New to carrying and got the P scared out of me!

[pcgunner]

Ok, so we've only been carrying for a few months - couldn't get a permit in Cal. when we lived there - ty FL!

Last week, the wife and I fully loaded - my 2 CC's and her 2 cc's walk in to get a burger at a new place we thought we'd try.

I open the door for her, and I hear in a whisper "Holy ****", I walk in and I whisper "Geez louise".

Thought I would need to change my undies - 8 Highway patrolmen sitting at the first 2 bench tables, right at the front door.

We amble past them to place our order - cautiously...

I'm thinking "Uh oh", we're screwed.

Then I'm thinking "Hey we have permits, it's cool".

Needless to say, yes it was cool and it was quite an exhilarating experience!

 

[DeathGrip]

California is a long ways from Florida.

Leave it behind you.

 

[Ozark Marine]

So, were the burgers good?
Everybody is a little uptight for the first few encounters CCW'ing around LEO's.
Funny story tho.

 

[Salty RI]

So, were the burgers good?
Everybody is a little uptight for the first few encounters CCW'ing around LEO's.
Funny story tho.

Hay, that's what I was going to ask.

 

[gregintenn]

Weren't they carrying as well?

Usually, a mark of a good place to eat is a parking lot full of police cars.

 

[bamabiker]

I went to a local auction yesterday and there were 2 guys open carrying. One was an old guy with a walker carrying what looked to be one of those small Ruger 380s.
The other guy looked to be in his 50s and he had a Browning high power.
No one there seemed to care.

 

[finesse_r]

Unless murdering the King's English is a crime you were good to go.

 

[rwsmith]

That's a good story.....

But what scare's the P out of me is a situation where I may have to use (or try to use) a gun. I've been in some scrapes that were scary enough without guns involved. I'm not looking forward to it.

PS Don't try that in 'some' locals.

 

[rwsmith]

Hey...

Unless murdering the King's English is a crime you were good to go.

Hey, it's an informal story. The vernacular and syntax add a little character and mystery to it. Now if it were a published western or hunting story, I'd expect the author to be a little more precise.

 

[Jessie]

If proper grammar is going to be required, I'll just become a "lurker".

 

[BearBio]

My first traffic stop, I put my hands on the steering wheel and, when he asked "Do you know why I stopped you?", I said: "I have a license to carry, and am carrying. How do YOU wish to proceed?"

He thanked me for telling him, asked where it was, where my wallet was (both right rear pocket/kidney area), and said "Leave it where it is".

Since then, I follow the same procedure and almost always the officer thanks me. None have ever taken my pistol and one asked to see it but that was curiosity (I had an older Commander in 38 Super).

 

[NYlakesider]

My first traffic stop, I put my hands on the steering wheel and, when he asked "Do you know why I stopped you?", I said: "I have a license to carry, and am carrying. How do YOU wish to proceed?"

He thanked me for telling him, asked where it was, where my wallet was (both right rear pocket/kidney area), and said "Leave it where it is".

Since then, I follow the same procedure and almost always the officer thanks me. None have ever taken my pistol and one asked to see it but that was curiosity (I had an older Commander in 38 Super).

I'm a serious lead foot and have had many roadside chats with LEOS and the Bolded is the way I do things also.

Being friendly and telling him/her your armed, their in charge has changed many tickets over the years to verbal warnings.
FWIW I started CCW in 1972)

 

[Watchdog]

If proper grammar is going to be required, I'll just become a "lurker".

I feel so much safer on this forum when I know the Grammar Police are on duty...how 'bout you?

 

[pcgunner]

Unless murdering the King's English is a crime you were good to go.

Really? Grammar is what you got out of that?

How was my spelling?
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The burgers were fair but nothing special - place was called Way Back Burgers, new in town.

Still searching for a really good burger place.

 

[Aticus]

Unless murdering the King's English is a crime you were good to go.

When did we start writing or speaking the "Kings English" in this country? I thought we spoke and wrote "American English" in this country.

I feel suitably chastised!

 

[pharmer]

I'm thinking "Uh oh", we're screwed.

Then I'm thinking "Hey we have permits, it's cool".

If'n they'd made you, probably would have started a conversation about guns/carry. Your biggest carry problem here will start in 2 months. When it's 95 with 100% humidity you start thinking "I wonder if my Speedo will cover this .44 mag." Enjoy, we are "free" for now. Joe

 

[SW_shooter]

Last night a friend and I were talking about open carry and he told me about his recent encounter. He is a manager for a telecommunication company and visits retail locations each day. Last week he was in a local retail location and a mid 20's gentleman approached the counter. He described the gentleman as a redneck. White under shirt, baseball cap askew, baggy trousers and a pistol tucked into the front waistband of the pants. You know, gansta style.

We talked about how stupid people now have the opportunity to display their stupidity. I'm all for legal and/or open carry, but someone like that makes me more nervous now than he would have before he showed the pistol.

Next time I talk with my LEO buddy I'm going to ask how he feels about being told someone's carrying on a traffic stop.

 

[ordy]

I was at a wedding a few years ago where the father of the groom was a Philly cop. While talking to him, one of his work associates came up behind me and in a whispered voice suggested that I move my holster a little more forward on my belt. Pharmer is right..it turned into a discussion on guns and ammo. Lots of pretty funny stories as well.

 

[DeathGrip]

Pardon my manners, Welcome to Florida.

NW Florida is really nice.

 

[Mainsail]

Thought I would need to change my undies - 8 Highway patrolmen sitting at the first 2 bench tables, right at the front door.

Open carry pretty much destroyed all my anxiety about carry, concealed and open.

I used to be nervous, then I started carrying openly way back at the beginning of the OC movement in WA. Back then OC would get you a pair of cuffs and a lecture. Whenever one of us got harassed we held an OC picnic in that location, and soon the cops got the message. Yeah, it took some legal settlements in a few cases but that's just free money.

OC or CC, if you're always polite you have nothing to worry about.