heresolong
Regular Member
IP: Are you a police officer?
OP (original poster, ie me): No, sir.
IP: You can't just carry your gun out in the open like that.
OP: Yes, you can. Washington is an open carry state.
IP: But only if it's unloaded. (Note, the IP has already contradicted himself three sentences into the conversation)
OP: No, sir. Washington is an unrestricted open carry state. This is perfectly legal.
IP: No, it was all over the news with the Starbucks thing. It has to be unloaded. (Note: the IP is now confusing the Tully's thing with the Starbucks thing)
OP: No sir. Carrying loaded is perfectly legal in Washington.
IP: You need to do a little more research on the law before you get in trouble.
OP: I am very familiar with the laws actually and am carrying in a legal manner.
IP: (Changing the subject) Well you are going to be the first person taken out if a crazy person is around. Crazy people aren't that crazy, you know (As he walks away)
OP: (What I didn't say because I didn't want to be shouting across the store) Right. So maybe he will be just as likely to walk away because he doesn't want to get shot by me.
A woman standing a few feet away made the comment that she liked seeing a man with a gun and we had a nice talk about how I deal with ignorant people when I am out and carrying openly.
I thought it went well other than for the IP who is just as ignorant as he was. Maybe he'll actually go look it up. I also didn't have any flyers with me so couldn't offer him one of those. Oh well.
OP (original poster, ie me): No, sir.
IP: You can't just carry your gun out in the open like that.
OP: Yes, you can. Washington is an open carry state.
IP: But only if it's unloaded. (Note, the IP has already contradicted himself three sentences into the conversation)
OP: No, sir. Washington is an unrestricted open carry state. This is perfectly legal.
IP: No, it was all over the news with the Starbucks thing. It has to be unloaded. (Note: the IP is now confusing the Tully's thing with the Starbucks thing)
OP: No sir. Carrying loaded is perfectly legal in Washington.
IP: You need to do a little more research on the law before you get in trouble.
OP: I am very familiar with the laws actually and am carrying in a legal manner.
IP: (Changing the subject) Well you are going to be the first person taken out if a crazy person is around. Crazy people aren't that crazy, you know (As he walks away)
OP: (What I didn't say because I didn't want to be shouting across the store) Right. So maybe he will be just as likely to walk away because he doesn't want to get shot by me.
A woman standing a few feet away made the comment that she liked seeing a man with a gun and we had a nice talk about how I deal with ignorant people when I am out and carrying openly.
I thought it went well other than for the IP who is just as ignorant as he was. Maybe he'll actually go look it up. I also didn't have any flyers with me so couldn't offer him one of those. Oh well.