Out with the family (kid and wife) for Sunday groceries. Open carrying the S&W model 57 .41 magnum (6 inch barrel, basketweave Safariland duty rig).

In a crowded section of the frozen isle, an older woman blurts out to me:

Woman: "Are you a police officer"?
Me: No, I'm not.
Woman: "Then why are you carrying a gun"? (slightly elevated tone)
Me: "To protect my family and me"
Woman: (raised voice) "FROM WHO!!!"
Me: Hopefully, no one.

At this point, my wife leaned over to her and said something. The woman's face went ashen and she said: "I am".

I asked my wife what she said, and she told the woman: "Leave us alone now".

I was half expecting a local PD to be called, but nothing else happened.