cmbf117
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Kind of long, but here goes.
Friend and I went shooting at Blue Ridge Arsenal (he wanted to rent and test, as he's looking at getting his own handgun), had a good time. Decided we'd go to Chipotle across the way to eat afterwards. No issues. And then we decided to go bowling...
We drove over to the Bowl America off of Willard in Chantilly and got a lane. All you can bowl for $12 or something like that.
After close to one and a half hours, one of the employees comes over and asks, "yo, do you have a permit for that?" To which I replied, "I have a concealed handgun permit, though that's not applicable here..."
"But you have a license, right?"
"I don't need a license to own or open carry."
"Oh ok. Just making sure."
A few minutes later, the manager comes over.
"You can't have that in here."
"Actually sir, I'm completely legal in my actions."
"You can't just have it out like that..."
"Actually, since you serve alcohol here, I have to have it openly visible. I would gladly conceal it for you, but I can't legally do that."
"It's just that half of my customers are complaining." (yeah, sure..."half")
It was right about here I wished I had some VCDL brochures to give the manager and ask him to give them to the complainer("s"). Oh well.
So in response I said, "Even though I am not doing anything illegal, I can put it in my car if it would make you feel better." Normally I would have just left, but I didn't want to walk out on my friend. We were having a good time.
So we finished our game and left. As I was leaving, the manager thanked me for understanding. I said "you're welcome, though I wish the understanding went both ways," though at that point I don't think he heard me.
In the end, everything ended fine. Interestingly enough, a couple of the people bowling around me told me they thought the complaint was stupid, especially considering the circumstances (i.e. a clean cut guy, with a "fancy" holster, who'd been there for over an hour already with no incident). Interestingly, my friend told me later that someone had made a negative comment when I was out of earshot.
Interesting how the positive comments always come directly from the person making them, whereas the negative ones almost always come via proxy through an "authority" figure, or are never heard at all. :quirky
Kind of long, but here goes.
Friend and I went shooting at Blue Ridge Arsenal (he wanted to rent and test, as he's looking at getting his own handgun), had a good time. Decided we'd go to Chipotle across the way to eat afterwards. No issues. And then we decided to go bowling...
We drove over to the Bowl America off of Willard in Chantilly and got a lane. All you can bowl for $12 or something like that.
After close to one and a half hours, one of the employees comes over and asks, "yo, do you have a permit for that?" To which I replied, "I have a concealed handgun permit, though that's not applicable here..."
"But you have a license, right?"
"I don't need a license to own or open carry."
"Oh ok. Just making sure."
A few minutes later, the manager comes over.
"You can't have that in here."
"Actually sir, I'm completely legal in my actions."
"You can't just have it out like that..."
"Actually, since you serve alcohol here, I have to have it openly visible. I would gladly conceal it for you, but I can't legally do that."
"It's just that half of my customers are complaining." (yeah, sure..."half")
It was right about here I wished I had some VCDL brochures to give the manager and ask him to give them to the complainer("s"). Oh well.
So in response I said, "Even though I am not doing anything illegal, I can put it in my car if it would make you feel better." Normally I would have just left, but I didn't want to walk out on my friend. We were having a good time.
So we finished our game and left. As I was leaving, the manager thanked me for understanding. I said "you're welcome, though I wish the understanding went both ways," though at that point I don't think he heard me.
In the end, everything ended fine. Interestingly enough, a couple of the people bowling around me told me they thought the complaint was stupid, especially considering the circumstances (i.e. a clean cut guy, with a "fancy" holster, who'd been there for over an hour already with no incident). Interestingly, my friend told me later that someone had made a negative comment when I was out of earshot.
Interesting how the positive comments always come directly from the person making them, whereas the negative ones almost always come via proxy through an "authority" figure, or are never heard at all. :quirky
I'm right handed (left eye dominant). 
