He said, "I assume you have a CHL? I can see the clips for your holster." I told him yes, I had a CHL, and asked if he wanted to see it. He told me no, not at the moment, and asked if I wanted to sit with him. Then I ordered my meal and told the lady at the counter I'd get the troopers also. We both got our meals and sat down. I sat with my right side against the wall to hide my hole. He asked to see my CHL at the table and told me that he hadn't wanted to make a scene, and it obviously looked like a accident. So we talked about guns and holsters and all kinds of stuff for about half an hour. He asked about the holster I was wearing and how it works with a tucked in shirt. I told him, "Works great without any holes in my shirt!" Turns out, he knew my brother from when he was with OPD. We talked about him for awhile and I told him he'd moved to a new department near Austin and was enjoying the PD there. After lunch, we walked outside. He stayed on my right and hid my little problem. He headed back off to work and I ran home and changed shirts! All is well now and lunch was interesting to say the least!Ooops. Failed to conceal.
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I just ran out to grab lunch from the office. I was in line in front of a trooper and didn't really even think twice about it. All of a sudden, he put his hand on my shoulder and said, "You have a little problem there, buddy. You have a little hole in your shirt." It took a minute for anything to register, and I stared at him blankly for a few seconds. Then something dawned on me, and my eyes got GIANORMOUS! I'm not sure how it happened, but I must have torn a hole in my shirt, and he could see my gun. Just a little bit of the butt of my Kimber was poking out of the hole. He said, "I assume you have a CHL? I can see the clips for your holster." I told him yes, I had a CHL, and asked if he wanted to see it. He told me no, not at the moment, and asked if I wanted to sit with him. Then I ordered my meal and told the lady at the counter I'd get the troopers also. We both got our meals and sat down. I sat with my right side against the wall to hide my hole. He asked to see my CHL at the table and told me that he hadn't wanted to make a scene, and it obviously looked like a accident. So we talked about guns and holsters and all kinds of stuff for about half an hour. He asked about the holster I was wearing and how it works with a tucked in shirt. I told him, "Works great without any holes in my shirt!" Turns out, he knew my brother from when he was with OPD. We talked about him for awhile and I told him he'd moved to a new department near Austin and was enjoying the PD there. After lunch, we walked outside. He stayed on my right and hid my little problem. He headed back off to work and I ran home and changed shirts! All is well now and lunch was interesting to say the least!
He said, "I assume you have a CHL? I can see the clips for your holster." I told him yes, I had a CHL, and asked if he wanted to see it. He told me no, not at the moment, and asked if I wanted to sit with him. Then I ordered my meal and told the lady at the counter I'd get the troopers also. We both got our meals and sat down. I sat with my right side against the wall to hide my hole. He asked to see my CHL at the table and told me that he hadn't wanted to make a scene, and it obviously looked like a accident. So we talked about guns and holsters and all kinds of stuff for about half an hour. He asked about the holster I was wearing and how it works with a tucked in shirt. I told him, "Works great without any holes in my shirt!" Turns out, he knew my brother from when he was with OPD. We talked about him for awhile and I told him he'd moved to a new department near Austin and was enjoying the PD there. After lunch, we walked outside. He stayed on my right and hid my little problem. He headed back off to work and I ran home and changed shirts! All is well now and lunch was interesting to say the least!TacTex
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Thats a great story. Atleast it was a LEO and not some soccer mom that would freak out over the though of being inches from a firearm.
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So you had to bribe him to let you go. Hmmmm
Obviously, I'm just kidding.
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Glad that worked out for you. Good job picking up the tab for the officer.
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I can picture it now. "OH MY GOD! HE'S GOT A *GUN*!!" (*dives under a table*)Wildscar wrote:Thats a great story. Atleast it was a LEO and not some soccer mom that would freak out over the though of being inches from a firearm.
"Normal" people never really get it, do they? =-]
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My humorus reaction would be to say "oh look, everyone has gotten out of line, I guess its my turn to order" making sure that my wallet is out while ordering, pay for food, and continue as if everything is normal.BigDan wrote:I can picture it now. "OH MY GOD! HE'S GOT A *GUN*!!" (*dives under a table*)Wildscar wrote:Thats a great story. Atleast it was a LEO and not some soccer mom that would freak out over the though of being inches from a firearm.
"Normal" people never really get it, do they? =-]
I don't know how I would have seriously reacted to that though.
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snicker... TacTex,
You crack me up man.... better than having ice cream sandwiches lobbed at you!
You crack me up man.... better than having ice cream sandwiches lobbed at you!
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Rok, I'm suprised anyone remembers that! That guy was nutty as squirrel poop! 
Actually, I always try to pay for their lunch or dinner if I can. My brother and friends always told me that community support means alot to officers. In Odessa, unfortunately, they don't get much of that. There's unbelievable animosity towards our police department, and police in general here. You should see any article in our news paper, or responses online on the Odessa American's website to officer related stories. It's very disturbing sometimes.
Actually, I always try to pay for their lunch or dinner if I can. My brother and friends always told me that community support means alot to officers. In Odessa, unfortunately, they don't get much of that. There's unbelievable animosity towards our police department, and police in general here. You should see any article in our news paper, or responses online on the Odessa American's website to officer related stories. It's very disturbing sometimes.TacTex
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Rokyudai wrote:snicker... TacTex,
You crack me up man.... better than having ice cream sandwiches lobbed at you!
You have the most awesome lunch encounters I have ever heard.....( I looked up the ice cream sandwich story - I don't care who you are -THAT'S funny, right there!)
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I vote we take up a lunch fund for Tac so he can 'dine in' during his lunches... he will be better off that way. 
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That is a great story, and I think you handled it very well... I don't know what I would have done! 
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Ahh yes... The Great Ice Cream Caper! I remember it well.
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You still coming up this way on Thursday?
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what a story i just hope i never have that happen to me
with my luck they would call the swat team and say im holding hostages
with my luck they would call the swat team and say im holding hostages
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small worldTactical_Texan_CHL wrote:Turns out, he knew my brother from when he was with OPD. We talked about him for awhile and I told him he'd moved to a new department near Austin and was enjoying the PD there. After lunch, we walked outside.