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Hoyt

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33. No reason to pull a gun, but carriers enjoy intimidation.

Reply to Coyote_Tan (Reply #24)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 12:07 AM

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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