shanebelanger
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Oh, and this happened in the Presque Isle, Maine wal-mart on the 10th of October around 10:55pm
Hey all, a little background information. I'm currently 19 years old and attending the University of Southern Maine in the Pre-Med Biology program. I came home this weekend to spend time with my family and go hunting with my bird dog. I had OC'd for quite some time before I left for school and was looking forward to finally getting my gun back! Of course, I obviously can't carry at school. So I get home, first thing I do is say hello to everyone then grab my HK USP compact in .357 Sig! Later the next day my mother says that we need to go to wal-mart to get some items. I said all right and hopped in the car. Of course, I was open carrying my HK as always! We get to the store, walk around picking out items for about 45 minutes with no problems as usual. Then out of the blue I begin getting stalked by a man in a blue polo with a key chain around his neck. And by stalked I mean that he was looking at a product rather suspiciously, constantly keeping an eye on me so I picked up on this and began to watch him. As soon as we passed him he came up to my rear and a little behind me on my strong (gun) side. He was about a foot away and could reach and grab my gun so I turned making it so he couldn't. We both stopped, I was about to ask him what he was doing when he told me that he had been approached by about four people about "me". I asked for what reason? He stated that I was making people "nervous". I told him that I was carrying perfectly legally and that there was no reason to be nervous. He told me that he knew the laws and that he knew I was doing everything legally and asked me if I had a vehicle that I could put my gun in. I asked him if he knew wal-marts stance on OC and he said that he did. He stated that he had nothing against me or anything that I was doing and that he didn't want to start an argument (which I wasn't about to start and make OC look bad...) So I said, well I guess I can just go get my coat out of the car and conceal it. He told me thank you and moved on. I was just surprised that he would approach me so sneakily? And I was well within my right to be carrying... I felt like asking him if he could go change his shirt because I didn't think the blue went well with the colors of the store and that made me "nervous"...
So, opinions? What could I have done better/differently?
Oh, and this happened in the Presque Isle, Maine wal-mart on the 10th of October around 10:55pm
Hey all, a little background information. I'm currently 19 years old and attending the University of Southern Maine in the Pre-Med Biology program. I came home this weekend to spend time with my family and go hunting with my bird dog. I had OC'd for quite some time before I left for school and was looking forward to finally getting my gun back! Of course, I obviously can't carry at school. So I get home, first thing I do is say hello to everyone then grab my HK USP compact in .357 Sig! Later the next day my mother says that we need to go to wal-mart to get some items. I said all right and hopped in the car. Of course, I was open carrying my HK as always! We get to the store, walk around picking out items for about 45 minutes with no problems as usual. Then out of the blue I begin getting stalked by a man in a blue polo with a key chain around his neck. And by stalked I mean that he was looking at a product rather suspiciously, constantly keeping an eye on me so I picked up on this and began to watch him. As soon as we passed him he came up to my rear and a little behind me on my strong (gun) side. He was about a foot away and could reach and grab my gun so I turned making it so he couldn't. We both stopped, I was about to ask him what he was doing when he told me that he had been approached by about four people about "me". I asked for what reason? He stated that I was making people "nervous". I told him that I was carrying perfectly legally and that there was no reason to be nervous. He told me that he knew the laws and that he knew I was doing everything legally and asked me if I had a vehicle that I could put my gun in. I asked him if he knew wal-marts stance on OC and he said that he did. He stated that he had nothing against me or anything that I was doing and that he didn't want to start an argument (which I wasn't about to start and make OC look bad...) So I said, well I guess I can just go get my coat out of the car and conceal it. He told me thank you and moved on. I was just surprised that he would approach me so sneakily? And I was well within my right to be carrying... I felt like asking him if he could go change his shirt because I didn't think the blue went well with the colors of the store and that made me "nervous"...
So, opinions? What could I have done better/differently?