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Butterbean

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10. May I ask where you live? I am wondering if

Reply to Coyote_Tan (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 6, 2013, 08:09 PM

Jan 2013

it's regional/cultural. The area where I live now is very blue/liberal, and open carry isn't common at all. However, where I was raised and have lived most of my life before here is deep red and guns are very much a part of the scenery. It is not uncommon at all to hear gunshots in the distance when we go back home to visit, because there are so many hunters out and about (rural SC).

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open carrying store clerks: would that have freaked anyone out? [View all] Butterbean Jan 2013 OP

If I walked into a place and saw people avebury Jan 2013 #1

Same here HockeyMom Jan 2013 #3

Okay, thanks. Just wondering. I guess if you didn't know Butterbean Jan 2013 #4

I don't think I would go there anymore. LeftofObama Jan 2013 #2

I thought about that a couple of times, too (getting caught in the crossfire) Butterbean Jan 2013 #5

And this happens... how often? PavePusher Jan 2013 #20

Nope, LeftofObama Jan 2013 #23

Huh. I'd be impressed with the desire to protect themselves (and presumeably their customers). PavePusher Jan 2013 #28

Wouldn't bother me a bit... Coyote_Tan Jan 2013 #6

May I ask where you live? I am wondering if Butterbean Jan 2013 #10

I was raised around guns... Coyote_Tan Jan 2013 #22

Several farm markets and nurseries I go to have been held up. Remmah2 Jan 2013 #7

I wouldn't have a problem with a shop owner being armed. Marrah_G Jan 2013 #8

Not at all. flvegan Jan 2013 #9

Would not bother me at all. nt greytdemocrat Jan 2013 #11

Yes. peacebird Jan 2013 #12

It wouldn't bother me in the least. nt rrneck Jan 2013 #13

Meh, to each his/her own. n/t X_Digger Jan 2013 #14

What's he going to do, rob himself? I wouldn't be concerned. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #15

No, not as long as he had training about gun safety etc. nt Raine Jan 2013 #16

Store clerk? Not sure. Probably wouldn't bother me. RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #17

I would leave. Most gun cultists I've known who carried were mean, callous, bigots. Hoyt Jan 2013 #18

I suspect you may have approached them... Coyote_Tan Jan 2013 #24

No reason to pull a gun, but carriers enjoy intimidation. Hoyt Jan 2013 #33

I have no problem with proprietors being armed. n/t Mugu Jan 2013 #19

No, it wouldn't bother me at all. I would understand it, esp under those circumstances. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #21

Would not be comfortable Comatose Sphagetti Jan 2013 #25

There was a convenience store right off I-75 close to where I lived where the clerks were armed Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #26

Not much. But, I do not belong to a "threatening" demographic. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #27

A neighbor of ours used to open carry at the church picnic FarCenter Jan 2013 #29

WOW. Never seen that. The father and son sold the store I think 4 years ago, btw. Butterbean Jan 2013 #31

At the time, concealed carry permits were very hard to get; open carry was generally legal FarCenter Jan 2013 #32

Absolutely not. RebelOne Jan 2013 #30

Yep, it would make me think of a couple things quinnox Jan 2013 #34

I've seen a couple stores where owners open carry sarisataka Jan 2013 #35

I worked 3rd shift at a C-Store for several years NashvilleLefty Jan 2013 #36