Yellow Rose
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Some Decency
Today I realized how "twisted" things can get.
Yesterday I purchased water and gasoline, but I noticed that I was low on shotgun shells. (Looters are not welcome at our home.) My boss lives only a couple of miles from here so without calling him first, I just drove over there with the thought of buying a few shells from him. This guy has every munition imaginable, including a 50 cal sniper rifle. Dang, not home. Leaving his neighborhood, I notice a police car stopped at a house with the officer chatting with the residents. Since his red-n-blue lights were not on, I figured it was not an emergency. I made a u-turn and with hand signals, asked the officer if I could come see him. "Hi there, since the sporting stores are closed do you know where I can buy some shotgun shells?"
Before the officer replied the homeowner asks me what size, how many, etc. I told him 12-gauge, 2-3/4" and I don't care about the BB size. The police officer spoke out loudly to him as the homeowner turned to go inside his home, "See if you have any double otts.” For you non-gun folk, this means “00 Buckshot” the stuff that will do nasty damage, vs the piss-ant #4's I had.
While the homeowner was inside, I confirmed with the officer my understanding of the Texas gun law, that it is 100% legal to carry a shotgun in the passenger seat without a concealed firearm permit.
When the homeowner returned, he said to me as he was giving me ten shells, “Here ya go, ten bucks.” To which I thought that was a heckuva a deal that he only wanted ten dollars for them and I offered to pay him forty dollars. He would not take the money.
When I got home and read the label on the box.....00 Buckshot.....thus his comment of “ten bucks”. He is a good Samaritan, in “twisted” kind of way. I just hope there is not a sixteenth looter, because I only have fifteen shells - my five and his ten. Maybe I should use the skeet choke if there is more than one looter at a time.
Today I realized how "twisted" things can get.
Yesterday I purchased water and gasoline, but I noticed that I was low on shotgun shells. (Looters are not welcome at our home.) My boss lives only a couple of miles from here so without calling him first, I just drove over there with the thought of buying a few shells from him. This guy has every munition imaginable, including a 50 cal sniper rifle. Dang, not home. Leaving his neighborhood, I notice a police car stopped at a house with the officer chatting with the residents. Since his red-n-blue lights were not on, I figured it was not an emergency. I made a u-turn and with hand signals, asked the officer if I could come see him. "Hi there, since the sporting stores are closed do you know where I can buy some shotgun shells?"
Before the officer replied the homeowner asks me what size, how many, etc. I told him 12-gauge, 2-3/4" and I don't care about the BB size. The police officer spoke out loudly to him as the homeowner turned to go inside his home, "See if you have any double otts.” For you non-gun folk, this means “00 Buckshot” the stuff that will do nasty damage, vs the piss-ant #4's I had.
While the homeowner was inside, I confirmed with the officer my understanding of the Texas gun law, that it is 100% legal to carry a shotgun in the passenger seat without a concealed firearm permit.
When the homeowner returned, he said to me as he was giving me ten shells, “Here ya go, ten bucks.” To which I thought that was a heckuva a deal that he only wanted ten dollars for them and I offered to pay him forty dollars. He would not take the money.
When I got home and read the label on the box.....00 Buckshot.....thus his comment of “ten bucks”. He is a good Samaritan, in “twisted” kind of way. I just hope there is not a sixteenth looter, because I only have fifteen shells - my five and his ten. Maybe I should use the skeet choke if there is more than one looter at a time.
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