Originally Posted by
HamburgO
Point taken. Luckily, most of my friends also carry, and we're pretty clandestine when moving in public. Besides, everything I do is legal, and my physical security is AA+. When in the US, I live in an extremely gun-enthusiastic location in AZ, and discussing various weaponry is a normal thing around here. Here's a true story for you:
I'm a certified firearms trainer and occasionally give private lessons. One day last year, coming from the outdoor range with a client, we stop at a Starbuck's. Having our coffee, we chew the fat about this and that. At some point he asks me "What's the advantage of a red-dot sight on a rifle vs. a glass scope...?"
At the table next to us, a bespectacled stout old lady, grandma, is busy unraveling her wool. When she hears the question, her head pops right up from her knitting, she looks up at my friend and blurts out: "Because in close-quarters, young man, you're gonna get that red-dot on target much faster than the glass...!!!"
I just about spotted my pants...