By Dean Weingarten
Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- A poster at opencarry.org, Southern Covenanter, recounts an ironic experience in Charlotte, North Carolina.
I made it a point to stop and meet my parents for lunch in Pineville while I was passing through town, and after I left, I stopped at the QT on Woodlawn Road (right off I-77 where Woodlawn turns into Billy Graham Parkway) to gas up the Blue Bullet. This QT is in a somewhat sketchy part of town, so I was already on high alert when I pulled up to the pump. About the time I got the Bullet in park, I noticed three young men walking through the islands towards the store. One of the three was a younger white guy (about 6’1″, 175 lbs, and all tatted up) was shirtless, loud, high as a Georgia pine, and clearly acting aggressively. I took note of him, and strolled inside to pre-pay for my gas. Lo and behold, when I got inside, some yuppie soccer Mom type wear a “Moms Demand Action” t-shirt spotted me and the sidearm on my hip and immediately started ranting about how I was dangerous and scary, that my big, bad SigSauer made her nervous, how did she know I wasn’t going to shoot everybody in the joint, etc. I did my best to ignore her, hit the latrine, and came back out and paid for my gas.
While I was walking to the door, I noticed the doped up potential troublemaker was waving his arms around, beating on his chest and flinching at people like he was going to throw a punch while yelling, “I’ma f* you up! Y’all don’t want none!” and so on.
I walked out the door to head to the car, and when I did, the Mom’s Demand nutjob approached from my right and quietly asked, “Would you walk me to my car?”
My response: “I’m sure that loud mouth of yours will keep you safe.”
The shocked look on her face was completely worth it.
OC: 1. Moms Demand: 0.
The poster then goes on to explain that he briefly considered acceding to the request, but having information that the the local chief LEO was anti-open carry, and concerned that the clerk might misunderstand a “walk to the car” because of the previous rant by the woman, he decided against it.
Another poster mentioned that Moms Demand Action supporters have encouraged others to make, and have said that they would make, false 911 calls.
My instinct would have been to walk her to the car. People with phobias can overcome them with experience. However, I can easily understand his reluctance in the circumstances.
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About Dean Weingarten;
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and recently retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.
I am a woman, and I think he did the right thing. Let her a little fear, and maybe it will sink in why the 2nd amendment is important to some of us. She has expressed her view loudly and rudely, and he did watch her while she walked to her car. If they preach it, they should live it. She went in to her rant without knowing anything about he, and simply to embarrass him. He really didn’t owe her anything, and she preaches call a cop, so why didn’t she? Anyone carrying is at least obvious about it.… Read more »
I see the “Moms Demand Action ” trolls are out in force poo-poohing this article in a high dudgeon. If you really want to read high fiction then stick with the HuffPo or the Daily Beast with their phony stories !!
I wouldn’t have walked her to her car after her tirade. She could have asked one of those fine young gentlemen to walk her to her car since she obviously holds them in higher esteem. Had she just been a lady in the store that was afraid to walk to care unassisted, then I would have gladly done so. Those that have attempted to take away my rights, after having freely given up their own, will never find any protection offered by me in any shape, form or fashion…
If this really happened, I think we missed out on a perfectly good opportunity to do the right thing and illustrate the point as to why people should carry firearms. Just because the woman had been a total idiot inside the store is no reason to allow her to feel vulnerable in the face of the punk outside. Maybe it’s just a generational thing, but the gentlemanly thing to do would have been to provide some comfort by escorting her, regardless of her earlier actions. Would the guy have stood by and watched if the punk approached or attacked this… Read more »
Nope. No way I would have helped her. Let her live (and die) by her beliefs.
I pity the fool, who doesn’t by my gas.
I think I’d have called the local (anti-gun) cops for her and asked if they wanted me to escort her to her car. They would have almost certainly have to had to say “No,” as a matter of legal policy, and then I could have told her, “Well Ma’am, I’d like to help you out, but since you and your MDA group distrust guys like me, and have been known to misrepresent situations like this one, I thought I’d better call the cops to see what they want me to do. They said you should just wait for them to… Read more »
The answer to that question depends on whether she was ‘attractive’ or not.
I would have suggested that she see if the shirtless wonder would help her or if Mayor Bloomberg or a member of Moms could give her assistance. If you took her to her car and something happened where you had to use your firearm, do you think she would speak up for you in court? I highly doubt it. She would leave you out to dry like yesterday’s laundry.
Good response. More of them need to be frightened by hoodlums.