Since my holster is at 4:00, the caller can't see it. Happily, my front door is hinged on the left, doorknob on the right, as I'm facing it from inside the house. I did like reading about what one other poster did when the sales guy got aggressive (reached back & put his hand on the pistol grip). Caller probably still couldn't *see* the pistol, but any BG could read between those lines.karder wrote:I like the idea of openly carrying when you answer the door. That should definitely let them know to keep moving if they are casing the place out. I may start doing that myself, but it just occurred to me as I was reading you post, could someone call the police and try to get you for branishing? I know it seems ridiculous, but we live in such a touchy society.RHENRIKSEN wrote: I get up to go answer the door, and pull my shirt tail out from over the pistol, and tuck it behind the holster as usual. Nothing paranoid, just routine.
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- Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:34 pm
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:14 pm
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Funny incident
This might be better in General, or Off-Topic... please feel free to move the thread!
I always carry at 4:00 in a tucked IWB holster. I was having dinner w. the family last night, after dark. Doorbell rings.
I get up to go answer the door, and pull my shirt tail out from over the pistol, and tuck it behind the holster as usual. Nothing paranoid, just routine.
As I'm just beginning to open the door, and before I get a complete view of the caller, he booms out with, 'Black Guy! Don't shoot!'
Yup, it's a black dude, wearing ill-fitting khakis, a dress shirt, and a sweater vest. Really? A sweater vest? He's going for funny and disarming with this line, and trying to dress respectably, so I don't perceive a threat. At the same time, his outfit looks a little more like a costume than something that's really 'him'.
Given that I've got my pistol ready to go, and he opens with this line, my brain experiences a complete overload/vapor lock of all the possible responses I could give him. I'm completely at a loss! I finally manage a polite/friendly, 'If you only knew... I'm having dinner, and I'm not interested.'
I close the door, and go back to the family. They're all just as flabbergasted as I am, and we start howling with laughter. They all think I should have pulled my pistol to show the guy just how on-point he was, but I couldn't do that to him.
It was a very weird/funny moment.
:-)
I always carry at 4:00 in a tucked IWB holster. I was having dinner w. the family last night, after dark. Doorbell rings.
I get up to go answer the door, and pull my shirt tail out from over the pistol, and tuck it behind the holster as usual. Nothing paranoid, just routine.
As I'm just beginning to open the door, and before I get a complete view of the caller, he booms out with, 'Black Guy! Don't shoot!'
Yup, it's a black dude, wearing ill-fitting khakis, a dress shirt, and a sweater vest. Really? A sweater vest? He's going for funny and disarming with this line, and trying to dress respectably, so I don't perceive a threat. At the same time, his outfit looks a little more like a costume than something that's really 'him'.
Given that I've got my pistol ready to go, and he opens with this line, my brain experiences a complete overload/vapor lock of all the possible responses I could give him. I'm completely at a loss! I finally manage a polite/friendly, 'If you only knew... I'm having dinner, and I'm not interested.'
I close the door, and go back to the family. They're all just as flabbergasted as I am, and we start howling with laughter. They all think I should have pulled my pistol to show the guy just how on-point he was, but I couldn't do that to him.
It was a very weird/funny moment.
:-)