chris in va
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I was waiting for my friend to show up at the Denny's in Winchester. His girlfriend comes to the table and said a couple LEO's were questioning him in the parking lot, so I casually walked up on the conversation.
He usually open carries a Colt 1911 in a cheap Fobus 'yaqui' slide type of holster. Basically it's mostly exposed, and the other side had two mags. T-shirt tucked in, khaki pants.
5 cars got called to a disturbance in the parking lot not related to his carrying. Just the wrong place at the wrong time. LEO #1 asks if he's involved in this "thing", he said no. #2 asks why he's open carrying in a "family restaurant". Further opinions were given to include "you have no need to be carrying like that in a restaurant with kids at the tables. They'll just call us back out here and cause a big mess. You really need to leave that in the car when you go out to eat."
Now, I had to get somewhat involved, and pointed out it's perfectly legal to open carry in Virginia. LEO #1 gets rather huffy and belts out, "I'm quite aware of the law. He doesn't need to be carrying like that in a FAMILY RESTAURANT!!".
By this time my friend (Army vet by the way) just threw up his hands and said he'd leave it in the trunk and go eat. He left his wallet and CC permit at home by accident, otherwise he'd jus throw his shirt over and call it good.
I had my Ruger SP101 on me the whole time, under my shirt.:? Go figure.
Oh, his GF was getting flustered and kept interjecting, "justleave the thing in the car and let's eat". She wasn't helping matters.
I was waiting for my friend to show up at the Denny's in Winchester. His girlfriend comes to the table and said a couple LEO's were questioning him in the parking lot, so I casually walked up on the conversation.
He usually open carries a Colt 1911 in a cheap Fobus 'yaqui' slide type of holster. Basically it's mostly exposed, and the other side had two mags. T-shirt tucked in, khaki pants.
5 cars got called to a disturbance in the parking lot not related to his carrying. Just the wrong place at the wrong time. LEO #1 asks if he's involved in this "thing", he said no. #2 asks why he's open carrying in a "family restaurant". Further opinions were given to include "you have no need to be carrying like that in a restaurant with kids at the tables. They'll just call us back out here and cause a big mess. You really need to leave that in the car when you go out to eat."
Now, I had to get somewhat involved, and pointed out it's perfectly legal to open carry in Virginia. LEO #1 gets rather huffy and belts out, "I'm quite aware of the law. He doesn't need to be carrying like that in a FAMILY RESTAURANT!!".
By this time my friend (Army vet by the way) just threw up his hands and said he'd leave it in the trunk and go eat. He left his wallet and CC permit at home by accident, otherwise he'd jus throw his shirt over and call it good.
I had my Ruger SP101 on me the whole time, under my shirt.:? Go figure.
Oh, his GF was getting flustered and kept interjecting, "justleave the thing in the car and let's eat". She wasn't helping matters.