Outdoorsman1
Regular Member
This evening I was at a local Paddock Lake eating establishment and chose not to open carry as they serve beer and wine and I have not yet got permission as well as I was meeting a new lady for the first time so I left my weapon locked in my car. While we were having coffee, 3 (I believe) Kenosha County Sheriffs came in and sat down to eat.
After a while we all got up to leave at the same time (I had on my gun belt with empty holster). We were all standing at the register and I took the opportunity…. I explained that I was kinda new to the OC thing and have OC’d in a few places and what were there thoughts on OC. All three admitted to knowing it was legal and 2 kinda turned to the register to pay their bills. The third was very friendly and said that C.C. for the public was his personal preference and gave the standard reason on OC scaring the uniformed public and something about borderline “disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct” if there were too many complaints. I politely told him that I have OC’d in crowded grocery stores, McDonalds at lunch time, as well as Starbucks Coffee and Lizzy’s Café, all without a single complaint or scared citizen. I also told him that one of our priorities is to be friendly and polite to the public and we always welcome questions as an opportunity to inform that OC is in fact legal and that not all people that carry guns are “Bad Guys. He did seem to actually listen to what I had to say. In closing, he said that he had no problem with OC but personally preferred CC. I thanked him for his time and we went our separate ways.
I will be back there soon to get permission from the owner as I am sort of a regular customer.
Outdoorsman1
After a while we all got up to leave at the same time (I had on my gun belt with empty holster). We were all standing at the register and I took the opportunity…. I explained that I was kinda new to the OC thing and have OC’d in a few places and what were there thoughts on OC. All three admitted to knowing it was legal and 2 kinda turned to the register to pay their bills. The third was very friendly and said that C.C. for the public was his personal preference and gave the standard reason on OC scaring the uniformed public and something about borderline “disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct” if there were too many complaints. I politely told him that I have OC’d in crowded grocery stores, McDonalds at lunch time, as well as Starbucks Coffee and Lizzy’s Café, all without a single complaint or scared citizen. I also told him that one of our priorities is to be friendly and polite to the public and we always welcome questions as an opportunity to inform that OC is in fact legal and that not all people that carry guns are “Bad Guys. He did seem to actually listen to what I had to say. In closing, he said that he had no problem with OC but personally preferred CC. I thanked him for his time and we went our separate ways.
I will be back there soon to get permission from the owner as I am sort of a regular customer.
Outdoorsman1