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Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents on how to respond to situations like this, all the while keeping in mind our main goals: educate ourselves and others, and make carrying in any fashion more accepted until we are back to our basic right to bear arms with zero infringement on that right.
1. Always carry a copy of current laws, statutes, etc, to educate people about our rights and to back up your own words and actions.
2. Once approached negatively, remind that person of your rights and ask to speak to the manager.
3. If the manager replies with the same, ask "are you asking me to leave?"
4. If they say yes, then tell them you will comply, but you are going to write corporate in regards to their gun policy, will not frequent their stores or spend money in their establishment, and will put them on a "gun unfriendly list." This statement and action shows them what they will lose when they don't allow gun owners to carry in their stores.
5. Leave peacefully
6. Follow up on that letter to corporate, and follow up again, and again, until they finally give you an answer. If corporate says they don't allow guns, then we won't go to their stores. If corporate says they have no problem with it...
7. Return to store/manager with their response. Rinse and repeat with corporate if the store manager is still giving you issues.
8. Finally post your experience on OCDO so we can all learn!
Some tips: Make sure you record if possible, and make sure you get names/dates/times at a minimum. Have extra copies of items such as the NC handout on another thread to leave with people.
That's seems to be a frequent tactic from others that I've read here on OCDO. I haven't had to deal with this personally yet. It seems to be a good standard practice for many others on this site that has yielded good results without getting arrested