The other night my wife and I were walking into Walmart when we hear a loud boom. My hand automatically went for my Glock (pat myself on my back for that reaction). I didn’t draw it because it sounded like a backfire, then another boom. I stopped my wife near a SUV that I used for cover and concealment to try to see for sure what it was. Another distant boom and I realized that it was indeed car backfiring.

When I stopped my wife I just gently put my hand up on her waist and she knew what I wanted. Nothing was said. She asked me why I had done that. Like duh. I think she answered her own question before I did.

I’m trying not to strain my shoulder from patting myself on my back.