09jisaac
Regular Member
The back story is this: Im 20 years old and live in Lawrence county. I have been OC'ing for the the past couple of months and have been into many stores and three times to a mall with no incident. But last night (around seven) I walked into walmart carrying my full sized s&w m&p9 properly secured in a fobus paddle holster clearly visible (I even took off my jacket before i removed it out of the glove box to keep it this way). Now I have been into my walmart 20+ times already with it and no one has ever said anything about it, but yesterday a woman and her 14yr old or so son (he missed a good chance at being a girl) wouldn't take their eyes off of me and my gun as I entered the store. Well, I purchased my pepsi and dog food and left, but as I was pulling into my driveway i was fallowed in by a sheriff car (later another one pulled in, both knew me by name). He asked for my piece (I took it in before he stepped out of his cruiser), said I, being only 20, wasn't old enough to carry in kentucky and asked me not to OC anymore.
My questions are:
If the woman called the police and not walmart can i legally still carry into walmart (and would this be wise)? I know they don't have a sign up and most of the employees greet me by name (small town).
And If i do continue to OC is there anything I can do to avoid this again? I have the youth handgun safety act pamphlet that says that you only need to be 18 to carry a handgun according the the feds, but in all my reading of KRS (I have read all the firearm related parts before I ever started carrying) I have never found it to mention open carry so i cant carry that around.
Thanks for any advice. I don't feel that I NEED to carry, but I do feel that there may be a time that I do and I would wish that I had it.
My questions are:
If the woman called the police and not walmart can i legally still carry into walmart (and would this be wise)? I know they don't have a sign up and most of the employees greet me by name (small town).
And If i do continue to OC is there anything I can do to avoid this again? I have the youth handgun safety act pamphlet that says that you only need to be 18 to carry a handgun according the the feds, but in all my reading of KRS (I have read all the firearm related parts before I ever started carrying) I have never found it to mention open carry so i cant carry that around.
Thanks for any advice. I don't feel that I NEED to carry, but I do feel that there may be a time that I do and I would wish that I had it.