njeske
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This evening my wife and I decided to go for a walk around our community in Cold Springs (about 15 minutes north of Reno). Since I already had on a tucked in polo shirt I decided to stick my XD in the Serpa holster and open carry rather than change clothes and conceal. As we walk out of our court a Washoe Sheriff SUV drives by with two deputies in it. They notice my gun and simply wave and keep driving. About 10 minutes later into our walk we are on one of the more main streets running through our development and we can't help but notice that several of the cars are driving past us slowly and that drivers are whipping out their cell phones. A couple of the cars even pulled over down the street from us to watch us while they talked on the phone. About 5 minutes later a Washoe Sheriff car drives past us with two deputies in it. As soon as they pass us they make a u-turn and pull up behind us. I hear them pulling up, so I've already stopped walking and slowly turned around to face them with my hands in plain view. Both deputies get out of the car with their hands in the vicinity of their guns, but not actually ready to draw. The driver says, "What the heck are you doing walking around with a gun on your hip?" I honestly respond that I have a concealed carry permit and simply did not want to change clothes to just take a short walk with my wife. He asks to see the permit and instructs me to slowly get out my wallet without moving towards my hip. The gun is on my right hip, and my wallet is in my back right pocket, so i do a wide sweeping motion with my right arm to make sure I'm not coming close to the gun while getting my wallet out. I also had my wife's ID on me, so I handed him both of our IDs and my permit. I could tell as soon as I'd mentioned me having a permit he calmed down quite a bit. Once he saw it he calmed down even more. He looked over the IDs and permits, suggested a couple times that I conceal my gun in the future and let us continue on our walk.
While stern at first, the deputy was very professional and courteous. He never asked me to disarm and never even called in for a check on our licenses or my permit. Just seeing the permit and verifying that all the info matched my license was enough for him. The stop was short and to the point, and had the best possible outcome. I didn't catch his name, but I'll definitely send a note to the Sheriff's office thanking the officer for his professionalism and courtesy.
This evening my wife and I decided to go for a walk around our community in Cold Springs (about 15 minutes north of Reno). Since I already had on a tucked in polo shirt I decided to stick my XD in the Serpa holster and open carry rather than change clothes and conceal. As we walk out of our court a Washoe Sheriff SUV drives by with two deputies in it. They notice my gun and simply wave and keep driving. About 10 minutes later into our walk we are on one of the more main streets running through our development and we can't help but notice that several of the cars are driving past us slowly and that drivers are whipping out their cell phones. A couple of the cars even pulled over down the street from us to watch us while they talked on the phone. About 5 minutes later a Washoe Sheriff car drives past us with two deputies in it. As soon as they pass us they make a u-turn and pull up behind us. I hear them pulling up, so I've already stopped walking and slowly turned around to face them with my hands in plain view. Both deputies get out of the car with their hands in the vicinity of their guns, but not actually ready to draw. The driver says, "What the heck are you doing walking around with a gun on your hip?" I honestly respond that I have a concealed carry permit and simply did not want to change clothes to just take a short walk with my wife. He asks to see the permit and instructs me to slowly get out my wallet without moving towards my hip. The gun is on my right hip, and my wallet is in my back right pocket, so i do a wide sweeping motion with my right arm to make sure I'm not coming close to the gun while getting my wallet out. I also had my wife's ID on me, so I handed him both of our IDs and my permit. I could tell as soon as I'd mentioned me having a permit he calmed down quite a bit. Once he saw it he calmed down even more. He looked over the IDs and permits, suggested a couple times that I conceal my gun in the future and let us continue on our walk.
While stern at first, the deputy was very professional and courteous. He never asked me to disarm and never even called in for a check on our licenses or my permit. Just seeing the permit and verifying that all the info matched my license was enough for him. The stop was short and to the point, and had the best possible outcome. I didn't catch his name, but I'll definitely send a note to the Sheriff's office thanking the officer for his professionalism and courtesy.