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I went shooting with some friends on Saturday and one of them had a Beretta U22 Neos that my wife liked a lot. (my 9mm scares her every time she fires it) Anyways, they mentioned that Gunnie's in Orem had it for a pretty good price. I had time yesterday evening and I decided to take a look. Upon entering the store, I saw a sign that said that you had to sign/check in your gun at the front desk. (they do gun repairs and they want to keep track of what guns they still have posession of for insurance or something) So I signed mine in, and proceeded to the gun counter where I was challenged by a sales associate. Here is how the conversation went:
salesman: "You aren't allowed to open carry in the store. Cover it up."
me: "Utah is an open carry state right? I didn't see a sign when I came in and I don't have a concealed carry permit, so covering it up would be illegal right?"
salesman: "We don't allow open carry, so you might as well go put it in your car."
Personally, I think that their policy is a bit weird since I didn't have a round chambered and there was no sign besides the one indicating that you needed to sign in your gun. Also, they teach ccw classes there and I personally think that it is a way to incentivise you to take the class so that you can carry in their store. I'm sure if I tried to do anything funny they would have no problem taking care of me, so why is it unacceptable to carry in a gun store, but okay to carry in a grocery store?
Anybody else know why they were so touchy?
I went shooting with some friends on Saturday and one of them had a Beretta U22 Neos that my wife liked a lot. (my 9mm scares her every time she fires it) Anyways, they mentioned that Gunnie's in Orem had it for a pretty good price. I had time yesterday evening and I decided to take a look. Upon entering the store, I saw a sign that said that you had to sign/check in your gun at the front desk. (they do gun repairs and they want to keep track of what guns they still have posession of for insurance or something) So I signed mine in, and proceeded to the gun counter where I was challenged by a sales associate. Here is how the conversation went:
salesman: "You aren't allowed to open carry in the store. Cover it up."
me: "Utah is an open carry state right? I didn't see a sign when I came in and I don't have a concealed carry permit, so covering it up would be illegal right?"
salesman: "We don't allow open carry, so you might as well go put it in your car."
Personally, I think that their policy is a bit weird since I didn't have a round chambered and there was no sign besides the one indicating that you needed to sign in your gun. Also, they teach ccw classes there and I personally think that it is a way to incentivise you to take the class so that you can carry in their store. I'm sure if I tried to do anything funny they would have no problem taking care of me, so why is it unacceptable to carry in a gun store, but okay to carry in a grocery store?
Anybody else know why they were so touchy?