NightmareSHANIQUA
Regular Member
I went into Dicks in Manassas this morning to grab some ammo before going to the range. I found it odd when then manager, whom I believe is in charge of the Fair Lakes store ID'd me at the ammo bench and then pointed at my SIG and said that for future reference he needed me to check in with customer service to "let them know" I was carrying a firearm. I just looked at him with a blank stare and slowly told him it has NEVER been an issue in that store. The most interaction Ive had in the past year with anyone in that store was one employee asked what night sights I had on my Kimber.
He told me that there is a sign out front that asks of this. I would assume it has been put up sometime in the last month or two since the last time I was there. Sure enough, when I left it was off to the far left but at least at eye level with the picture of a deer on it...
I told the manager I would take my business elsewhere and he said that he didnt have a problem with me carrying and said the state laws allowed me to, but he just wanted to know if there was someone in the store with one. I asked him why it was such an issue in a place that SELLS firearms and he said something about a customer carrying a loaded firearm is something that he wanted to know about. Supposedly someone OC'd a "colt strapped on his side" in his store at Fair Lakes and it made a lot of customers uncomfortable and caused them to say something to him.
Basically Im at a loss at to what I should do. Im not comfortable with "checking in" with customer service to let them know Im armed, especially if they want to touch/handle MY firearm. I think Ill test the waters one more time OC after this week (when that manager goes back to his store).
All in all he was polite and seemed somewhat knowledgeable but I didnt like the way he tried to confront me until I told him they would no longer receive my business.
Thoughts/opinions?
He told me that there is a sign out front that asks of this. I would assume it has been put up sometime in the last month or two since the last time I was there. Sure enough, when I left it was off to the far left but at least at eye level with the picture of a deer on it...
I told the manager I would take my business elsewhere and he said that he didnt have a problem with me carrying and said the state laws allowed me to, but he just wanted to know if there was someone in the store with one. I asked him why it was such an issue in a place that SELLS firearms and he said something about a customer carrying a loaded firearm is something that he wanted to know about. Supposedly someone OC'd a "colt strapped on his side" in his store at Fair Lakes and it made a lot of customers uncomfortable and caused them to say something to him.
Basically Im at a loss at to what I should do. Im not comfortable with "checking in" with customer service to let them know Im armed, especially if they want to touch/handle MY firearm. I think Ill test the waters one more time OC after this week (when that manager goes back to his store).
All in all he was polite and seemed somewhat knowledgeable but I didnt like the way he tried to confront me until I told him they would no longer receive my business.
Thoughts/opinions?