Braveheart23C
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I was at the Wal-Mart in Clinton this evening and saw a lady OCing. She was looking at some movies and talking on her phone. I went down another aisle and was going to try to make it back to her to thank her for OCing, but when I came back around she had been confronted by a manager and was being told she had to leave the store. She offered to conceal the gun, a service model XD, but was told by the manager that she had already seen the gun so she would have to take it out of the store. When the lady walked off I approached the manager and asked if it is legal for the woman to OC in Wal-Mart. She explained that a concealed carry permit means the person has to CC and they have to have their permit with them, wrong on both accounts. She also said that the woman can't "carry it out in the open all wild west shoot em' up." I explained to her that it was Wal-Mart's corporate policy that they follow state law and she interupted me and said "yeah, and it's illegal in Utah. You can't do it." She was very upset a this point and was either in a very bad mood or she just has a major personality flaw. I politely told her she was wrong and that OC is legal in Utah and walked off.
I later called the Syracuse Wal-Mart, just down the street from the Clinton store, and asked the manager there if they allow OC in their store. The manager told me that they do not allow it and that anyone seen OCing would be asked to leave.
So, what do you think of the policies of these 2 stores? Is there anything I or we can do to get corporate involved to change it? What are you thoughts?
I was at the Wal-Mart in Clinton this evening and saw a lady OCing. She was looking at some movies and talking on her phone. I went down another aisle and was going to try to make it back to her to thank her for OCing, but when I came back around she had been confronted by a manager and was being told she had to leave the store. She offered to conceal the gun, a service model XD, but was told by the manager that she had already seen the gun so she would have to take it out of the store. When the lady walked off I approached the manager and asked if it is legal for the woman to OC in Wal-Mart. She explained that a concealed carry permit means the person has to CC and they have to have their permit with them, wrong on both accounts. She also said that the woman can't "carry it out in the open all wild west shoot em' up." I explained to her that it was Wal-Mart's corporate policy that they follow state law and she interupted me and said "yeah, and it's illegal in Utah. You can't do it." She was very upset a this point and was either in a very bad mood or she just has a major personality flaw. I politely told her she was wrong and that OC is legal in Utah and walked off.
I later called the Syracuse Wal-Mart, just down the street from the Clinton store, and asked the manager there if they allow OC in their store. The manager told me that they do not allow it and that anyone seen OCing would be asked to leave.
So, what do you think of the policies of these 2 stores? Is there anything I or we can do to get corporate involved to change it? What are you thoughts?