Funny little incident today...
My husband, son and I drove up to Canton today to look at some vehicles, and we took advantage of the ability to OC, naturally. We met the seller at a rest stop, and he seemed perfectly comfortable with us being armed. He even talked to my husband about buying guns and getting his concealed weapons permit, in light of what happened in Aurora.
Anyways, our son was tired of being in the car seat, so I took him into the rest stop to look around and cool off while my husband test drove the car. Multiple people walked past us in those 20 minutes, and even though a few noticed, not a one freaked out or even commented to their companions about my shiny, holstered Kimber.
Until...
I carried my one year old son back outside to our car to get him a snack, and a man in his 20's-30's was standing at the top of the stairs, talking on his phone. As I walked towards him, I heard him saying "Now you listen, son, 'cause, I got some choice words for you, son..." then he noticed us approaching. He said "I'm not gonna say those words right now because there is a lady and her baby walking past me, but once she's out of ear shot, I'm gonna let you have it!"
I passed by with my weak side to him and walked down the stairs, and suddenly heard him exclaim, "Holy ****! She's got a gat! The lady with the baby has a gun on her side! She's strapped!!! I ain't gonna mess with her...I wouldn't hurt her anyways, but I definitely ain't gonna mess with her while she's got a gun!..."
I smiled the whole time I heard him freaking out, until I was out of earshot, and then I couldn't stop chuckling. The grandma, the 14 y/o highschool girls, the soccer mom with her three kids; not a one of them reacted at all to my gun (even though most of them noticed!) but this tough looking dude with a wife beater, backwards ball cap and lots of tattoos was totally shocked. I wonder how he would have reacted if he'd known I was actually carrying 2 guns :lol:
My husband, son and I drove up to Canton today to look at some vehicles, and we took advantage of the ability to OC, naturally. We met the seller at a rest stop, and he seemed perfectly comfortable with us being armed. He even talked to my husband about buying guns and getting his concealed weapons permit, in light of what happened in Aurora.
Anyways, our son was tired of being in the car seat, so I took him into the rest stop to look around and cool off while my husband test drove the car. Multiple people walked past us in those 20 minutes, and even though a few noticed, not a one freaked out or even commented to their companions about my shiny, holstered Kimber.
Until...
I carried my one year old son back outside to our car to get him a snack, and a man in his 20's-30's was standing at the top of the stairs, talking on his phone. As I walked towards him, I heard him saying "Now you listen, son, 'cause, I got some choice words for you, son..." then he noticed us approaching. He said "I'm not gonna say those words right now because there is a lady and her baby walking past me, but once she's out of ear shot, I'm gonna let you have it!"
I passed by with my weak side to him and walked down the stairs, and suddenly heard him exclaim, "Holy ****! She's got a gat! The lady with the baby has a gun on her side! She's strapped!!! I ain't gonna mess with her...I wouldn't hurt her anyways, but I definitely ain't gonna mess with her while she's got a gun!..."
I smiled the whole time I heard him freaking out, until I was out of earshot, and then I couldn't stop chuckling. The grandma, the 14 y/o highschool girls, the soccer mom with her three kids; not a one of them reacted at all to my gun (even though most of them noticed!) but this tough looking dude with a wife beater, backwards ball cap and lots of tattoos was totally shocked. I wonder how he would have reacted if he'd known I was actually carrying 2 guns :lol:
