swillden
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I was at Wal-mart just a little while ago, and observed an OC'er stopped by two Wal-mart security guys. The OC'er was wearing a Washington County Sheriff's Dept. polo shirt, and I heard him telling them that he was a police officer and was required to carry. I don't think he showed them any ID, but they believed him and let him go on his way. I also heard them telling him that they'd been "having problems" with people carrying firearms in the store -- I wonder if they were referring to me?
I was concealing, not for any particular reason, just that I hadn't bothered to tuck my t-shirt in so it mostly covered my XD in its Serpa holster. Given that I was short on time and had a car full of kids waiting in the parking lot, I was glad that I didn't happen to be OC'ing at the moment.
This is the same Wal-mart that has hassled me a couple of times before. I've been OC'ing there uneventfully a few times since the last time I was hassled, but what I saw made me wonder if the manager hasn't decided to "get tough" on OC (making an exception for LE, obviously).
I'll make sure that I OC next time I go, but with a recorder, a couple copies of ScottyT's pamphlet (speaking of that, Scott, do you think you could make a version without the "But you may get hassled" language?), and I'd also like to be prepared with the name and phone number of the Wal-mart regional manager. Does anyone have that handy? I know it was mentioned in a thread here somewhere.
I was at Wal-mart just a little while ago, and observed an OC'er stopped by two Wal-mart security guys. The OC'er was wearing a Washington County Sheriff's Dept. polo shirt, and I heard him telling them that he was a police officer and was required to carry. I don't think he showed them any ID, but they believed him and let him go on his way. I also heard them telling him that they'd been "having problems" with people carrying firearms in the store -- I wonder if they were referring to me?
I was concealing, not for any particular reason, just that I hadn't bothered to tuck my t-shirt in so it mostly covered my XD in its Serpa holster. Given that I was short on time and had a car full of kids waiting in the parking lot, I was glad that I didn't happen to be OC'ing at the moment.
This is the same Wal-mart that has hassled me a couple of times before. I've been OC'ing there uneventfully a few times since the last time I was hassled, but what I saw made me wonder if the manager hasn't decided to "get tough" on OC (making an exception for LE, obviously).
I'll make sure that I OC next time I go, but with a recorder, a couple copies of ScottyT's pamphlet (speaking of that, Scott, do you think you could make a version without the "But you may get hassled" language?), and I'd also like to be prepared with the name and phone number of the Wal-mart regional manager. Does anyone have that handy? I know it was mentioned in a thread here somewhere.