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Bucc5207 · 06-20-2008, 09:25 AM

I have this acquaintance (husband of a friend of my wife), who I think carries all the time. I've never caught him printing. I told my wife I think so-and-so's packing, and she thinks I'm nuts. At first I pointed out that I had never seen him not wearing a sport coat. Then last weekend, we met them for a casual dinner. No jacket, but he was wearing a loose polo shirt untucked. See, I said to Mrs 5207.

I don't know the guy very well, just see him at parties and such a couple of times a year. What's the polite way to ask? Or should I just stifle my curiosity?

Vortech03_gt · 06-20-2008, 09:30 AM

do you carry? or are you just happy to see me?

tjg4 · 06-20-2008, 09:31 AM

Some people are touchy about others knowing they carry but size him up and if you think it's a good idea just ask him. If it were me, I wouldn't care if I was asked. It's not a big secret.

**DanTheEldest** · 06-20-2008, 09:34 AM

If you're really that curious, ask him along on your next trip to the range. If he's already a shooter (and packing) it'll be easy to compare carry methods with a kindred spirit. If you're just imagining things, you might introduce a new future gun nut to the addiction.

sourpatch45 · 06-20-2008, 09:37 AM

i wouldnt care if someone asked me

ScottyT · 06-20-2008, 09:49 AM

+1 on the range trip invite!

When he shows up with his pistol casually ask if he carries it!

nickb · 06-20-2008, 09:49 AM

Should be an easy conversation once you know the guy a little. Just start talking about shooting and what YOU carry.

**digitalexplr** · 06-20-2008, 10:01 AM

You could always ask him if he knows what it takes to get a ccw permit.

rockerz71 · 06-20-2008, 10:02 AM

just ask him, its not a big deal

eyesopened · 06-20-2008, 10:08 AM

I'd give him a pat down... haha, in all seriousness like DTE mentioned, ask him to go to the shooting range.

06-20-2008, 09:25 AM	#1
Bucc5207 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Mexico Posts: 202	CCW curiosity and etiquette I have this acquaintance (husband of a friend of my wife), who I think carries all the time. I've never caught him printing. I told my wife I think so-and-so's packing, and she thinks I'm nuts. At first I pointed out that I had never seen him not wearing a sport coat. Then last weekend, we met them for a casual dinner. No jacket, but he was wearing a loose polo shirt untucked. See, I said to Mrs 5207. I don't know the guy very well, just see him at parties and such a couple of times a year. What's the polite way to ask? Or should I just stifle my curiosity? __________________ The polhode rolls without slipping on the herpolhode lying in the invariable plane. -- Herbert Goldstein

06-20-2008, 09:31 AM	#3
tjg4 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Utah Posts: 508	Some people are touchy about others knowing they carry but size him up and if you think it's a good idea just ask him. If it were me, I wouldn't care if I was asked. It's not a big secret. __________________ Live for something, or die for nothing - Rambo Gun control is holding it with both hands! The only thing better than an XD is having TWO XD's. XD9 Sub Compact Black Beretta 92FS

06-20-2008, 09:34 AM	#4
DanTheEldest XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,370	If you're really that curious, ask him along on your next trip to the range. If he's already a shooter (and packing) it'll be easy to compare carry methods with a kindred spirit. If you're just imagining things, you might introduce a new future gun nut to the addiction. __________________ To make mass murder palatable to the public, one must first strip the victims of their inherent humanity. First were the native Americans ("savages"), then the black slaves (only "partly human"), then the Jews and gypsies in Hitler's Europe ("parasites on society"), and now America's unborn (also "not fully human"). Save the Americans--end abortion now. Insights and documentation on our nation's Christian heritage: www.WallBuilders.com

06-20-2008, 09:49 AM	#6
ScottyT XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 662	+1 on the range trip invite! When he shows up with his pistol casually ask if he carries it! __________________ ------------------ XD 45 compact Mosin Nagant M91/30 Remington 870 Express Ruger 10/22 ------------------ "I seek not for power, but to pull it down. I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country." - Moroni

06-20-2008, 09:49 AM	#7
nickb XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,343	Should be an easy conversation once you know the guy a little. Just start talking about shooting and what YOU carry. __________________ No PM sent..... But the average human can travel 21 feet in just about one second.

06-20-2008, 09:30 AM	#2
Vortech03_gt XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 61	do you carry? or are you just happy to see me?

06-20-2008, 09:37 AM	#5
sourpatch45 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 736	i wouldnt care if someone asked me

06-20-2008, 10:01 AM	#8
digitalexplr XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Jefferson City, MO Posts: 578	You could always ask him if he knows what it takes to get a ccw permit. __________________ XD9sc "change is not a destination just as hope is not a strategy" - Sarah Palin

06-20-2008, 10:02 AM	#9
rockerz71 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Norcross, GA Posts: 3,362	just ask him, its not a big deal

06-20-2008, 10:08 AM	#10
eyesopened XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 468	I'd give him a pat down... haha, in all seriousness like DTE mentioned, ask him to go to the shooting range.

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