Posted: 5/2/2006 6:11:58 PM EDT
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I've noticed that 99.999% of adults are pretty oblivious. I think I could carry a shoulder fired anti-tank missile around on my back and only then 1 in 10 might notice. Kids on the other hand seem to be more observant and/or they don't have any reservations that adults have about talking to people with guns. Which is either good or bad, I don't know which. I had a kid about 4 come up to me a super market. He came up and pointed at my left side where I had a flashlight in a holster and asked, "are you a good guy, or a bad guy?" I laughed pretty hard and told him that I'm a good guy. He smiled and ran back to his mother and said pretty loudly, "Mom, that guy in yellow is a good guy!" I got a pretty good laugh out of that. It also made me rethink how I carry flashlights... |
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Yeah, if you think about it, if kids do notice something, they're much more likely to point it out and do so loudly. They don't have the same ideas of manners that adults do (or should). Thus, where an adult might dismiss seeing you print as a mistake in their vision, kids are more likely to make a scene. Good observation and thanks for pointing this out, UVvis. |
| Yep, social filters and "internalization skills" are learned. Gotta be careful around kids, you never know what they'll say or what they'll notice. It's also important to remember that kids view the world from several feet lower than adults. Their perspective is very "waist level", so they have a spotting advantage that adults don't. |
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I’ve noticed this as well. I have several times came out of a store and realized (through going to the restroom or whatever) that my shirt had got tucked in between my weapon and my undershirt, meaning the butt was sticking out in the open, and no one ever said anything. I KNOW (or at least feel) I am printing sometimes, and yet I’ have never had an adult say anything. I too feel I could probably take a 50-cal rifle on my back about anywhere and people would either not notice or would assume I had a legitimate reason to have a 50-cal rifle with me and so they would be out of place to say something. I also don’t know if they just really don’t notice or are just scared of people with guns…. But kids all of the time (especially 4-6 or 7 year olds) will point, or stare, or ask why I have a gun. Pretty embarrassing, but this has happened many times with the kids I am around regularly, and a few times in public. Brandon J. |
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ohh...thats a subject everyone should take seriously. i had to walk my 5 y/o into the school one morning...to sign him in. he immediately told me bye and met up with another little boy in his class. they went to their lockers and put their back packs and lunch bags in the lockers.. as they were going to class..walking down another hall.. i HEARD... the other little boy tell my son about his dads new tool for his belt..that was neat..( i assume was a leatherman or gerber TOOL).. then i hear my son...tell the other boy..in loud voice...that echoed.. "ooohhhh my dad carries a pistol and a switchblade"..... touch'e... i look around half laughing..then i see the director - asst director- registrar and 2 teachers.. looking at me stone faced.. i told them.. "hey...i'm a guy..my friends call when they are in trouble....what can i say.." i've since had a talk with the little dog...about my pistol being our secret... he has always been observant..to the fact..that i carry for safety.. so much as way back as young 4 y/o when we were in a restaurant and some very undesirable people came in..and he looked into my eyes..with a look i'll never forget...and ask me if i had "something in my back"... i said 'yes".. and he looked relieved and shook his head and said "ok"... |
...well, do ya punk??? |
I don't get it. Seems to me only a like-minded person would equate a flashlight with a CHL holder. What's the big deal if kids "make" you as a light carrier? There are probably tons of people who carry flashlights and not guns, due to job requirements. |
Kids/non-gun folks are like "what's that?" And I get instant attention. Too much attention for me anyway.  Oh at the range, it's more like "Hey, you shoot at IDPA? Those people carry them flashlights" 
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