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Re: Wally walk stories from April applicants
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:11 pm
by Rub N Smoke
Thats another good idea!! Thanks!!
Re: Wally walk stories from April applicants
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:43 pm
by WC87
Just got home!! Hit Wally World and Barnes & Noble. Spent 50 minutes at Wally World, toured the store driving the basket, and ate the horrendous nachos. Spent $40 on various household items.
Then, I headed over to Barnes & Noble. Picked up a Starbucks coffee and began touring the store. Picked up a Guns and Ammo magazine from the mag rack and beelined for the Self-Help/Enlightenment book section and sat down amongst the more liberal patrons reading their books and read the G&A cover to cover (ok, I browsed it!
Re: Wally walk stories from April applicants
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:52 pm
by longhorn_92
taurus4007 wrote:Joined the ranks of legal carry yesterday and have done several "Wally Walks" today at Home Depot (2X) and Tom Thumb.
I thought I would share a priceless and great story with everyone. I have been blessed to have several kids ranging in age from 16 to 3 and they know that I have been eagerly expecting my CHL and when I got it yesterday they were all very excited. As you might imagine, I have taught them great respect for firearms and that they are, in and of themselves, not good or evil. It is the person using the firearm and how it is used that determines "goodness" or "badness". It is simply a tool that we are legally able to use to defend ourselves against evil people who may wish to do us harm. So yesterday I got everyone together and let them know the behavioral expections of them as we are in public and Dad is carrying. I told them that they can always assume that I will be armed for their protection and they will rarely, if ever actually see the firearm, I have managed a very very good IWB system that absolutely disappears. They were told never to ask about it in public or feel for it because there are people out there who don't have the same feeling that we do about guns and we never want to make people feel uncomfortable or cause any undo alarm.
Fast forward to this afternoon as I am getting ready to run an errand to Home Depot. I am going to take my 3 and 5 year old boys with me. As we are getting ready to walk out the door,
it is with great pleasure and pride I look down and see my 3 year old tucking his plastic holster and bright orange dart gun into his waistband saying, "I'll make sure no one see it." It was one of my prouder moments as a Dad!! As we are driving to the Home Depot he says, "Dad, nobody will see it unless he is a bad guy!" I affirmed to him that his thinking was correct. Then as we are walking through the parking lot.... the whole rig slips out of his pant onto the ground!
I picked it up, gave him a big hug, put it into my pocket and we went about our business without incident!!! It was a great moment.
Heres to raising the next generation with proper thinking!!!
That would have made just as proud! What a great story!!!
(two thumbs up)...