armedinrichmond
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A few days ago, I went down to Nags Head, NC with my girlfriend for some fun in the sun. We stopped at the Border Station on the VA/NC border (awesome place if you've never been. Half the store's in VA, and half is in NC. Fireworks are illegal in VA, but you can buy them just over the line, in the same aisle.) Anyway, you have to pay for the fireworks on the NC side in a tobacco shop. I was OCing and had my girlfriend with me. As we paid, I noticed the cashier's eyes shift toward me, my gun, and my girlfriend several times. When I finished paying, she asked, "Just out of curiosity, why do you have a gun on your waist?" I replied with the standard "personal self-defense" line, and left. When we got back to my car, my girlfriend told me that the entire time we were there, the cashier was looking at her with a "are you okay?" look, like I was trying to kidnap her. I got a kick out of it.
When we got back to Virginia, I stopped in the Wawa on Rt. 10 near the Chippenham onramp to buy snacks. A guy saw my gun, and we got into a discussion. Turns out he'd just bought a Glock 26 from Southern Gun World, same place I got my XD. He asked me what I had to do to obtain an open carry license, and I told him that in the great state of Virginia, all he had to do was own a gun. He looked interested, and I think I eventually convinced him to OC.
A few days ago, I went down to Nags Head, NC with my girlfriend for some fun in the sun. We stopped at the Border Station on the VA/NC border (awesome place if you've never been. Half the store's in VA, and half is in NC. Fireworks are illegal in VA, but you can buy them just over the line, in the same aisle.) Anyway, you have to pay for the fireworks on the NC side in a tobacco shop. I was OCing and had my girlfriend with me. As we paid, I noticed the cashier's eyes shift toward me, my gun, and my girlfriend several times. When I finished paying, she asked, "Just out of curiosity, why do you have a gun on your waist?" I replied with the standard "personal self-defense" line, and left. When we got back to my car, my girlfriend told me that the entire time we were there, the cashier was looking at her with a "are you okay?" look, like I was trying to kidnap her. I got a kick out of it.
When we got back to Virginia, I stopped in the Wawa on Rt. 10 near the Chippenham onramp to buy snacks. A guy saw my gun, and we got into a discussion. Turns out he'd just bought a Glock 26 from Southern Gun World, same place I got my XD. He asked me what I had to do to obtain an open carry license, and I told him that in the great state of Virginia, all he had to do was own a gun. He looked interested, and I think I eventually convinced him to OC.