and Liberal media would be the most obvious IMO. ;-)

kellyII · August 23rd, 2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ape

Parents and Liberal media would be the most obvious IMO. ;-)

Youre right on target about that!!!!

Ape · August 23rd, 2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kellyII

Youre right on target about that!!!!

Yet have you noticed how much ingenuine concern and appreciation they have for guys like you over in the Middle East protecting our way of life. However you pose some of the same concern for protection in our own homes and land and they act like you're some kind of nut.
Which just goes to show (IMO) how false their concern for soldiers abroad are.
I on the other hand honestly thank you and appreciate all you do~

TN_Mike · August 24th, 2009, 01:52 AM

I think you handled it pretty well there Steve. Good job.

TucAzRider · August 24th, 2009, 07:09 PM

Monkey see - Monkey DO!!!.... Like parent - like child.... It is a shame,....

AKsrule · August 24th, 2009, 09:58 PM

Gonna play Devils advocate here......

First - YOU were MADE by a KID

Second - Lots of other people were probably listening - possibly
some bad guys who watched you leave and maybe followed you home
and now know where to find guns.

Third - Walmart ain't the best place to convert people to anything much
less Studying Constitutional principles.

If an "Accidental" sighting of your weapon causes such a commotion
one can imagine what purposeful open carry might engender in
the same circumstances.

Ape · August 25th, 2009, 01:27 PM

I actually had a positive conversation with the Manager at a WW last night about my OCing. Since I visit a couple of stores on my way home late at night to search for ammo I'm some what well known by those employees working those hours.
He approached me and told me how he doesn't own guns and has no real experience with them, but is glad to see law abiding citizens such as myself carrying and helping to keep the community at large safer.

Now I've heard the stand by arguement of OCing being a bad thing many times before. And those arguments have "some" merit. But I also believe that if we had more gun owners less afraid to OC that crime would absoulutely show a decrease. IMO hiding our gun ownership and lurking in the dark is compareable to gay people hiding their choice and being afraid. It does nothing but create more of a fear instead of education and acceptance.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm no advocate of homosexuality by any means. And I've been accused of being homophobic more than once. I consider it a "choice" that's justified by natural hormone inbalances. But it is what it is, and there's no way anyone is going to "make" them change IMO either. But that's a conversation for another forum or thread. lol
That's how I see gun rights and education.

JM .02

jahwarrior72 · August 25th, 2009, 05:01 PM

i think you did a good job taliing to the mom. you may not win a convert, but at least you didn't look like a moron or a freak.

i don't see how this relates to open carry, though.

August 23rd, 2009, 11:32 AM	#11
MinistrMalic Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 484	I think you handled yourself with aplomb and restraint. Thanks for being a good ambassador for 2A. __________________ "...whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one." (Luke 22:36) Here is my blog if you're interested :)

August 24th, 2009, 01:52 AM	#16
TN_Mike VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: West TN Posts: 7,720	I think you handled it pretty well there Steve. Good job. __________________ A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Barry Goldwater 1968

August 24th, 2009, 07:09 PM	#17
TucAzRider Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tucson Posts: 792	Monkey see - Monkey DO!!!.... Like parent - like child.... It is a shame,.... __________________

August 24th, 2009, 09:58 PM	#18
AKsrule Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 832	Gonna play Devils advocate here...... First - YOU were MADE by a KID Second - Lots of other people were probably listening - possibly some bad guys who watched you leave and maybe followed you home and now know where to find guns. Third - Walmart ain't the best place to convert people to anything much less Studying Constitutional principles. If an "Accidental" sighting of your weapon causes such a commotion one can imagine what purposeful open carry might engender in the same circumstances. __________________ ------- -SIG , it's What's for Dinner- know your rights! http://www.handgunlaw.us "If I walk in the woods, I feel much more comfortable carrying a gun. What if you meet a bear in the woods that's going to attack you? You shoot it." {Bernhard Goetz}

August 25th, 2009, 05:01 PM	#20
jahwarrior72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the raggedy edge Posts: 1,047	i think you did a good job taliing to the mom. you may not win a convert, but at least you didn't look like a moron or a freak. i don't see how this relates to open carry, though. __________________ *1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism. two of them are mine.* http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=19644781

August 25th, 2009, 01:27 PM	#19
Ape Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 103	I actually had a positive conversation with the Manager at a WW last night about my OCing. Since I visit a couple of stores on my way home late at night to search for ammo I'm some what well known by those employees working those hours. He approached me and told me how he doesn't own guns and has no real experience with them, but is glad to see law abiding citizens such as myself carrying and helping to keep the community at large safer. Now I've heard the stand by arguement of OCing being a bad thing many times before. And those arguments have "some" merit. But I also believe that if we had more gun owners less afraid to OC that crime would absoulutely show a decrease. IMO hiding our gun ownership and lurking in the dark is compareable to gay people hiding their choice and being afraid. It does nothing but create more of a fear instead of education and acceptance. Now don't get me wrong, I'm no advocate of homosexuality by any means. And I've been accused of being homophobic more than once. I consider it a "choice" that's justified by natural hormone inbalances. But it is what it is, and there's no way anyone is going to "make" them change IMO either. But that's a conversation for another forum or thread. lol That's how I see gun rights and education. JM .02

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