officerjdc
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I decided this morning that today would be the day I would OC into public places for the first time when I went to Midway to do some shopping.
I was going to start by going into the Heritage Bank branch office , but they were closed today.
From there I went to the Dollar General store right down the road. No one seemed to notice the 4" XD9 on my hip.
I didn't find what I was looking for at Dollar General so my next stop was the IGA Foodliner grocery store next door. I didn't have any problems there either. If the young lady whorang meup saw my pistol it didn't bother her at all. She was friendly and smiling the whole time I was in front of her register.
My last stop was the gas station on the corner right across from the post office. One young man who looked to be about high school age turned his head toward me, looked down and saw my pistol, and quickly looked away as I was walking up to the door. Once I was inside the store I was greeted by a man who used to work the gates with us. He asked me if the yellow T-shirt and tan BDU pants I was wearing were a new uniform for the gates since I had a pistol on. I responded that no, I was off today andcarrying my own pistol on my pistol license. When I got to the front of the line the clerk seemed a little nervous as I handed her my credit card and asked her to charge me $20 and set the pump to stop at that amount, but we finished the transaction and I went back outside to pump my gas. I talked to my former coworker some more as we both pumped gas, and then we both drove away.
I'd say today was a success in my effort to get myself accustomed to OC. Only the two people at the gas station reacted negatively at all to me with a weapon visible, and neither of them freaked out and went running and screaming away from me in terror. I didn't have anyone confront me or threaten to call the police on me either.
I plan to continue trying to work up the courage to start doing this in Hinesville. I'll probably run into more opposition there than I did in Midway today.
I decided this morning that today would be the day I would OC into public places for the first time when I went to Midway to do some shopping.
I was going to start by going into the Heritage Bank branch office , but they were closed today.
From there I went to the Dollar General store right down the road. No one seemed to notice the 4" XD9 on my hip.
I didn't find what I was looking for at Dollar General so my next stop was the IGA Foodliner grocery store next door. I didn't have any problems there either. If the young lady whorang meup saw my pistol it didn't bother her at all. She was friendly and smiling the whole time I was in front of her register.
My last stop was the gas station on the corner right across from the post office. One young man who looked to be about high school age turned his head toward me, looked down and saw my pistol, and quickly looked away as I was walking up to the door. Once I was inside the store I was greeted by a man who used to work the gates with us. He asked me if the yellow T-shirt and tan BDU pants I was wearing were a new uniform for the gates since I had a pistol on. I responded that no, I was off today andcarrying my own pistol on my pistol license. When I got to the front of the line the clerk seemed a little nervous as I handed her my credit card and asked her to charge me $20 and set the pump to stop at that amount, but we finished the transaction and I went back outside to pump my gas. I talked to my former coworker some more as we both pumped gas, and then we both drove away.
I'd say today was a success in my effort to get myself accustomed to OC. Only the two people at the gas station reacted negatively at all to me with a weapon visible, and neither of them freaked out and went running and screaming away from me in terror. I didn't have anyone confront me or threaten to call the police on me either.
I plan to continue trying to work up the courage to start doing this in Hinesville. I'll probably run into more opposition there than I did in Midway today.