Grandma couldn't quite grasp the concept

[tricolordad]

My grandmother (in law?) is visiting us from California for a few weeks, and yesterday at Walmart, while I OC'd, she asked me if I ever carried my gun loaded. The obvious answer was followed up by her saying, "But not in public, I don't want you to get into trouble." To which I had to explain, not once, but twice that in Wisconsin, we have constitutional carry and it requires no permit and we have no registry system, and that 1 in about 3 people you see here is armed. She also didn't even notice the .40 and .22 on my belt, one at 3:00 and the other at 5:00. And I had to explain it 3 times because she is so indoctrinated. I didn't know it was that bad. But it turns out that she is pro-2a and had moved to California in the 70s, so she didn't know that there had been changes to firearm law anywhere besides the negative changes in CT, CA and NY. WTF is in the water? Seriously, Feinstein might be getting medication put into the water. Grandma grew up in the boonies in WI. She shoulda known.

 

[tricolordad]

I should also add that she bought me a box of .40 for a late birthday present. Wonder how she knew what to get me? Lol

 

[CarryNM]

When I dress in the morning, the question I get asked is , shirt in or out today? Just depends on where I am going, and how I feel. LOL most days, I open carry, EXCEPT the days I go to Texas, and then it is cover up day. ;-)

 

[tricolordad]

When I dress in the morning, the question I get asked is , shirt in or out today? Just depends on where I am going, and how I feel. LOL most days, I open carry, EXCEPT the days I go to Texas, and then it is cover up day. ;-)

Lol if i choose not to OC or it gets covered by my shirt my wife will sometimes ask "where is it?" While we are out. You'd think shed learn because i always just give her a creepy smile. Sometimes I conceal it just to watch her bump into me and try to find it. Then it's "cold....colder....hot....cold....."

 

[Nightmare45]

My grandmother carried every day of her 89 years in her purse, still have the gun.

 

[tricolordad]

My grandmother carried every day of her 89 years in her purse, still have the gun.

What kind of gun is it?

 

[Nightmare45]

Browning 32 looks new.

 

[SouthernBoy]

My grandmother carried every day of her 89 years in her purse, still have the gun.

Good for her. Bet that's a rarity.

 

[JimTh]

I should also add that she bought me a box of .40 for a late birthday present. Wonder how she knew what to get me? Lol

Where did you find a box of 40?

 

[tricolordad]

The shelves in our town are full of them. I must be one of only a few who carries .40

 

[SouthernBoy]

The shelves in our town are full of them. I must be one of only a few who carries .40

A lot of people carry a .40S&W. I am one of them.

 

[Deanimator]

My grandmother carried every day of her 89 years in her purse, still have the gun.

My grandmother carried in the '20s, '30s, '40s and '50s in Chicago, LONG before it was legal.

She was the wardrobe mistress for the various ice and stage shows at a number of large hotels and often came home in the middle of the night.

One night she got off the bus about 3:00am and was walking back to her apartment. She immediate noticed a man following her. She immediately crossed the street, whereupon he crossed with her. Instantly, she wheeled on him and told him, "Cross the street, go back the way you came, or get shot." She had her hand on her Colt Detective Special in her coat pocket the whole time. He chose to reverse course and not get shot.

 

[tricolordad]

A lot of people carry a .40S&W. I am one of them.

I meant around where I live. Except for the first few weeks of the shortage, the shelves have always had .40 in stock. The next county over has none anywhere, probably because it is closer to Eau Claire.

Everything here is Bulgarian and Czech production, but a magazine full of PPU is a lot better than an empty gun in the safe.

 

[fudo]

What kind of gun is it?

A family friend died last year of cancer. She was in her late 70's. She carried a 2", 6 shot, .357 Magnum in her purse.

 

[SouthernBoy]

I meant around where I live. Except for the first few weeks of the shortage, the shelves have always had .40 in stock. The next county over has none anywhere, probably because it is closer to Eau Claire.

Everything here is Bulgarian and Czech production, but a magazine full of PPU is a lot better than an empty gun in the safe.

In my area, we do tend to see more .40S&W than 9mm on the shelves in the target (FMJ) varieties. Not much of anything in serious and currently top rated SD ammo left in the shops I visit. Luckily, that is what I have most of at present.