This might seem like a strange blog entry title, but it was what actually happened to me today. I met well over 200 people in a matter of four hours. This occurs once a month at a local Sportsman Show where my husband and I sit at a booth and sell self-defense keychains. Yes, I married a wonderful husband with a great interest in self-defense tools.... And yes, this is a part on my life that I never saw coming.... a social worker selling self-defense keychains at a gun-show. But the interactions with strangers is of great interest to me. Mostly, I think what really attracts me are the seniors who are there and our keychains bring back memories of their youth when they were in military service. I love those stories!
Another fun element of the day is that mostly everyone dresses the part at a sportsman/gunshow. The seniors will wear their old military hats and the young men with their sons/daughters are in hunting clothes. I feel like I am in another world there. It's certainly a culture in and of itself to be pro-gun in the United States. Are there political issues on people's sleeves, yes sir! During an election year there are politicians advertising their views there... of course the are of the Conservative persuation. But one year there was a gentleman who was alowing people to take a test and it gaged where they were on the political landscape, I was judged as a Moderate. Needless to say I think that the atmosphere got me into a "groupthink" mindset.
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