Got my Texas LTC

[Surplus Guy]

Got my Texas LTC in less than 2 weeks. Now that is great service at a very reasonable price.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Congratulations!

 

[busykngt]

Great(!)... what did ya shoot?

 

[Surplus Guy]

Great(!)... what did ya shoot?

Commercial Russian Makarov

 

[busykngt]

Interesting choice. You may be the only one in Texas to have qualified with that round!

 

[IXLR8]

Congrats! Where are you going first?

 

[busykngt]

Yeah, got your Hawaiian shirt for your Wally World walk

 

[Bozz10mm]

Ha! My wally walk was in Advance Auto.

 

[IXLR8]

Congratulations komrade... (based on the Makarov)
Will that be your carry gun as well?

 

[Surplus Guy]

Interesting choice. You may be the only one in Texas to have qualified with that round!

Interesting choice. You may be the only one in Texas to have qualified with that round!

Maybe so. I am the Surplus Guy

 

[Surplus Guy]

Congratulations komrade... (based on the Makarov)
Will that be your carry gun as well?

Yes. I collect them. Have 5 and looking for a 6th (Russian Military Mak)

 

[Surplus Guy]

Congrats! Where are you going first?

Shoot Smart in Grand Prairie

 

[Surplus Guy]

Yeah, got your Hawaiian shirt for your Wally World walk

Can't get what I shoot at Wally World

 

[busykngt]

Can't get what I shoot at Wally World

Understood... but that's not really the point. The background (aka, semi-tradition) is that WalMart was one of the first big retailers to refuse to put up 30.06 signs, here in Texas. Early on, a lot of retailers were hit with letter writing campaigns from 'antis' (Moms Demand-type groups, etc.) and Wal Mart resisted the pressure. Several years later, Kroger was another large retailer that basically told them to 'go pound sand'. So, in a mild, half-hearted effort, doing the 'Wally World' walk as your "first official" CCW [at the time], became kinda a way of acknowledging Wal Mart standing their ground against 2A antis.
I'm not sure how the Hawaiian shirt thing got started. Maybe somebody else can shed some light on that aspect of "the tradition". I'm not sure how widespread this is beyond the 'Texas Gun Talk' forum but it's a fun, quaint little tradition for new CCW'ers.... LTC'ers!

 

[rman]

Understood... but that's not really the point. The background (aka, semi-tradition) is that WalMart was one of the first big retailers to refuse to put up 30.06 signs, here in Texas. Early on, a lot of retailers were hit with letter writing campaigns from 'antis' (Moms Demand-type groups, etc.) and Wal Mart resisted the pressure. Several years later, Kroger was another large retailer that basically told them to 'go pound sand'. So, in a mild, half-hearted effort, doing the 'Wally World' walk as your "first official" CCW [at the time], became kinda a way of acknowledging Wal Mart standing their ground against 2A antis.
I'm not sure how the Hawaiian shirt thing got started. Maybe somebody else can shed some light on that aspect of "the tradition". I'm not sure how widespread this is beyond the 'Texas Gun Talk' forum but it's a fun, quaint little tradition for new CCW'ers.... LTC'ers!

the first time I OC'd was Wal-Mart! Even had my kid take a pic to send to my poor, poor bastard friends in CA.

OC'd there this morning as well. I am at Wal-Mart entirely too much.

Sent from my SIG Sauer

 

[Surplus Guy]

Understood... but that's not really the point. The background (aka, semi-tradition) is that WalMart was one of the first big retailers to refuse to put up 30.06 signs, here in Texas. Early on, a lot of retailers were hit with letter writing campaigns from 'antis' (Moms Demand-type groups, etc.) and Wal Mart resisted the pressure. Several years later, Kroger was another large retailer that basically told them to 'go pound sand'. So, in a mild, half-hearted effort, doing the 'Wally World' walk as your "first official" CCW [at the time], became kinda a way of acknowledging Wal Mart standing their ground against 2A antis.
I'm not sure how the Hawaiian shirt thing got started. Maybe somebody else can shed some light on that aspect of "the tradition". I'm not sure how widespread this is beyond the 'Texas Gun Talk' forum but it's a fun, quaint little tradition for new CCW'ers.... LTC'ers!

 

[Surplus Guy]

Thanks for the information. I have been carrying concealed since 2013. The Texas LTC was not my first gun permit. I do have some Acapulco shirts and have been waiting for an excuse to wear them. Hell after I put one of those on I'll look like every body else at Wally World.

 

[Charlie]

Thanks for the information. I have been carrying concealed since 2013. The Texas LTC was not my first gun permit. I do have some Acapulco shirts and have been waiting for an excuse to wear them. Hell after I put one of those on I'll look like every body else at Wally World.

You better hope you don't! Hah!

 

[Surplus Guy]

You better hope you don't! Hah!

Got a feeling I should have read a few more posts before starting this thread. I was glad somebody actually read and replied

 

[Kar98]

I'm not sure how the Hawaiian shirt thing got started.

Pretty sure that's got something to do with the fact that if you're "concealing" with a Hawaiian shirt or with a fanny pack, you might as well be carrying openly, as far as the experienced eye is concerned. Maybe.