cwolfs69
Regular Member
yesterday morning, 2/14/2012, my son had to go to the unemployment office to pick up some tax papers. I went with him for support and to help dealing with the runaround we expected to have there. So off we went. I was wearing my Springfield, EMP (9mm 1911 with chrome slide and black frame) in a regular holster on the right side. Open carry as a almost always do. We got there started the process and within about 1 minute the security guard walked up to me and ask to talk. We stepped out the door and he ask if he could see my ID. I very politely ask why he wanted my id card, i had done nothing wrong, was bothering no-one nor being any problem. He mentioned that they did not allow weapons of any kind in the office. I politely informed him that being a state office, "Virginia Employment Commission" it was illegal and against state law for them to ban weapons on their site. He said that he would get the " security manager". As i was helping my son obtain his form the "manager" arrived and informed me that it was illegal to carry a weapon into any state office. I informed him that i do it all the time at DMV and State law prohibits them from banning weapons except for Courts and ask for him to show me the law, instructions, etc that stated that policy. Again i went through explaining to him the real law. He then as if i would just wait outside. I said no, i was helping my son with his problem. If he liked he could call the police and they would straighten out the problem. He left "to make some phone calls". as he left i mentioned that if he called the state Attorney General's office they would give him the correct data. Needless to say we continued with our business as planned. During the entire time every one was very civil, no shouting no bullying etc. A moderate number of people were sitting there doing business and all looked on, smiling at times and at times The security guard was very polite and understanding, never got the "i am security, you do as i say for now" attitude with me. I got the feeling that he felt between to hard spots while this was going on. Just as we were finishing our business, the "Security Manager" came back to the front desk where we were to talk to another worker and never uttered a word to us. We left without incident and when we got home my son was explaining it to his fiancee and they thought it was very interesting. Now if i had become belligerent, yelling and defensive things might have turned out different and they may not have learned something as they apparently did that day.
