glock23_733
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Hello all.
First of all, I would like to say that I am new to the forum and truley wish I would have found it a long time ago. Thank you all for making such a great forum.
With that said, I did open carry for the first time today. This was after learning that I was allowed to in Kentucky. Most of my family lives there. (I live in Tennessee, which, does not allow open carry) but am only 10 minutes from the TN/KY border.
I am 20 years old. I own a Glock 23 (which my screen name would suggest...) that I purchased from my father after he got tired of it and bought a Glock 30.
While OCing, I wore a polo shirt with khaki pants and a fairly nice pair of somewhat "dressy" shoes. I didn't want to make myself stand out any more than I already was going to once I started OCing.
After finishing lunch with my family and saying all of my goodbyes, I decided that the first place I would OC would be the local gun shop. I thought that starting of with a partial crowd might be my best way to get comfortable with the idea because I didn't want to think everyone that was in my sight was staring at me. I walked in and began to browse for ammo because I thought that since i was there, I couldn't pass up a trip to the range. Nobody in there seemed to even notice I was there.
I then left the range feeling confident that I could easily get used to theidea of OCand decided that the next place I would give OC a shot would be Wal-Mart which happens to be across the street from the gun shop. I then made my way into the store. As I began to walk around, the only odd faces that I was getting was coming from small children. They were the only ones who seemed to notice at all. After picking up a few miscellaneous items, I then checked out and made my way to the door. Once I arrived at the door, I asked the two employees if they needed to see my reciept, to which one of the younger gentlemen replied, "No, your good! Go ahead! As long as you got that gun on you, were straight!" I didn't find this comment to be particularly funny because i didn't want someone to just to happen to overhear his comment and think I was robbing the place or anything like that. I just shrugged it off and made my way outside. After walking 25 feet to the sidewalk outside, I overheard the lady (who was asking for donations for a charity. I don't remember which one...) say, "I didn't do it! I don't know who done it! I didn't even see which way they went!" Again, I didn't find this comment comical at all because of the reason I listed above. I just ignored her and walked to my car where I returned to my home in TN.
All in all, I think next time I will have no problems OCing. The first time was definately different to say the least. Again, thank you to everyone who contributes time and effort into making this site a wealth ofvaluable information.
Thanks!
Hello all.
First of all, I would like to say that I am new to the forum and truley wish I would have found it a long time ago. Thank you all for making such a great forum.
With that said, I did open carry for the first time today. This was after learning that I was allowed to in Kentucky. Most of my family lives there. (I live in Tennessee, which, does not allow open carry) but am only 10 minutes from the TN/KY border.
I am 20 years old. I own a Glock 23 (which my screen name would suggest...) that I purchased from my father after he got tired of it and bought a Glock 30.
While OCing, I wore a polo shirt with khaki pants and a fairly nice pair of somewhat "dressy" shoes. I didn't want to make myself stand out any more than I already was going to once I started OCing.
After finishing lunch with my family and saying all of my goodbyes, I decided that the first place I would OC would be the local gun shop. I thought that starting of with a partial crowd might be my best way to get comfortable with the idea because I didn't want to think everyone that was in my sight was staring at me. I walked in and began to browse for ammo because I thought that since i was there, I couldn't pass up a trip to the range. Nobody in there seemed to even notice I was there.
I then left the range feeling confident that I could easily get used to theidea of OCand decided that the next place I would give OC a shot would be Wal-Mart which happens to be across the street from the gun shop. I then made my way into the store. As I began to walk around, the only odd faces that I was getting was coming from small children. They were the only ones who seemed to notice at all. After picking up a few miscellaneous items, I then checked out and made my way to the door. Once I arrived at the door, I asked the two employees if they needed to see my reciept, to which one of the younger gentlemen replied, "No, your good! Go ahead! As long as you got that gun on you, were straight!" I didn't find this comment to be particularly funny because i didn't want someone to just to happen to overhear his comment and think I was robbing the place or anything like that. I just shrugged it off and made my way outside. After walking 25 feet to the sidewalk outside, I overheard the lady (who was asking for donations for a charity. I don't remember which one...) say, "I didn't do it! I don't know who done it! I didn't even see which way they went!" Again, I didn't find this comment comical at all because of the reason I listed above. I just ignored her and walked to my car where I returned to my home in TN.
All in all, I think next time I will have no problems OCing. The first time was definately different to say the least. Again, thank you to everyone who contributes time and effort into making this site a wealth ofvaluable information.
Thanks!