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SickTag,
I am sorry you are having trouble with that person. Be advised though that him seeing you with a gun may not make any diference in his aggressive behavior: Some people -- most notably tough-guy gangster punks -- will just force you to shoot them as they verbally try to intimidate you or make derisive/challenging remarks about your carrying as they walk towards you to force a confrontation/reaction/decision from you especially if you look like you'll hesitate ornot do it ("Are you going to use that gun it or not" or "You gonna shoot me ****?" and other such trash talk); they even do it to cops. They are just that crazy, indifferent, anti-socialor otherwise psycho/suicidal. So be prepared to use it...but of course you should be if you CC/OC, right?
You do not deserve to be harrassed or attacked. If these attacks are not being provoked by you, taking the POS out at some point would be a public service as it sounds likesomeone acting like thatmay be hostile to other people, too.
I plan to take a daytrip up to Alamogordo soon...maybe we could meet for coffee at Dennys there. Do you know if that Dennys isPOSTED re: OC-ing (or against anyone carrying any guns, CC or OC, at all)?
As for the guy asking about Santa Fe, I don't know because I have not carried when I have been there a couple of times (I visit my sister up in Rio Rancho and we sometimes go to Santa Fe/Taos). One reason I haven't is because I am with her and IF there IS any police harrassment, I don't want her to be distressed by the encounter (nor do I want her to think that just because of that, it's a "bad idea" to be armed), so I do not OC when I am with her, only when I am out alone (when I am in NM visting from Texas, as I said). But I read that Taos thread here and it seems just fine up there...I don't see why Santa Fe would be so different.
Don't know if there is a "Castle Doctrine" law in effect for NM...in that case, you would NOT have to retreat.
I am new to OC-ing also, living in TX were we can NOT do that, so I do not do it often, only when I cross the TX/NM state line and usually, on a short trips up to Las Cruces...and in the better weather, on my motorcycle.
-- John D.