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Is It Just Me? Why Do Random Strangers Feel The Need To Inform Me They're Armed?

The Night Rider

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I seem to have incredibly bad luck in this area.

I met one of my neighbors today. We talked a little he told me the Donkey's name is Loretta.
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We talked a little about livestock so maybe I gave him the opening.

A few days ago something took out a bunch of my granddaughter's chickens. I mentioned that her security camera caught what she thinks is a fox attacking them.

The neighbor told me there is a coyote and a fox living on the property South of us and specifically asked me to shoot the coyote on sight (assuming I had a gun). So maybe that brought it up.

But a minute later he informed me that he always carried a handgun (It looked like a J Frame) and lifted his hoodie to show me.

He also informed me that he did not have a concealed handgun permit (I couldn't care less).

At that point I let him know that I do carry (I didn't NOT tell him the coyote is going to have to seriously provoke me before I shoot it) and that I was armed.

He wasn't the first one. When I was working I was checking a low income housing unit and one of the tenants looked out his door to see what he heard in the hall and went out of his way to inform me that he was armed and "keeping an eye" on the building when I wasn't there.

One night many, many decades ago I was delivering Pizza and ran into a security guard who went out of his way to let me know (and show me) he had a shotgun in his back seat.

And the female coworker who felt the need to show me her Kimber 1911(That she wasn't supposed to have) when I relieved her one night.

What is it about people that they feel the need to display their firearm to random strangers?

Does this happen to you guys or am I just "That Guy"?
 
If someone is going out of there way to tell you that they are armed in a friendly way then they may perceive you as someone that may validate their status of being armed or prepared defend. Especially if you give off the LEO or military vibe.
Are you saying I make them feel like they might need to defend themselves?

Or that I might agree with their decision to carry.

I'm former military but I don’t know if I project that.

I think I project Semi crippled old man with a scarred face.

But I do wear ACU boots
 
Are you saying I make them feel like they might need to defend themselves?

Or that I might agree with their decision to carry.

I'm former military but I don’t know if I project that.

I think I project Semi crippled old man with a scarred face.

But I do wear ACU boots
I was thinking that they may view you as an armed defender peer not a creep.
 
FWIW The first mention of firearms in the conversation came after he told me about the coyote. He said the coyoyte was living in a draw on my neighbor to the South's property.

Then he told me that the coyote was the reason that he carried a .22 in the back of his truck everywhere he went.

That's when he asked me to shoot the coyote on site I think he said "If you see him, you shoot him. If you happen to be carrying a gun." Or something pretty close to that. That's how we got on the topic of guns
 
Random Strangers don't generally talk to me. :) Now the Mrs. on the other hand............. how in the hell do you get into a 45 min. conversation on shoes, knitting, cats, while looking at pickles? o_O
 
I try to project the harmless Santa Claus look. Some folks are so new or excited or self conscious about caŕrying a weapon they just gotta tell everybody. Being from Florida and decades as a LEO, I just assume everyone I meet is armed. Except bikini clad ladies. But some should be patted down anyway, just to be sure.
 
Are you saying I make them feel like they might need to defend themselves?

Or that I might agree with their decision to carry.

I'm former military but I don’t know if I project that.

I think I project Semi crippled old man with a scarred face.

But I do wear ACU boots


You give off the vibe of being a * Gun Guy * . They're showing off their ( particularily nice to them ) firearm , because you would be interested .
 
Random Strangers don't generally talk to me.

When I'm in public people don't approach me and people don't talk to me and I'm completely okay with that.

But this isn't what I would call in public. I guarantee you we were the only two people within a half a mile where we were standing.

He was out feeding/Watering his cattle and the Donkey, I was out walking my fence line which I do everyday. We just happened to meet up at that corner of each of our sections. I think it would be normal for any two people in that situation to at least say "Hi" especially given we are "neighbors".

You give off the vibe of being a * Gun Guy * . They're showing off their ( particularily nice to them ) firearm , because you would be interested .

People usually assume I'm ex-military but there are five military installations in Colorado Springs so you can throw a rock and hit somebody who used to be in the military or currently is.

I also want to clarify I'm not just talking about this one incident that happened in my "backyard"

It happened when I was working as a security guard. A lot of my coworkers felt the need to inform me that they were carrying a gun on site. Some of the ones who informed me of that I was their supervisor and obligated to report them for it (not that I ever did).

When the security guard in Florida showed me his shotgun in the backseat of his car I was delivering pizzas for Domino's I don't even think I owned a gun at the time.

So I can't say that those people recognize me as a "kindred spirit".

The one girl that I was working at with at FedEx that was like the first real conversation we had. I came up to her car to pick up the phone and get the inbrief before she left and instead of handing me the phone she handed me her gun.

And without getting too far into it I'm not sure what the proper terminology is but she was physically a female she looked like a female I can't say that she dressed like a female because she dressed in an Allied uniform just like mine. For all intents and purposes, she was a female but she introduced herself to people as a guy.

I said all that to say that she was not showing me her guns to "flirt" with me.

I think God just puts these people in my life to build my character
 
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