since9
Campaign Veteran
The other day while at the grocery store, a kind gentleman about 60 years of age struck up a conversation while waiting in line. He was very pleasant about approaching me, asking me if he may ask a question. I was happy to oblige, and the conversation went something like this:
Man: Thank you. I appreciate your taking the time to answer my question. It's simple, really. I couldn't help but notice that you already have a spare magazine in a pouch on your holster, yet are carrying two more magazines on the other side. I'm just curious as to why you're carry two extra magazines?
Me: So, three extra magazines, total.
Man: Yes! Why so many?
Me: Well, these two (indicating the magazines on the left) keep me from leaning too far to the right...
After the chuckles died down, I relayed to him my first and as of today only time I ever actually needed a firearm. It was four of them and one of me armed with six rounds in a .380 ACP. If the bad guys had not backed down, things would not have turned out for me very well at all!
Man: How so?
Me: You mean six rounds for four bad guys?
Man: Yes.
Me: Standard military firing protocol is 2+1: 2 aimed at center body mass and 1 aimed at the head. So, that might have taken care of two of them, but the other two would have killed me. Ever since then, I've always carried enough to stop a gang of seven.
Man: Seven...
Me: Yes.
Man: But you have one magazine in the gun, right?
Me: Yes.
Man: So that one plus the other one on your holster are enough, right?
Me: If there's only seven, yes.
Man: You expect more?
Me: You never know what kind of situation you're going to encounter. If I could comfortably carry a thousand rounds, I would. As it is, these two on the left...
Man: ...balance out what's on the right.
Me: Yes.
If was clear he wasn't buying it, so I asked him a question:
Me: Well, how many rounds do cops carry?
Man: A lot, but they never know what they're going to encounter.
I waited for the clue bird to land on his shoulder.
Man: I see.
And he did.
Man: Thank you. I appreciate your taking the time to answer my question. It's simple, really. I couldn't help but notice that you already have a spare magazine in a pouch on your holster, yet are carrying two more magazines on the other side. I'm just curious as to why you're carry two extra magazines?
Me: So, three extra magazines, total.
Man: Yes! Why so many?
Me: Well, these two (indicating the magazines on the left) keep me from leaning too far to the right...
After the chuckles died down, I relayed to him my first and as of today only time I ever actually needed a firearm. It was four of them and one of me armed with six rounds in a .380 ACP. If the bad guys had not backed down, things would not have turned out for me very well at all!
Man: How so?
Me: You mean six rounds for four bad guys?
Man: Yes.
Me: Standard military firing protocol is 2+1: 2 aimed at center body mass and 1 aimed at the head. So, that might have taken care of two of them, but the other two would have killed me. Ever since then, I've always carried enough to stop a gang of seven.
Man: Seven...
Me: Yes.
Man: But you have one magazine in the gun, right?
Me: Yes.
Man: So that one plus the other one on your holster are enough, right?
Me: If there's only seven, yes.
Man: You expect more?
Me: You never know what kind of situation you're going to encounter. If I could comfortably carry a thousand rounds, I would. As it is, these two on the left...
Man: ...balance out what's on the right.
Me: Yes.
If was clear he wasn't buying it, so I asked him a question:
Me: Well, how many rounds do cops carry?
Man: A lot, but they never know what they're going to encounter.
I waited for the clue bird to land on his shoulder.
Man: I see.
And he did.