I was getting my lunch packed this evening for tomorrow morning, and I realized that I was out of soda, so I decided to run over to WalMart late tonight (around 1am). Of course, I was OCing my Para, but it's sort of chilly tonight, so I put on a jacket, and hopped in the car.
As I'm coming into the city limits, I notice a BUNCH of flashing blues in the road, and there was a big construction floodlight in the middle of the road. I guess because it's Halloween, they have DWI checkpoints up. So I pull out y DL and CHP (because I'm wearing it, under a coat, with a seatbelt on) and roll down my window as I come to a stop.
Officer looks at my cards, as I am informing him that I'm carrying. He says "yeah, I kind of figured...", hands me back my cards and waves me through...
I do my shopping, and start home, and of course, I have to pass through the roadblock again...
A different officer is standing on the westbound lanes, and so I go through the same drill--cars in hand, window down, roll to a stop. He pulls out his flashlight, and goes around to the FRONT of my car (where I have the "novelty plate" that says "OPEN CARRY"), then comes to my window. I hand him my cards and inform him that I'm carrying.
He says, "yeah, I thought you probably were... Nice license plate you've got on the front." he says with a grin as he hands me back my cards, and waves me through...
So this just confirms my previous experience that at least in Washington, the local "boys in blue" have no issue at all with open carry, and actually approve of it...
I can only imagine how this might have gone down differently in Greenville, Raleigh or Jacksonville...
Or (heaven forbid) Maryland... (shudder...)
