BB62
Accomplished Advocate
This morning I went in to my local PNC branch (where I have OCed MANY times before without incident), filled out my paperwork, and as I turned to go to the teller line, the unarmed security guard said "Sir, we ask that you leave your firearm in your car".
I said that I'd like to speak to the manager, wherein he led me to the manager's office, and she repeated the request. I said that it looked like we needed to speak to upper management about this because it isn't the first time the subject has come up. She informed me that she WAS upper management, and I said No, corporate. She then acknowledged that what I was doing was legal, and that she couldn't stop me, but that she felt I was putting her people at risk if a bad guy came in. We talked a bit more, told me she had worked in Florida at the time of the "incident" (I knew what she was talking about, but can't remember the details), told me her husband was a Federal law enforcement officer, and she had even asked HIM not to come into her branch visibly armed! We chatted a bit more, and concluded the conversation with the guard thanking me for talking with them!
I then went get in the line for a teller, a teller called me over, and as I was telling her that I didn't know my account number she kept glancing with big eyes at my gun. I concluded my business with her, picked up the manager's card, and left.
Does anyone have a recent name, phone number or other contact info far up the management chain? If so, please PM me as I believe the ToS disallows public posting of such things. If anyone has suggestions for what I send to whomever I talk to, please post them here.
I will be leaving town for a few days, so if I don't respond to posts here or PMs that's why.
I said that I'd like to speak to the manager, wherein he led me to the manager's office, and she repeated the request. I said that it looked like we needed to speak to upper management about this because it isn't the first time the subject has come up. She informed me that she WAS upper management, and I said No, corporate. She then acknowledged that what I was doing was legal, and that she couldn't stop me, but that she felt I was putting her people at risk if a bad guy came in. We talked a bit more, told me she had worked in Florida at the time of the "incident" (I knew what she was talking about, but can't remember the details), told me her husband was a Federal law enforcement officer, and she had even asked HIM not to come into her branch visibly armed! We chatted a bit more, and concluded the conversation with the guard thanking me for talking with them!
I then went get in the line for a teller, a teller called me over, and as I was telling her that I didn't know my account number she kept glancing with big eyes at my gun. I concluded my business with her, picked up the manager's card, and left.
Does anyone have a recent name, phone number or other contact info far up the management chain? If so, please PM me as I believe the ToS disallows public posting of such things. If anyone has suggestions for what I send to whomever I talk to, please post them here.
I will be leaving town for a few days, so if I don't respond to posts here or PMs that's why.