I tell you what gets me on edge is a dude with tattoos, baggy shorts pulled down, and a hoodie approaching me. I'll avoid close contact with that like the plague. Recently, my best friend's daughter was sick, so I took them to the E.R. In the rear view mirror, I see someone walking towards my car at the WalGreens drive through (this is just before 10PM) so I put the car in drive and hit the brake to make a quick getaway easier. I then popped open the fake Bible where I keep my gun and flashlight. I shine the flashlight on the guy and smiled (it might be a cop). As soon as I notice that the guy is wearing a hoodie, the smile disappears, "Yo!"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to sneak up on you," he replied.
I nod my head. He turns around and leaves. I turn around and my liberal earth muffin friend looked flabbergasted. Her eyes were as big and round as donuts. I put everything away.
"What happened?" she asked. I explained the situation. I braced myself for an anti-gun lecture, but surprisingly she did no such thing. Maybe it was because it wasn't some political hypothetical, but this was I defending her family, so she did not do the usual liberal anti-gun lecture. However, she couldn't avoid giving me a liberal verbal jab, "So, that's what you religious conservatives hide in your Bibles!" she said with a mischievious look in her eyes. I chuckled and drove them home.
P.S. Before you carry gun, get a flashlight. The surefire light has saved my rump more times than I can count. A similar situation happened at night when I was walking my dog. Another time, it was at the mall. It is more useful than a gun and I actually normally don't carry a gun. All I usually carry is a flashlight. Getting a CHL, for me, is actually more of an exercise of my constitutional rights and to inform the government that I value those rights, since they keep track of how many CHLers there are. I live in a nice neighborhood and work where there are security guards and cops, so I have no need for a CHL. I feel that it is my patriotic duty to get one. If you haven't gotten off your rump and gotten a CHL, I invite you to just Get One. You might be surprised to find that the future of the constitution depends on it.
