Guns pulled by all at a Craigslist transaction today...

[longbow]

I had a meeting for some gear I found on craigslist.

The meeting went well and the cash and goods traded hands. At that point we got to talking and before we knew it, both of us had our pistols "out".

It all started when I joked that no one goes to a craigslist transaction unarmed. I spotted his gun covered by a book by his shifter. He laughed and showed me his little .380, I countered with my .45.

We kept talking and he says you'd be stupid to meet anyone from Craigslist unarmed.

 

[cosermann]

. . . or armed with only a .380.

(Flame suit on.)

 

[williamnewman1]

well done sir, and i agree whole heartedly, though i do a little better than concealing mine with a book

 

[! twitty]

he says you'd be stupid to meet anyone from Craigslist unarmed.

Agreed.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I met someone from CL today and I had 2 guns on me, neither of them for sale

 

[ditto]

I love the titles of threads like these and then it turns out to be some guy kissing his grandma or a friendly pistol show-off..

 

[nineball481]

that's interesting. I'm still new to guns and try to carry mine whenever I'm out. A friend of mine bought an item from craigslist last year. I helped him pick it up. We were both carrying. When we arrived the seller had his garage open, showing a lot of hunting paraphernalia. You could tell he was carrying as well. I never gave it a lot thought until I read this thread, but the whole ordeal did feel like some sort of illicit deal. lol Seller proved to be a decent enough guy and we talked for a few mins about his recent hunting trip...

 

[dsol]

Done the same, never would meet up with anyone like that unarmed. My mother lost her little dog about a month ago, I had flyers up everywhere. About a week later, she got a call from one of the flyers, someone had found her dog. They lived in a motel during the week while working and wanted her to meet around the back near their room. Got me suspisious so I made sure I went along with my .357 handy. Everything was all on the level and it was her dog and they were not looking for money for the dog or a reward. But I felt better knowing Mr. Ruger was along for backup.

 

[AndersonIN]

I wouldn't think of going to church without my weapon why in God's green earth would I ever consider going on a Craig's list meeting without one.

 

[.38 Special]

The one and only time I had a Craigslist meeting was in Illinois at a public place. I was rather upset about not being able to carry, but since it was in public I was more willing to do it without my gun. Everything went well...

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Whoa.... wait...

The WHOLE story was posted? (Well, all relevant parts, anyhow). But it's not even 9:30 yet!

What gives? Are you I'll?

 

[hoosierdoc]

I went into a guy's house for a foosball table before becoming interested in guns. Bad decision making for sure.

 

[ggglobert9]

I always have my wife with a large "Bush cutter" sitting in the car and in sight! Lost all my guns in a lake so "Bush cutter" will have to do!

 

[ThrottleJockey]

LOL, I usually have my wife or a friend there at a bit of a distance for backup as well as my EDC and BUG....I've had similar experiences meeting other armed citizens in these transactions. So far everything has always been friendly and sometime guntalk breaks out...I will NEVER let my guard down when conducting business with strangers at random locations and I always try to be there first. As a truck driver I am always at high alert as I am always in new and strange places, usually pretty seedy parts of random towns, sleeping in dark abandoned places with no friend anywhere nearby. It's good practice for situational awareness actually.

 

[Bigtanker]

A quick glance at the lead in line, I thought Craigslist went all Google on us buy not allowing firearm sales on their site. Great. First they take away the hookers and now the guns? What use are they too me now. (Sarcasm) Then I read the rest and glad all went well.

 

[wolfts01]

It's only logical

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I made a transaction at Starbucks a couple years back. We were both OC'ing. Me, USP 40. Him, Glock 19.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I always have my wife with a large "Bush cutter" sitting in the car and in sight! Lost all my guns in a lake so "Bush cutter" will have to do!

Does "large" describe the bush or the bush cutter?

 

[Expat]

Never bought or sold on CL, just INGO. I always carry anyway, so nothing different at a purchase. The wife is usually in the vehicle. She worries more than I do about the meetings so she usually gets the BUG from the console out and ready.

 

[Stschil]

A quick glance at the lead in line, I thought Craigslist went all Google on us buy not allowing firearm sales on their site. Great. First they take away the hookers and now the guns? What use are they too me now. (Sarcasm) Then I read the rest and glad all went well.

I didn't know CL allowed firearms ads. I think I read something in their rules to that effect once, but who knows, I was looking for hookers and blow so I might have read it wrong.