infinitearms
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This did not happen to me but to another OCDC member who i am sure will post when he is at a computer next.
Here is what i know and what i was told when i contacted Smith's.
He was shopping with his GF and mother who is in a wheel chair, approached by an employee who asked if he had a permit and explained OC. Employee left content with the answer. Minutes later he is approached by numerous managers, asked to leave, and escorted out.
I went ahead and called the store and asked for the store manager and was connected to Kimberly. When i said a friend had been kicked out of the store and i wanted to know there exact polices she laughed and said i should just talk to her District Manager Rod. After being connected to Rod he explained that concealed carry was fine in there stores but OC was not and that it violated there "no weapons" policy. I explained that i had OC in that exact store many times and never had anyone say anything to me, he went on about the weapons policy again and then said a customer had complained but could not state what the complaint was. "I had this same policy when i ran the Pahrump store, its like the wild west out there with everyone carrying guns and we will be getting signs".
After he said HE had that policy in Pahrump i asked if it was his policy or a Smith's policy. "Well its going to be.... it is a smiths policy". I asked how it was that they allowed one legal method of legally carrying a firearm but not another to which he replied "if you don't want to shop here because of our policy then don't".
Multiple attempts to reach Smith's national customer service at 888-876-4847 ended with the call being disconnected before being connected to an agent. All calls to the corporate headquarters # found via google 801-974-1400 were greeted with voicemail.
For what it is worth (not much) my personal opinion is it sounded like Rod is a new district manager and he is trying to start a no OC policy. I will be following up with Smith's national tomorrow.
***All quotes are not exact and how i remember them.
This did not happen to me but to another OCDC member who i am sure will post when he is at a computer next.
Here is what i know and what i was told when i contacted Smith's.
He was shopping with his GF and mother who is in a wheel chair, approached by an employee who asked if he had a permit and explained OC. Employee left content with the answer. Minutes later he is approached by numerous managers, asked to leave, and escorted out.
I went ahead and called the store and asked for the store manager and was connected to Kimberly. When i said a friend had been kicked out of the store and i wanted to know there exact polices she laughed and said i should just talk to her District Manager Rod. After being connected to Rod he explained that concealed carry was fine in there stores but OC was not and that it violated there "no weapons" policy. I explained that i had OC in that exact store many times and never had anyone say anything to me, he went on about the weapons policy again and then said a customer had complained but could not state what the complaint was. "I had this same policy when i ran the Pahrump store, its like the wild west out there with everyone carrying guns and we will be getting signs".
After he said HE had that policy in Pahrump i asked if it was his policy or a Smith's policy. "Well its going to be.... it is a smiths policy". I asked how it was that they allowed one legal method of legally carrying a firearm but not another to which he replied "if you don't want to shop here because of our policy then don't".
Multiple attempts to reach Smith's national customer service at 888-876-4847 ended with the call being disconnected before being connected to an agent. All calls to the corporate headquarters # found via google 801-974-1400 were greeted with voicemail.
For what it is worth (not much) my personal opinion is it sounded like Rod is a new district manager and he is trying to start a no OC policy. I will be following up with Smith's national tomorrow.
***All quotes are not exact and how i remember them.