timothymarks
Regular Member
So I walked into the walmart in clinton today with my .45 hanging out of my pocket like i have a 100 times before. I like always checked the front door for any sign saying I am not welcomed.. no signs.. go through the store with the wife and my 1 1/2 year old son gathering up groceries. I started getting a little hungry so i took james and went to the mcdonalds inside. as i am sitting with my son in my lap eating my meal a plump assistant manager comes marching up to me positions himself beind me and whispers over my right shoulder "do you have a permit for that gun"? I say no but i am in compliance with Utahs open carrys laws. He then says i need to return my pistol to my vehicle. So i gather up my kid and food and do as im asked then when i return he is standing there rather proud of himself like he just disarmed a mad man. Now that i do not have a weapon to get myself thrown in jail for I ask him for his managers phone number. He tells me he is in charge because his manager is not in the store. I say thats ok I still want his phone number. keep in mine my child and my bag of mcdonalds are in my right arm, as i reach into my left pocket he steps back trembling, kinda funny... i pull out my cell phone... get the number and return to mcdonalds to finish my meal. Now I call the manager and question him on why this has happened to me. HE says it is coorporate policy to not allow weapons and even explains look i carry concealed to. I then say hey i am a law abideing citizen I have no problem with being told i cant carry if it is done correctly. I asked him how come they had to ask me to remove it when all it would take is a sign. he then says coorporate policy is very strict on what we can post on our doors they make us remove the signs during audits.
So I think walmart is scared to make it public that they will not allow us to arm our selves in their stores for fear of liability. Would they not be responsible for my saftey if they remove my means of protecting myself and my family while in their stores?
I want to talk to a lawyer over this is there any merit to that?
So I think walmart is scared to make it public that they will not allow us to arm our selves in their stores for fear of liability. Would they not be responsible for my saftey if they remove my means of protecting myself and my family while in their stores?
I want to talk to a lawyer over this is there any merit to that?