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I'll post the "non-incident" experience that I had today at the Target at Union & HWY16. I had been shopping a while, and had been around the store a couple times (not finding what I was looking for) and I was approached by a younger guy who was well-dressed. We made eye contact and he came my direction as I gave him the standard "nod" as to say "hello."
A few steps awayhe said, "Hello, sir,I'm (told me his name, which I'll keep to myself out of respect for his privacy), and I'mwithSecurity here. [After we shook hands he looked down to my hip] Oh, OK...it's in a holster, have a good evening, sir." He began to walk away.
"Yup, it's holstered." I said. "Why? What's going on?"
"Oh, I had one ofthe team members call me, all frantic, saying there was a guy walking around with a gun. I asked her if it was in a holster and she said "yeah" and so I told her thatit was completely legal to carrylike that. So have a good evening." He started to walk away.
I say, "OK, hey, I really appreciate that."
"Appreciate what?"
"That you actually know the law....plenty of people in your position don't, and that can causesome issues, occasionally."
He says, "Yeah, well that's one of the freedoms in this country....." We talked a little bit more and he said that he was a CJ major and that the gun laws were something he knew a lot about [I'll agree] and he said he would inform the employee that he made contact with me, and that everything is OK.
I spent another couple of minutes shopping and went to the check out and he came back and went to the other side of the register (next to the checker) and said that some people would probably be nervous so he'd just hang around so that everyone knew I was "OK." We continued to chat, and I told him that I'd been here probably 25 times while open carrying and never had a problem, to which he was very surprised to hear. I told him that probably 95% of people I pass, don't even notice, and we agreed that it was kinda scary that people are that oblivious to their surroundings. We continued to talk and he asked me what I was carrying [stainless Kahr K9 w/lasergrips in a 3-slot Galco Thumbreak holster], and said that he concealed carries a lot of the time (off the clock, I would assume) and that he carries a Springfield XD40.
We continued to talk as he walked me out the front door w/my purchases, and we stood there on the front sidewalk for about another 10 minutes talking about open carry, after which I told him about OCDO and he said that he hadn't heard of it, and that he would check it out. I half expect that he'll probably read account this tonight.
Overall a WONDERFUL "non-incident incident," andI definitely appreciate the extremely polite and professional manner with which I was dealt with. I'll continue to shop there will pass along the good news that this store is OC friendly, or at least the right people are OC friendly.
I'll post the "non-incident" experience that I had today at the Target at Union & HWY16. I had been shopping a while, and had been around the store a couple times (not finding what I was looking for) and I was approached by a younger guy who was well-dressed. We made eye contact and he came my direction as I gave him the standard "nod" as to say "hello."
A few steps awayhe said, "Hello, sir,I'm (told me his name, which I'll keep to myself out of respect for his privacy), and I'mwithSecurity here. [After we shook hands he looked down to my hip] Oh, OK...it's in a holster, have a good evening, sir." He began to walk away.
"Yup, it's holstered." I said. "Why? What's going on?"
"Oh, I had one ofthe team members call me, all frantic, saying there was a guy walking around with a gun. I asked her if it was in a holster and she said "yeah" and so I told her thatit was completely legal to carrylike that. So have a good evening." He started to walk away.
I say, "OK, hey, I really appreciate that."
"Appreciate what?"
"That you actually know the law....plenty of people in your position don't, and that can causesome issues, occasionally."
He says, "Yeah, well that's one of the freedoms in this country....." We talked a little bit more and he said that he was a CJ major and that the gun laws were something he knew a lot about [I'll agree] and he said he would inform the employee that he made contact with me, and that everything is OK.
I spent another couple of minutes shopping and went to the check out and he came back and went to the other side of the register (next to the checker) and said that some people would probably be nervous so he'd just hang around so that everyone knew I was "OK." We continued to chat, and I told him that I'd been here probably 25 times while open carrying and never had a problem, to which he was very surprised to hear. I told him that probably 95% of people I pass, don't even notice, and we agreed that it was kinda scary that people are that oblivious to their surroundings. We continued to talk and he asked me what I was carrying [stainless Kahr K9 w/lasergrips in a 3-slot Galco Thumbreak holster], and said that he concealed carries a lot of the time (off the clock, I would assume) and that he carries a Springfield XD40.
We continued to talk as he walked me out the front door w/my purchases, and we stood there on the front sidewalk for about another 10 minutes talking about open carry, after which I told him about OCDO and he said that he hadn't heard of it, and that he would check it out. I half expect that he'll probably read account this tonight.
Overall a WONDERFUL "non-incident incident," andI definitely appreciate the extremely polite and professional manner with which I was dealt with. I'll continue to shop there will pass along the good news that this store is OC friendly, or at least the right people are OC friendly.
