Carried my Fire arm Today
I was at NW Trek today for several hours with my kids, mom, and wife. I was OC for part of the time, and CC for part of the time. I was never given any harassment for the firearm. There are no signs saying no firearms! There are no signs saying anything in regards to firearms in any fashion. I had two park staff talking about it, one was grumbling about how it was BS that I had it there, the other said it was legal, and he had to just deal with it. When we were standing in line I could tell some people were uneasy, others were almost in disgust however as time went on, and I participated in the questions, and pointing out animals on the road people seemed much more receptive. After we finished with the tram several people who looked at me with horror were looking at me in a different light! there was on man in front of me who changed his tune altogether saw my firearm, and smirked. I had no comments nothing negative from parents who were there with little kids. I overheard one mom say something about how I must care about my kids or something along those lines. Heard one kid ask her dad what it was, and why I had it. He said something to her about it is for protecting his family, it was kind of funny cause she then asked her dad if it was for protection how come he didnt have one
All in all it was the most positive experience with a open firearm around large groups of kids I have ever been able to be apart of. I am proud of NW Trek for being understanding, following the law, and allowing my family to enjoy the park un-harassed. I want to say thank you to those here who support our cause this is an awesome moment for me. I felt this was a positive move for OC, and I am glad to have been apart of it. For those of you who want to know I was carrying my Raging Judge 3 in. this hand gun reaches just shy of being more than half way down my thigh. This firearm is hard to hide, and stands out with a neon sign that says I am here. I dont need to draw attention to it as it does that just fine on its own. I have not had a seriously negative oc experience as of yet going on 11 mo.
