RPB, some of my first long guns were purchased at Sears and other catalog/department stores. Back in those days you could buy guns there, as well as Montgomery Ward, Otasco (hardware store, kinda like Ace), and Western Auto. Many were just re-branded with the company's own brand like Westernfield or J.C Higgins.RPB wrote:Just remembered years ago walking into a Sears and the cashier yelling out loud enough for everyone to hear "Hey, Me and my husband saw you at the gun show last weekend.... what did you buy?, We bought ...."Dragonfighter wrote:Some time back I was at Home Depot and the young lady cashier started talking about handguns and concealed carry, whether I had any advice and so on. I remained calm and enjoyed the conversation resisting the urge to check myself. We had quite the nice conversation but I was curious why she started it not thinking I was printing. She just cheerfully said that I looked like someone with experience! Oooof!
BTW, as I was walking out I did check myself and I definitely was not printing.
On another occasion, back around the turn of the century I had to make a semi-emergency run to the grocery store. It was cold and I was in a hurry so I dropped the Model 36 in my breast pocket of my coat. I was standing in line behind a mom with her 3 year old looking back at me. He points and says, "Gun." I play ignorant and ask, "What?" He says it again while mom and everyone else is oblivious. I feign looking around for what he sees and there it is, a cap gun in a blister pack right next to me.
Suddenly there was a store full of people looking at her, at me at her at me ... (up in our neck of the woods they were all wanting to see what we bought, not concerned if we were armed, I assume they were all armed though, after all, we were all at Sears, and a Wal-mart was near by ...)
Dragonfighter, I would only worry if the kid says to his Mom 'Glock 26'.
