Had an interesting thing happen to me this past weekend. Saturday was the opening day ceremony for Little League. All the divisions (T-ball, AA - which is where my son plays, AAA, and "Major League") march in a parade, they have speeches, hit you up for money, etc.
It's a fun time for the kids, and that's what's important. (I also forgot to wear a hat and got a sun-burned noggin... D'oh!)
So, this guy comes up to me and starts chatting away. He gets about two sentences in, then asks me "You're into guns, right?"
Now, it took me a second - living in the Volksrepublik of MA, that's a loaded question in the non-punny sense of the word. I refuse to lie or otherwise deny my avocation, but I also believe in the Clinton era military admonition to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"... I'm not about to divulge to someone I don't recognize that I participate in an activity that's viewed by the majority of citizens in my state as being on a par with leprosy...
He noticed my reticence and immediately followed up with how he knew (the proverbial friend-of-a-friend). He then asked about the gas mileage of my truck, and I realized who he was - he bought a Dodge Ram about the same time I did, and drives by me every day while I wait for the bus with the kids... So now I have yet another ally and shootin' buddy in town.
(Of course, what really had me worried was that I had my Kel-Tec in my back pocket and was momentarily panicking thinking that the back of the slide had slipped up and was visible...)
That is all.
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That is one of the problems with this state. . . I have the same reaction when asked. I tend to say yes then get ready to defend my position to the anti. . . if you don't act ashamed it seems to take them off guard here. I have had other shooters tell me that folks won't let their kids play with his kids once they saw the NRA sticker. I have been lucky so far but we will see what happens as the kids get older. Real says something about folks around here and I don't think it is good.
My oldest daughter put a photo of her at the range on her myspace page and got a rather nasty comment from a boy about how girls don't use guns but most comments were from her friends saying the photo was gross. . . she moved it off the front page but she still has it posed in her pics file. She likes the black rifle and she is sticking to it = )
It is nice when it works out and you do find another shooter to go to the range with though. . .
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