Open carry bad for business...HIS...
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 1:04 pm
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.
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.