Posted on 06/21/2014 5:07:54 AM PDT by rellimpank
Dan Sajdowitz carries his .40-caliber Walther on his hip because you never know what danger may lie just ahead.
His sidearm deters would-be criminals, he believes, although he says he has no proof of that. Sajdowitz, 39, has carried a gun openly and concealed for nearly four years; he has yet to pull his weapon in self-defense. He hopes he never has to, but if he does he will be ready.
Sajdowitz let me tag along with him recently as he open carried on the Milwaukee's south side. He told me before we left that I probably would get more "looks" as a "big, black guy with dreadlocks" than he would as a white guy with a gun on his hip. Sadly, he was right.
He took me to Home Depot, Petco, Pick 'n Save and a gas station. We walked past a police squad as we walked into Petco but were not questioned. Sajdowitz said he is hardly ever questioned and draws very few stares even when he goes to the movies with his girlfriend. He open carried when he went to see "Godzilla."
When he parked at Home Depot and got out of his Chevrolet pickup, I walked behind Sajdowitz to see if any of the workers or shoppers paid attention to the firearm. Most people appeared not to notice, and when a worker helped him to pick out an electric saw, he didn't appear to be alarmed.
"I think most people like to know that there is extra protection around, so they don't mind," he said. "Sometimes you get a look, but if you don't act like it's a big deal, then they don't act like it's a big deal, either."
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Thanks for the cool video. I really liked Marty Robbins RIP 1982. He was only 57 when he passed away from complications of surgery after his third heart attack. It was a great tragedy for Western and Country music, for the motion picture industry, and for NASCAR. The Nashville Fair Grounds race was renamed the Marty Robbins 420 in his honor in 1983. — Wikipedia
This journalist is missing a great opportunity for a big story.
Right off the bat, it is mentioned that he is a big black man with dreadlocks, and as such will get more attention than a (white) man with open carry. What wasn’t said is that the attention paid to him might have been mitigated because he was accompanied by a white man.
If he really wanted to make a splash, he could get a small group of black men, with open carry, and see what results.
This might be too radical, off the bat, so he might try some mix and match, and in one afternoon get enough observations for several columns. Keep it to groups of four for some standardization. All with open carry.
1) Two black men and two white men.
2) Two black men and two black women.
3) Two black men and two white women.
4) Four black men with neutral uniformity, like same color baseball caps.
5) etc.
That is a start!
My grandfather used to listen to those songs a lot and the stuff/musicians from that era. It’s not ‘my music’ since i’m an 80s kid but I actually like it and occasionally hit Youtube for the nostalgia.
It’s hokey, cheezy and out of it’s time. But it’s still actually ‘good’ music from an era people didn’t need autotune and could play their instruments.
I’m past my limit too, and I won’t subscribe. But, today (in a coffee shop) I noticed a big article in the Local section about a man who killed somebody with a sword in a rampage over a woman.
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