Sara Tipton’s Mommy Life Meets Gun Life

By Sara Tipton

Grocery store trips are no fun. It takes a long time and I normally have a two-year-old and a four-year-old running around getting into things and asking for candy. And blurting things out that are innocent enough, but could cause some concern. Take, for example, my trip on Tuesday last week . . .

As I was perusing the lettuce, trying to decide which two looked the best, my four-year-old daughter thought she’d take that moment to say rather loudly, “Mommy, your gun is showing.”

Of course I checked. It wasn’t. My .40-caliber XD was just a slight lump under my shirt (as always). Immediately, about eight heads in the produce section snapped my way. I calmy kneeled down and grabbed my little sweet pea in a hug and whispered to her “Sweetie? We don’t talk about mommy’s gun in public. Ok?” She said “OK Mommy. I just didn’t want anyone to know you had a gun. It’s a secret right?”

She did try to whisper this time. Yet again, heads turned my way. A few watched and a few quickly left my vicinity. I told my daughter we could talk at home.

As I stood to collect my lettuce, I tried not to …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns