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timinmontgomery

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I was shopping in my local Wal-mart with my .380 properly holstered andI was approached by 2 employees. They asked why I was carrying a gun in the open. I explained that Alabama was an open carry state and I had the right to carry openly. I was asked to pull my shirt over my gun because the site of my gun was making customers leave. I did, only because I was about to leave.

I was wondering if anyone else in the Montgomery area have been in similar situations.
 
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timinmontgomery wrote:
I was shopping in my local Wal-mart with my .380 properly holstered andI was approached by 2 employees. They asked why I was carrying a gun in the open. I explained that Alabama was an open carry state and I had the right to carry openly. I was asked to pull my shirt over my gun because the site of my gun was making customers leave. I did, only because I was about to leave.

I was wondering if anyone else in the Montgomery area have been in similar situations.
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Which Wal-Mart were you at? I OC in the Prattville Wal-Mart all the time and have no issues. You shouldn't have too many issues in the area besides uninformed citizens (and hard headed LEOs) so I wouldn't give too much thought to it. I run all over Montgomery while OC'ing and haven't had a problem there yet.
 
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I was at the Wal-Mart on the ES Blvd. They were polite, but uninformed. The man had a CCW permit and had no idea about OC. I told him about the website and he said he would check it out.
 
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funny thing is, If it were not considered private property (indoors), and one had no CC "permit". They would be asking you to commit a crime just to continue shopping there.

That's what I told the Boaz Wal-Mart when they asked me to do the same.
 
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