SaltH2OHokie
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My friend bought an XD9 from Bob's in Norfolk the other day. I met him up there as it was his first gun purchase (and far from mine) to help him along. While I was there I decided I'd try to buy a retention holster for my CC gun since lately I've been carrying it to my internship over winter break, sometimes leaving it in the truck and then always sticking it in my pants after work...be nice to be able to carry my small gun, but have a retention holster to OC after work. Anyway, asked the Bob about it and he said (not surprisingly) that he doubted they had a retention holster for that model gun (Taurus PT745), but referred me to the salesman who was helping my friend.
Salesman who was helping my friend eventually helped me out, and we did find a holster I liked, but in the process of looking for it he questioned why I needed retention. I explained OC'ing in some situations in which I had previously been concealing would be more comfortable to me if I had been carrying in a retention holster. Normally I don't just set out to OC this gun, so I only have an OWB and IWB for it, neither with any retention other than being pretty tight...
His response (paraphrased, and said with a condescending tone): "or you could do like me and just never stop concealing."
That's wrong on two levels: 1.) They are a gun shop...stewards of the gun world, if you will. They should be the last one to advocate breaking laws (out to dinner was the example I gave, a situation in which CC is illegal. As dumb as that is, it's still the law). 2.) Aren't they trying to make a sale? If I want to open carry and they think it's the dumbest thing they've ever heard of, they should wait until I leave the store and talk crap once I leave. What I do is my business... and in this situation they should encourage it since it increases their business.
Rubbed me wrong and I wanted to tell someone who cared. My friend isn't on board with OC'ing, so he didn't really find what the clerk said offensive.
SECONDLY, I have two friends, both in Suffolk, neither having ever taken a hunter safety or handgun class, submit their CC paperwork using Bob's online class. One friend about 2 or 3 weeks before Christmas. The other (same one who just bought the XD) just took the class this week. The 2nd friend got a call from Bob's explaining that Suffolk won't take the class without range time, they're fighting it in court, but in the meanwhile he was told to come in and shoot 25 rounds to avoid getting delayed while it played out in court.
Friend 2 did this and THEN submitted his paperwork (with a new certificate.) Friend 1 didn't do this, never heard from Bob's and hasn't heard from the courthouse.
Should he get denied, as Bob's is suggesting he may, what are his options since the requirement's validity is apparently currently be contested?
Thanks.
My friend bought an XD9 from Bob's in Norfolk the other day. I met him up there as it was his first gun purchase (and far from mine) to help him along. While I was there I decided I'd try to buy a retention holster for my CC gun since lately I've been carrying it to my internship over winter break, sometimes leaving it in the truck and then always sticking it in my pants after work...be nice to be able to carry my small gun, but have a retention holster to OC after work. Anyway, asked the Bob about it and he said (not surprisingly) that he doubted they had a retention holster for that model gun (Taurus PT745), but referred me to the salesman who was helping my friend.
Salesman who was helping my friend eventually helped me out, and we did find a holster I liked, but in the process of looking for it he questioned why I needed retention. I explained OC'ing in some situations in which I had previously been concealing would be more comfortable to me if I had been carrying in a retention holster. Normally I don't just set out to OC this gun, so I only have an OWB and IWB for it, neither with any retention other than being pretty tight...
His response (paraphrased, and said with a condescending tone): "or you could do like me and just never stop concealing."
That's wrong on two levels: 1.) They are a gun shop...stewards of the gun world, if you will. They should be the last one to advocate breaking laws (out to dinner was the example I gave, a situation in which CC is illegal. As dumb as that is, it's still the law). 2.) Aren't they trying to make a sale? If I want to open carry and they think it's the dumbest thing they've ever heard of, they should wait until I leave the store and talk crap once I leave. What I do is my business... and in this situation they should encourage it since it increases their business.
Rubbed me wrong and I wanted to tell someone who cared. My friend isn't on board with OC'ing, so he didn't really find what the clerk said offensive.
SECONDLY, I have two friends, both in Suffolk, neither having ever taken a hunter safety or handgun class, submit their CC paperwork using Bob's online class. One friend about 2 or 3 weeks before Christmas. The other (same one who just bought the XD) just took the class this week. The 2nd friend got a call from Bob's explaining that Suffolk won't take the class without range time, they're fighting it in court, but in the meanwhile he was told to come in and shoot 25 rounds to avoid getting delayed while it played out in court.
Friend 2 did this and THEN submitted his paperwork (with a new certificate.) Friend 1 didn't do this, never heard from Bob's and hasn't heard from the courthouse.
Should he get denied, as Bob's is suggesting he may, what are his options since the requirement's validity is apparently currently be contested?
Thanks.
