featherbndr
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On my way home from work one day a week or so ago, I stopped in at the Norm's Minute Mart on Dana road in Hendersonville to get a coke. Had my M&P40 safely sleeping in a Blackhawk holster on my right side - just like I've done every day for the past 5 years whenever I leave my house. I usually open-carry in the summer around
here because it's just too danged hot to wear something that will conceal my gun.
Anyway, I walked in, made my way over to the cooler wall, grabbed a coke and went up to the counter and payed for it. I was on my way out the door when I heard,
"Hey, wait a minute" from one of the Clerks behind the counter. I turned to look, and
one of the Clerks was making her way around the counter and walking toward me.
She said, "Is that a GUN on your hip?"
Me: "Yes, it is".
Clerk: "Well, you can't come in here with that thing on your hip!"
Me: "Why not?"
Clerk: "Well, that's against the law!"
Me: "What law am I breaking?"
Clerk: (with a puzzled look on her face, she thought a second and said)
"Well, I don't know, but there's a law that says that you can't come in here wearing a gun on your hip!"
Me: "Why not?" - "Do you have a sign on the front that says I can't?"
Clerk: "Yes we do!"
Me: "Where is it?"
Clerk: (took a few seconds to scan the front windows of the store and when she realized there was no such sign, she said) "Well, we are going to get one, and we don't want you coming in here wearing a gun!"
Me: I politely told her; "You will never see me in here again"
I walked out and haven't been back since. I can only hope that if and when they get their "NO GUNS" sign out on the front of the store, that it gives them some kind of assurance that they will be safe. I've since talked to the Owner of the Company that supplies that particular store with their gas and he has told me that he would speak with the Owner of the store. A friend of mine also knows the Owner of the store in question and he told him about the incident. The Owner of the store was shocked to hear what had happened and said that He would take care of it.
From that situation, I have bought myself an IWB holster and just wear my shirt over the gun. Don't get me wrong, I love to open-carry when and wherever I lawfully can, but sometimes, I just don't want to deal with the ignorance some people have towards a person's right to carry a weapon - whether it's concealed or not.
On my way home from work one day a week or so ago, I stopped in at the Norm's Minute Mart on Dana road in Hendersonville to get a coke. Had my M&P40 safely sleeping in a Blackhawk holster on my right side - just like I've done every day for the past 5 years whenever I leave my house. I usually open-carry in the summer around
here because it's just too danged hot to wear something that will conceal my gun.
Anyway, I walked in, made my way over to the cooler wall, grabbed a coke and went up to the counter and payed for it. I was on my way out the door when I heard,
"Hey, wait a minute" from one of the Clerks behind the counter. I turned to look, and
one of the Clerks was making her way around the counter and walking toward me.
She said, "Is that a GUN on your hip?"
Me: "Yes, it is".
Clerk: "Well, you can't come in here with that thing on your hip!"
Me: "Why not?"
Clerk: "Well, that's against the law!"
Me: "What law am I breaking?"
Clerk: (with a puzzled look on her face, she thought a second and said)
"Well, I don't know, but there's a law that says that you can't come in here wearing a gun on your hip!"
Me: "Why not?" - "Do you have a sign on the front that says I can't?"
Clerk: "Yes we do!"
Me: "Where is it?"
Clerk: (took a few seconds to scan the front windows of the store and when she realized there was no such sign, she said) "Well, we are going to get one, and we don't want you coming in here wearing a gun!"
Me: I politely told her; "You will never see me in here again"
I walked out and haven't been back since. I can only hope that if and when they get their "NO GUNS" sign out on the front of the store, that it gives them some kind of assurance that they will be safe. I've since talked to the Owner of the Company that supplies that particular store with their gas and he has told me that he would speak with the Owner of the store. A friend of mine also knows the Owner of the store in question and he told him about the incident. The Owner of the store was shocked to hear what had happened and said that He would take care of it.
From that situation, I have bought myself an IWB holster and just wear my shirt over the gun. Don't get me wrong, I love to open-carry when and wherever I lawfully can, but sometimes, I just don't want to deal with the ignorance some people have towards a person's right to carry a weapon - whether it's concealed or not.