Anyone Give You The Look Of Horror...

[horsewreck]

With over thirty years of building gun leather and such I am happy to report that in most parts of Texas there are more of us than them..... Life is good don't give it up without a fight.....

[dmr400]

I've gotten a fair amount of those looks when I tell people what I'm going to pursue now that I'm home after I've had a real summer with my girls, most are less than enthusiastic. It's kind of amusing watching them scope out my waist for a bulge when they realize I am probably using some of my own work at that moment too Then they usually transition to a perplexed "But where is it?" expression...followed by the question "Are you...umm, you know, right now?" I always say "You tell me." and leave it at that.

[Tac]

Anyway, I guess I'd been making note of introductions and exchanges. With guns being a volatile topic I find it a bit ornery that this straight laced girl will put that right out there by making it a legitimate pursuit. I hope it makes folks think twice about firearms and the people who own them.

Of course, at a lunch with a bunch of ladies, including the Pastor's wife, I did order a beer with my meal

Monica... If I wasn't married, I would ask if you had a sister and what part of the Lone Star State would I have to move to in order to meet her.....

[Shorts]

Monica... If I wasn't married, I would ask if you had a sister and what part of the Lone Star State would I have to move to in order to meet her.....

Two in fact- both married

[Johanna]

When I lived in Georgia I felt very safe. If some maniac was going to start shooting people in the mall, several people would probably take aim and fire at the nut, I'm sure. The citizens (I don't want to use the term "rednecks", but you know what I mean!) grew up picking squirrels of off telephone lines. One day an odd man came into the Tandy. I knew there were at least six armed men in the store, one a retired GBI agent, a Marine, a hunter, two bikers and a cop. I threw the man out without worrying. Not knowing who is carrying is a deterrent to crime. We built holsters for .357s in little blue haired ladies' purses. Good luck raping grandma, punk! When I visit Texas, I get that same feeling. If I need help, a good samaritan will come to my aid, with a gun if needed. It's not like that here in Ohio. Only the bad guys seem to carry their guns around.

Johanna

[Denster]

When I lived in Georgia I felt very safe. If some maniac was going to start shooting people in the mall, several people would probably take aim and fire at the nut, I'm sure. The citizens (I don't want to use the term "rednecks", but you know what I mean!) grew up picking squirrels of off telephone lines. One day an odd man came into the Tandy. I knew there were at least six armed men in the store, one a retired GBI agent, a Marine, a hunter, two bikers and a cop. I threw the man out without worrying. Not knowing who is carrying is a deterrent to crime. We built holsters for .357s in little blue haired ladies' purses. Good luck raping grandma, punk! When I visit Texas, I get that same feeling. If I need help, a good samaritan will come to my aid, with a gun if needed. It's not like that here in Ohio. Only the bad guys seem to carry their guns around.

Johanna

We Buckeyes are just better at hiding them.

[Dwight]

When I lived in Georgia I felt very safe. If some maniac was going to start shooting people in the mall, several people would probably take aim and fire at the nut, I'm sure. The citizens (I don't want to use the term "rednecks", but you know what I mean!) grew up picking squirrels of off telephone lines. One day an odd man came into the Tandy. I knew there were at least six armed men in the store, one a retired GBI agent, a Marine, a hunter, two bikers and a cop. I threw the man out without worrying. Not knowing who is carrying is a deterrent to crime. We built holsters for .357s in little blue haired ladies' purses. Good luck raping grandma, punk! When I visit Texas, I get that same feeling. If I need help, a good samaritan will come to my aid, with a gun if needed. It's not like that here in Ohio. Only the bad guys seem to carry their guns around.

Johanna

Last count I heard was over 155,000 legal CHL's in Ohio, . . . which puts about 1761 in each of the 88 counties.

C'mon Johanna, . . ...................................

May God bless,

Dwight

[Bronson]

Most of the people in my life know of my interest in guns but it's always interesting when I run into a co-worker or somebody who doesn't know me that well and they see a full sized 1911 hanging off my hip (I often open carry). As of yet I've had zero negative responses.

Bronson

[Hilly]

When I lived in Georgia I felt very safe. If some maniac was going to start shooting people in the mall, several people would probably take aim and fire at the nut, I'm sure. The citizens (I don't want to use the term "rednecks", but you know what I mean!) grew up picking squirrels of off telephone lines. One day an odd man came into the Tandy. I knew there were at least six armed men in the store, one a retired GBI agent, a Marine, a hunter, two bikers and a cop. I threw the man out without worrying. Not knowing who is carrying is a deterrent to crime. We built holsters for .357s in little blue haired ladies' purses. Good luck raping grandma, punk! When I visit Texas, I get that same feeling. If I need help, a good samaritan will come to my aid, with a gun if needed. It's not like that here in Ohio. Only the bad guys seem to carry their guns around.

Johanna

Pardon my ignorance, but is Ohio one of the few states without concealed carry? I know Wisconsin is one of the few, and I CAN'T WAIT till our idiot Governor leaves! I just hope the next guy is a little less narrow minded.

[Johanna]

We do have concealed carry, but in my area, not too many people actually carry, or as Denster pointed out, they hide them well. LOL I live in a rural county, pop. 44,000. In the cities like Dayton and Toledo, I'm sure the carry stats would be higher. We are fortunate to have unlocked doors and pretty benign Police logs in New Knoxville, but I'd lay money every farm house has a shotgun or two.

I feel safer in a community where the law abiding citizens have guns, be it Texas or Georgia or Ohio. When people from other parts of the world seem surprised about how casual firearms are in the US, I wonder how scary it would be without them?

Johanna