I'm older (and wiser LOL) than you. I come from the time we had gun racks in back glass in our unlocked trucks at school. Yeah, 50 years ago it was different. What has changed? People. We have too many of them. And too many screwballs. It is better to be discreet than to go around bragging by showing off. Pride goeth before a fall. And the fall will come when too many show-offs do what you say because either (1) the gun holder reacts when confronted by store-owners/police or the (2) the police over-react to Mr. Harmless not raising his hands quick enough. You're courting disaster unnecessarily.
Must not have been against store policy because I did not see were it said he was arrested.
Why is it “showing off?”
You sound more like my sourpuss, cynical step-father than a man grounded in his roots.
It’s not a matter of arrogance or pride. It’s a matter of exercising a RIGHT. It’s my RIGHT to do this.