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Summer months I turn into something between a sloppy concealed carrier and an open carrier.. T shirt comfort without always remembering to blouse the T over the gun... Today was an open carry, no blousing day apparently.

After 8 years it happened.

I saw a local business opening up shop with their new sign on the street stating they were a steel house. Me being a machine shop who works primarily with steel I took great interest.

Out on a delivery and a pick up I made it a point to stop in, introduce myself and see if there was anything we could do for each other. I walked in to find stacks of plate and sheet goods but no one around. Turning around and going back to the front of the place I saw an office with a man looking at me from his desk. I entered the office and handed him my card, introduced myself and explained how I was a neighbor right across the drive and how I had this shop. I asked him exactly what it was he sold but the conversation immediately went off course before he answered.

"You like open carry?" Figuring at this point I'm had I didn't need to look down to see the form of carry I was currently in.

"Yes, I do open carry" was my reply.

I then start getting a lecture as to how I should have had a badge, how I scare people and how is he supposed to figure out if I mean him harm. I interrupted him and said I was sorry but I didn't see a posting and he said he didn't post.

I'm sorry folks, but sometimes one it just out of breath and tired of touting the cause. I wasn't going to argue. I wasn't going to debate. I wasn't going to lift an eyebrow. I reached over his desk and removed my business card from his hand and wished him well and left.

This one terrific country.

Seems to me you did have your badge, right there somewhere on your waist presumably.
I'd bet he had something within reach himself.. just not in the open
Give it a while, maybe one of you will reconsider trying introductions at some point.
I do like your no-nonsense response.

I wasn't there to hear the conversation in it's entirety....or his tone of voice.....but me thinks he wouldn't want my business either.
Chewing out a poss. customer doesn't ,(normally) , lead to them wanting to do business with you later.

Sounds like you had the best and most perfect response.

Javelin Man wrote:Sounds like you had the best and most perfect response.

I agree.

Gaptrick winz teh Interwebz today !!

gaptrick wrote: I reached over his desk and removed my business card from his hand and wished him well and left.

Its just disheartening to hear the uneducated open their mouths. When one spends so much time in the choir and talking to like minded people for so long, that getting out in the world among the ninnies is an eye opener that says there so much more work to be done.

gaptrick wrote:Its just disheartening to hear the uneducated open their mouths. When one spends so much time in the choir and talking to like minded people for so long, that getting out in the world among the ninnies is an eye opener that says there so much more work to be done.

Like you, I have grown weary of arguing with the sheeple. In the situation where I think I have a decent chance of having a cogent discussion, I'll still take it on, but I no longer try to meet emotion with facts. It simply can't be done. You might as well argue with that computer monitor you're looking at right now (smartphone, whatever). You'll get just as much comprehension and intelligent discourse.

Hate to get to the point where I only worry about "me and mine", but that's it these days.