My First Confrontation Concealed Carrying

Jim567 · June 22, 2015, 03:19 PM

Last Friday, coming home from an out of town job I pulled
into a fast food restaurant.
I got out of my car to be accosted by a highly irritated man with I assume his wife still in the truck.
He tells me - You could see I wanted that parking place!!!!!
I didn't see him wanting it, just driving through the parking lot from the opposite direction..
Without having to think about it and keeping distance, I apologized profusely telling him it was entirely my fault and how sorry I was.
I say I didn't have to think about it because I had rehearsed in my mind how to react if confronted while carrying.
He did not know quite how to react to my apologizing. Reading his face I believe he thought I was being facetious.
He finally begrudgingly bought it, and walked off.
Who gets in a fight over a parking place when there were several to the left and right of the one I pulled into?
I will add -- I was stressed to the max over how the job went I was coming from!
I suppose my point is ,learned from reading this forum - rehearse, mentally and other wise.

g.willikers · June 22, 2015, 03:51 PM

It does pay to be prepared, as you were.
Especially since there's no telling what sets people off.
We need a thumbs up smilie.
Pretend there's one here.

jmhyer · June 22, 2015, 03:51 PM

Sounds like you handled it well. Do whatever you can to de-escalate. And keeping distance between him and yourself was important too.

garryc · June 22, 2015, 04:03 PM

The firearm aside had to come back at him in the same manner in which he was acting you would have been violating one of the most important rules of life. Never, but NEVER feed an a-hole.

lefteye · June 22, 2015, 04:33 PM

Intelligent reaction very well done!

Jim567 · June 22, 2015, 05:10 PM

"Never feed a ahole"
So true -classic !
I will never forget that one!

Glenn E. Meyer · June 22, 2015, 09:01 PM

So with those charming words.

Closed.

June 22, 2015, 03:19 PM	#1
Jim567 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2014 Location: NE FL Posts: 656	My First Confrontation Concealed Carrying Last Friday, coming home from an out of town job I pulled into a fast food restaurant. I got out of my car to be accosted by a highly irritated man with I assume his wife still in the truck. He tells me - You could see I wanted that parking place!!!!! I didn't see him wanting it, just driving through the parking lot from the opposite direction.. Without having to think about it and keeping distance, I apologized profusely telling him it was entirely my fault and how sorry I was. I say I didn't have to think about it because I had rehearsed in my mind how to react if confronted while carrying. He did not know quite how to react to my apologizing. Reading his face I believe he thought I was being facetious. He finally begrudgingly bought it, and walked off. Who gets in a fight over a parking place when there were several to the left and right of the one I pulled into? I will add -- I was stressed to the max over how the job went I was coming from! I suppose my point is ,learned from reading this forum - rehearse, mentally and other wise.

June 22, 2015, 03:51 PM	#2
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	It does pay to be prepared, as you were. Especially since there's no telling what sets people off. We need a thumbs up smilie. Pretend there's one here. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

June 22, 2015, 04:33 PM	#5
lefteye Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2006 Posts: 1,433	Intelligent reaction very well done! __________________ Vietnam Veteran ('69-'70) NRA Life Member RMEF Life Member

June 22, 2015, 09:01 PM	#7
Glenn E. Meyer Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Posts: 20,064	So with those charming words. Closed. __________________ NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens

June 22, 2015, 03:51 PM	#3
jmhyer Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2012 Location: MS - USA Posts: 899	Sounds like you handled it well. Do whatever you can to de-escalate. And keeping distance between him and yourself was important too.

June 22, 2015, 04:03 PM	#4
garryc Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2005 Posts: 2,536	The firearm aside had to come back at him in the same manner in which he was acting you would have been violating one of the most important rules of life. Never, but NEVER feed an a-hole.

June 22, 2015, 05:10 PM	#6
Jim567 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2014 Location: NE FL Posts: 656	"Never feed a ahole" So true -classic ! I will never forget that one!