TexasCHLforum.com

Setting the scene: recently, I was at a social gathering of workplace cronies from a past era. The wives were the cronies, the husbands were the extras in the crowd. Most of the husbands were merely nodding acquaintances, but a few were long-term, 20+ years. I was talking with one of the long-termers.

Him: It’s getting kinda’ scary in the neighborhood around my office. I’ve started keeping a pistol in my desk.
Me: Hmmm.
Him: What? You don’t think I should?
Me: Well, no, I think that may well be a wise decision.
Him: I’d probably get a license, but there are so many places like banks and church that I can’t carry. And I
might want to carry a gun in my truck.
Me: Well, that’s not exactly true....
[ I proceed to mention 30.06 signage and Motorist Protection Act]
Him: Do you have a gun? What kind? ..... Do you carry?
Me: Well, yes. 9 millimeter..... And well, yes, I do.
Him: Aren’t those kinda’ big and hard to conceal?
Me: Well, apparently not........

[10 seconds of him, obviously processing the data, staring at me as I look back at him with a non-expressive face]
Him: .....Ohhhhh.....