SNIP...I retrieved my items and an old bitty standing near us with her husband gawked, as I extracted my things from the locker - "Oh my, Oh Dear, My Goodness!" Her Husband simply turned his back to us,
as if to signal to me "Hey leave me out of this.." I just smiled and nodded and said excuse us Mam, and we walked out. My first experience with a hoplophobic person.:uhoh: Oh well, hope she didn't 'stroke out' completely after we left, her jaw was still agape and she was yammering at her
red faced husband as we walked away.
Poor guy.
Glad you didn't experience any troubles, and it seems you had a good experience overall. Except (especially?
) for the hoplophobe.
OCed yesterday at Home Depot (store #414 on Oracle and Wetmore) and Walmart (store #1325 on Wetmore and 1st Ave) in Tucson. No issues at Walmart, but I did get a compliment (and a possible security detail) at Home Depot, which I figured I'd patronize for following state law.
Only one young HD employee (looked like he still could have been in high school) started following me. Maybe he wanted a better look at my 1911 or maybe he just wanted to tell me about his Herbalife gig (something he did as I was leaving later). The cashier that rang me up was a nice grey-haired man that casually mentioned "this is probably a good neighborhood for you to carry that firearm", to which I replied "I guess so, but you never know when you might need it and I'm not a betting man." I got the impression he didn't really have any qualms about others carrying.
The kid seemed to think I must have been "special forces" because I "know a lot about firearms"; All I did was carry and ask about bore brushes.
Regardless, I let him know I am an average citizen who has decided to take responsibility for his own safety.
The bus ride back home was a completely different story: an older, African-American man seemed to take interest in my OC, but his words were hard to make out most of the time (slurred or muttered). I'm just glad I was able to meet that 62 year-old Texas Army Ranger who fought not only in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Korea and World War II
; they just don't make them like they used to.:lol:
Seems he somehow got the idea that I was an Army Ranger (I never try to imply
I am military or former military) and was telling the whole bus that they needn't worry because "we're military, and we know how to use 'em. No need to worry, we were taught and know how to kill somebody good.":uhoh:
After he started singing and complementing the driver for "how he operates that machine", I guess people must have realized he wasn't exactly being on the level
rolleyes
. Still, for a few moments I thought I'd be a part of a two MWAG call.:uhoh: