Hello all - an experience while I was OC'ing near what I guess turned out to be felons.
I open carry much of the time and on weekdays I'll have on a suit / white shirt and tie. I visited a garage recently that I have been to before but have always CC there. The guys in the shop know me and they know my truck. I pulled in the shop the other day opened the door and before my feet hit the ground I hear "whoa whoa whoa we got a cop in here?" I say - no just an armed citizen. At this point all six or eight guys in the garage started to move to the other side of the shop - three or four bays over. Then one guys yells - "we're all felons in here!"
At that point I just went into the office and chatted with the office guy who said nothing about me carrying. A while later he says - you’re all set. So I walk out into the shop and it was completely empty. I looked outside and all the guys were across the parking lot sitting on a flatbed trailer looking at me, waiting for me to leave. They clearly wanted nothing to do with a gun.
I can’t imagine how a felon working in a public setting and coming into contact with an armed citizen can jeopardize his parole or whatever it is he has going on. But I just don't know enough about this topic and haven't been successful in finding anything on it.
Thoughts?
I open carry much of the time and on weekdays I'll have on a suit / white shirt and tie. I visited a garage recently that I have been to before but have always CC there. The guys in the shop know me and they know my truck. I pulled in the shop the other day opened the door and before my feet hit the ground I hear "whoa whoa whoa we got a cop in here?" I say - no just an armed citizen. At this point all six or eight guys in the garage started to move to the other side of the shop - three or four bays over. Then one guys yells - "we're all felons in here!"
At that point I just went into the office and chatted with the office guy who said nothing about me carrying. A while later he says - you’re all set. So I walk out into the shop and it was completely empty. I looked outside and all the guys were across the parking lot sitting on a flatbed trailer looking at me, waiting for me to leave. They clearly wanted nothing to do with a gun.
I can’t imagine how a felon working in a public setting and coming into contact with an armed citizen can jeopardize his parole or whatever it is he has going on. But I just don't know enough about this topic and haven't been successful in finding anything on it.
Thoughts?