Reply #18: Never got my CCW [View All]

[gravity556]

Of course, I live in an OC state (constititional carry, now) that requires no registration. All of my guns but one were purchased FTF from friends and friends of friends-saves on sales tax and if you're patient (and have friends who like to gamble) you can get some smoking deals that way.

Never saw the point in CCW laws-I either have the right to be armed or I do not-whether you can tell if I have a gun on or not, I seriously doubt that there will ever be a heated exchange somewhere..

"You, sir have a gun! It discomfits me, and just the knowledge of its presence in this plane of existence is causing me great psychic harm! *sob*
Why just the very proximity of that death machine has me verging on a panic attack, requiring me to physically confront you!"

And that's where the conversation goes off the rails. When I do open carry, I get maybe 1 in 150 people that say anything negative. And I never quite get the negative responses. A clerk at a convenience store that I saw 5 times a week happened to be in on the weekend. I was open carrying. It was the strangest thing-she was all smiles and jokes and chit chat until I reached for my wallet. She must not have noticed the gun until then-and it was like someone flipped a switch. Going on and on about how I must be a "tough guy" just looking to shoot someone.

Is it just me? Am I the only person who sees a logic failure in intentionally provoking someone that you apparentlty ferverently believe is not only armed, but excessively aggressive as well?