Hey everyone.
I know I don't post here really at all, but I am active locally with the VCDL and I've met several of the members from here at shows and the picnics.
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about the Autozone on 17 next to WaWa over in the Yorktown/Grafton area. A friend of mine works there and I told him that I would be in today to pick a few things up. As soon as I came through the door my friend and the manager started asking me about my gun and if I was carrying.
The first thing he said when I walked in was, " Hey man, she's going to call the cops on you."
I figured he was joking around, so I said, "Sure. Call them." At this point, I had no idea why she would be calling the police. Well, he apparently told her that I carry a gun, knowing their store policy.
She told me, "We've had a problem with people who come in here carrying guns and robbing the store, so we've been asking them to go put them in their cars."
I didn't have my gun on me today, and I went ahead just got what I needed and left. I decided to not say anything at the time or cause a scene because I didn't want to potentially cost my friend his job.
I'm pretty sure that Autozone's corporate policy is that they follow whatever the state law is. I'm going to make contact with them at the corporate level and then contact the local manager. I'm believe the lady I was speaking to was an assistant manager.
Aside from the fact that I apparently have a friend telling people my private business, and that needs to be addressed, there are a couple of other things I don't like about this. It seems to me that the lady I spoke to, thinks that all people with firearms are criminals and that's just not O.K. Since they have this policy in place they apparently also think that someone who is coming to rob them will just say, " Well gee, I didn't know your store policy. I'll take my gun and rob someone else." Of course they are a private business and they can do what they want, but there are some facts I feel like they are lacking.
I'll let you guys know what I find out and if anything comes of this. In the mean time, I wanted to let you know that you may want to skip this place for now, unless you want an argument.
- Daniel
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