Argus Eyed
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Yesterday (04/26/09) My wife and I were at the Indian Pow Wow at Red Wing park in Virginia Beach. I was buying something from one of the vender's, when he saw a man OC'ing. The vendor then said why does he have a gun? I told him that he had the right in Virginia to OC. The vendor said he knows it's legal, but he can not carry in arestaurant that sells alcohol.
Of course I let him know that was not correct and that you can OC ina restaurant that serves alcohol. We talked for a few minutes,:banghead: he insisted that he was more knowledgeable than me because he worked for the City of Virginia Beach (never said what he did for the city).
But to make things worse, a Newport News Leo was standing there and took the side of the vendor!:shock:
I think I might have pissed off the Leo when I told him that he need to re-read the law. It was a no win situation, I was right but it's hard to change the mind of two people who were wrong but agreeing witheach another.
I gave them both OC cards that I carry with me, to help and give them more information of the subject. The Leo kept his, but to my surprise when I got home the vendor put the card in my bag.
I eventually left because my wife was getting mad:cuss: because of the ignorance of the two people. She does not carry, but she knows I was correct in what I was telling the two men.
Could I have handled the situation differently? I'm new to OC'ing, but can someone give me some feed back on the situation (criticism or encouragement). It's not going to hurt my feelings, I just want to be better at handling situations like this, so any comment is welcome.
Yesterday (04/26/09) My wife and I were at the Indian Pow Wow at Red Wing park in Virginia Beach. I was buying something from one of the vender's, when he saw a man OC'ing. The vendor then said why does he have a gun? I told him that he had the right in Virginia to OC. The vendor said he knows it's legal, but he can not carry in arestaurant that sells alcohol.
Of course I let him know that was not correct and that you can OC ina restaurant that serves alcohol. We talked for a few minutes,:banghead: he insisted that he was more knowledgeable than me because he worked for the City of Virginia Beach (never said what he did for the city).
But to make things worse, a Newport News Leo was standing there and took the side of the vendor!:shock:
I think I might have pissed off the Leo when I told him that he need to re-read the law. It was a no win situation, I was right but it's hard to change the mind of two people who were wrong but agreeing witheach another.
I gave them both OC cards that I carry with me, to help and give them more information of the subject. The Leo kept his, but to my surprise when I got home the vendor put the card in my bag.
I eventually left because my wife was getting mad:cuss: because of the ignorance of the two people. She does not carry, but she knows I was correct in what I was telling the two men.
Could I have handled the situation differently? I'm new to OC'ing, but can someone give me some feed back on the situation (criticism or encouragement). It's not going to hurt my feelings, I just want to be better at handling situations like this, so any comment is welcome.