Posted: 5/18/2006 8:04:50 AM EDT
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I was at my local gun shop the other day. I was picking up some ammo and eyeing the AR’s up when I was approached by a gun store commando. Our conversation went like this, Commando: You know what I was told? Me: Uhh no (puzzled look on my face) Commando: Never buy a gun that was built by a guy named “Stoner” Me: I like all my AR’s, never had any problem with them. Never used them in combat either. Commando: Tells me about his time served in the army (10th mountain) and how he cleaned his m16 three times a day and it always jammed on him. Me: That has to suck (trying to distance myself from my newfound commando/ non deodorant wearing friend.) Commando: I am partial to the AK, Know why? Me: No (but I’ll bet you will tell me) Commando: Well for my 15th birthday my dads gave me an AK 47 that he brought back from Nam. Years later when I move out I had 4 “insert racial slang term here” break in my home the dog took out three and the AK got the last one. Me: (My parents are both white, but I figured I have a little fun with him.) My dad is African American and I don’t appreciate you using that term. (the look on his face was priceless.) |
I use the "My mom/dad is black" thing too... always stops 'em in their tracks.  My last trip to the gun store involved a guy with a heavy accent whipping out his loaded concealed pistol and trying to hand it over to the guys behind the counter without clearing it. I think he wanted a spare mag for it or something. There are big signs all over saying "DO NOT pull your CCW, you could get shot" but the idiot goes and pulls it... there were a few tense moments there.  Thank God he didn't fast-draw it.
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I love saying that to ignorant SOB's... I love watching them stutter and smack their lips when a 6'1" RED headed White boy tells them "My dad is black"  I also love when some asshole starts ranting and raving about Mexicans and how bad they are for this country and my Puerto Rican wife comes up and stands with me. 
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I tend to move to the other end of the store when they start mouthing off, but one time I couldn't help myself. This guy was in there talking to... well I guess he was just talking to anyone around that would listen... about buying a new pistol. He said he wanted a .40 to replace his 9mm because some cop friend of his shot a suspect 6 times with a 9mm and the guy lived. I asked him: "Did any of those shots hit something vital?" Him: "I dunno..." Me: "Well, 6 crappy hits with a .40 won't be any better than 6 crappy hits with a 9mm. Shot placement is the most important thing." Him: "Ya, I guess..." |
Is your dad African, American, or black? Black American? Pick one that's precise, not PC. |
this kinda stuff never happens to me, course when I walk into the gunstore with my long hair usually dyed some obnoxiously bright color, getting the guy behind the counter to talk with me is sometimes problematical  OTOH, one of the shops around here that I've been going to since I turned 18 has a guy that works that that used to have hair longer than mine and a fondness for wheel guns is always cool with me, which is why he get's so much of my business even though their prices aren't as good.
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