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I'm curious how my fellow Calgunners would have reacted in my situation.
I was leaving my building to take my AR to get worked on. It was in its black hardcase, which clearly is not your "typical" looking piece of luggage. I got into the elevator and the president of the homeowner's association got in at the next stop.
He looked at the hardcase, then asked me, "I hope that's not a firearm, is it?"
Now for a brief second, I thought about lying, just to make things easier. But for whatever reason (probably because I couldn't think of something good enough), I said, "It's a rifle."
At that, he looked agog at me and after a brief moment of silence, he said, with a look of worried disdain, "... is there something we should know about?", in a tone that implied I was somehow mentally unstable.
What would you have done? Lied? Told the truth? And in general, how do people feel about situations like these where you have to make a choice between lying to make things go smoother, or just answering the question straight?
EDITED TO ADD:
I responded to his "is there something we should know about?" question with, "yes, actually..." then complained about the construction workers doing work improperly on the property.
I was leaving my building to take my AR to get worked on. It was in its black hardcase, which clearly is not your "typical" looking piece of luggage. I got into the elevator and the president of the homeowner's association got in at the next stop.
He looked at the hardcase, then asked me, "I hope that's not a firearm, is it?"
Now for a brief second, I thought about lying, just to make things easier. But for whatever reason (probably because I couldn't think of something good enough), I said, "It's a rifle."
At that, he looked agog at me and after a brief moment of silence, he said, with a look of worried disdain, "... is there something we should know about?", in a tone that implied I was somehow mentally unstable.
What would you have done? Lied? Told the truth? And in general, how do people feel about situations like these where you have to make a choice between lying to make things go smoother, or just answering the question straight?
EDITED TO ADD:
I responded to his "is there something we should know about?" question with, "yes, actually..." then complained about the construction workers doing work improperly on the property.
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