Holy Crap, I love the Tri-Cities. I went to my daughters school for a very emotional Veterens day celebration. There were veterans from WWII, The Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and the Iraq War. I have found the Tri-Cities to be very American and patriotic. Not very liberal here. My wife has MANY cousins here, Alot of gun nuts, they hate Obama and they have a traditional family shoot after Thanksgiving dinner. How cool is that, they have made us feel very welcome and we all have alot in common.
I also found a really cool store here, Range and Home or something like that. Passed it on the way to church and stopped in afterwards. It is Kind of like a Cabelas/farm/hardware store. I went in looking for a better holster with better retention. I was looking at the Serpa. I asked the guy behind the counter about them and he said lets see what we can find that will fit. He said I need you to face the wall, and clear the gun and set it on the counter. (What, I dont have to go up front and box it and get it tagged?) Awesome. I unloaded, I put the mag in my pocket, racked the slide to be sure the gun was clear and set it on the counter. He picked it up double checked it and we went and tried some holsters. The closest we found for my Taurus PT111 Millenium Pro was a Serpa for the H&K USP. I wasnt happy with the fit, still kind of hard to release. Afterwards, he handed my pistol back and said face the wall while you re-arm yourself. Simplicity... then I gawked at the 50 cal M107 for awhile. I hope this is the same 50 cal my wifes cousin was saying he had.
We went to lunch after Home and range store, at Granny's then to Winco Foods.
Great Open Carry day.