MikeTheGreek
Regular Member
Asked to leave or cover your firearm? Do you try to explain that OC is perfectly legal and you're doing nothing wrong, give in and cover/put the gun in the car, or just leave the business and go somewhere else?
If you're asked to leave by an agent of the establishment (pretty sure any employee, anyone have a cite?) you should do so, as the police can arrest for trespassing if you remain. If they come up and say they don't want the gun in the establishment, then I'll usually try to explain the legalities up until the point where I'm asked to leave. If they ask me to put it in the car and come back, I tell them I will leave but that I won't be back.
I leave. I don't stand there and argue about my rights , state law, or how I'll never be back (I do that later via email). I simply and quickly leave.
If they ask, leave. But as mentioned before try to get an escort and get employee name on the way out. Then call from your car or disarm and come back to talk to a manager. If it was a manager call corporate. If its a single owner mom and pop shop leave a no gun no business card and leave with a smile. Simple. Failure to leave is a trespass-able offense and you may be cited/ jailed. It is after all private property.
I had a mother in law who refused to leave our house. The look on her face was priceless as grabbed her by the hair and and seat of her pants and threw her out the door.
In the south this may fly. Here if the old bat called the cops, someone is going to jail, and it probably ain't her:what:
I was the cops, and she had a illegal concealed handgun in her purse, which I confiscated before I tossed her from the house. She had threatened me with it right before she got the surprise of her life.
My long standing theory is that it's so rare to be kicked out of somewhere, especially if you look and act respectable, that I consider it a good milestone that marks the passage of a lot of time OCing when you get kicked out of a business.
It's a good time to celebrate that you're OCing a lot. With this attitude, you can actually look forward to those times you get told to get told to leave, rather than hoping it doesn't happen.
I act responsible wherever I go..now look, there's a different story. I've seen pictures of a few of you guys, you look like..well, normal Americans
Me...I don't exactly wear button down shirts and slacks. I have a mohawk, and lots of tattoos. People generally think I'm up to no good, even when I don't have a gun on my hip. I refuse to cover my tattoos and feel about as strongly about it as covering my firearm, so I may just be the most hassled OCer in the future. We'll see how it goes!
You shouldn't have to cover your tattoos, I bet there are more tattooed members here than you think. And a few of us long haired hairy faced boogey men.
I have a tattoo of a sun around my anus....
I have a tattoo of a sun around my anus....