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I was emailed the links
I'm guessing this occured sometime Sunday 10-4-2009
tngunowners d7dun made the post and has a total of5 posts and is law enforcement 10-8-2009 4:43pm
"Sunday last, my wife and I were shopping at Costco in Nashville. As we were strolling the store, we noticed a very nice young family in front of us. The male was casually dressed, the wife was well dressed and quite pretty and their young child was as well behaved as it was dressed.
As they passed another shopper, she pointed and stared at them. At first, I couldn't see why? Upon getting closer, I could see that he was OCing and that was the reason for the concern.
Soon they were confronted professionally, politely and in a very low key way by a store employee. He explained that the store had received several comments of concern and asked if he was "An Officer"? He replied harshly that he was not and in Tennessee, with a CCW, he didn't have to be. Of course, he was right.
Although the store employee remained calm, polite and professional, the male responded in an arrogant and superior manner. Both were visibly upset and not pleased about the contact and they clearly said so. After all, they were right.
My wife and I simply walked past and continued our shopping. We did not hear the rest of the conversation. We encountered the family several times in the store and the male had covered the butt of his pistol with his shirt. Why? He was, after all, right! It was clear that they were still upset and both were still talking about the encounter and were just plain mad.
I guess the moral of the story is they had their family shopping Sunday interrupted and they were not enjoying themselves anymore. My wife and I (both legally armed and concealed) did not have the same experience and enjoyed our day together shopping without being bothered or having to explain ourselves.
Maybe the aggravation wasn't worth the concern and the confrontation and the spoiling of a family shopping outing? Who knows? Maybe it was to them? Certainly not to us.
As always, you must decide for yourself if it is worth it?"
tncivilsociety Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:21 pm
"Last Sunday I was at Costco, open carrying as usual. An employee asked if I was police. I told him no, but that I had a permit. I wasn't asked to leave the store and continiued shopping, but I did cover the gun. What's up with these idiot employees? If I were intent on robbing them I would have cased the place and found out who the managers with the keys were. I would have found out where to get the most cash. While I was doing this no one would know I was carrying a handgun. I wouldn't strap on a gun and walk around shopping with my family. Geez.
Mostly I shop at the Cool Springs location anyway."
I was emailed the links
I'm guessing this occured sometime Sunday 10-4-2009
tngunowners d7dun made the post and has a total of5 posts and is law enforcement 10-8-2009 4:43pm
"Sunday last, my wife and I were shopping at Costco in Nashville. As we were strolling the store, we noticed a very nice young family in front of us. The male was casually dressed, the wife was well dressed and quite pretty and their young child was as well behaved as it was dressed.
As they passed another shopper, she pointed and stared at them. At first, I couldn't see why? Upon getting closer, I could see that he was OCing and that was the reason for the concern.
Soon they were confronted professionally, politely and in a very low key way by a store employee. He explained that the store had received several comments of concern and asked if he was "An Officer"? He replied harshly that he was not and in Tennessee, with a CCW, he didn't have to be. Of course, he was right.
Although the store employee remained calm, polite and professional, the male responded in an arrogant and superior manner. Both were visibly upset and not pleased about the contact and they clearly said so. After all, they were right.
My wife and I simply walked past and continued our shopping. We did not hear the rest of the conversation. We encountered the family several times in the store and the male had covered the butt of his pistol with his shirt. Why? He was, after all, right! It was clear that they were still upset and both were still talking about the encounter and were just plain mad.
I guess the moral of the story is they had their family shopping Sunday interrupted and they were not enjoying themselves anymore. My wife and I (both legally armed and concealed) did not have the same experience and enjoyed our day together shopping without being bothered or having to explain ourselves.
Maybe the aggravation wasn't worth the concern and the confrontation and the spoiling of a family shopping outing? Who knows? Maybe it was to them? Certainly not to us.
As always, you must decide for yourself if it is worth it?"
tncivilsociety Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:21 pm
"Last Sunday I was at Costco, open carrying as usual. An employee asked if I was police. I told him no, but that I had a permit. I wasn't asked to leave the store and continiued shopping, but I did cover the gun. What's up with these idiot employees? If I were intent on robbing them I would have cased the place and found out who the managers with the keys were. I would have found out where to get the most cash. While I was doing this no one would know I was carrying a handgun. I wouldn't strap on a gun and walk around shopping with my family. Geez.
Mostly I shop at the Cool Springs location anyway."
and has some great pics.