thedevilrobyjohn
Regular Member
Had just walked in to the midlothiam walmart with my two young daughters and my 67 year old disabled mother. Was pushing a cart withnmy two daughters in it when I was approached by shift manager Paul....he introduced himself and said that firearms were not allowed in the store and that I must put the weapon in my vehicle. I said I have open carried in walmarts all over the state for years and witness it everyday. He said its private property and that Va law doesnt hold there. I said I am leaving but I wanted the name of someone higher than him. He said I dont have to leave but I have to put the gun in my vehicle. I said I dont believe that he is representing corporate policy and I asked him if I was being singled out on his own account or is he representing company policy...he said I had frightened some customers. I said that I am legally carrying and that I hadnt even spoken to anyone, looked at anyone or anything out of the way whatsoever. I went to the car, put my .45 colt up and returned to the customer service counter, I asked if there was someone there higher than him...I was told no by some supervisor. This same supervisor said he sees guns in there all of the time and that he knew of no policy against firearms in the store. I agreed and said that I felt as if I had been singled out and discrimination occurred. I was given the corporate number and the store number as well as the managers name....I called thecorporate number and relayed all of this info as well as the fact that we spend more than $ 400 per week in walmart and visit walmart more than5 times per week...we also have all of our prescriptions there. My mother was going to have her hair done and my wife her nails, but we were asked to leave. I was told that the incident would be sent to the store manager by corporate and that the store manager would contact me personally within 3 days.
It doesnt change the legality of it but maybe perception, I wear snake skin boots with a cowboy hat and a ivory handled .45 colt in a crossdraw rig just in front of front pants pocket..perhaps if it were neatly seated in a snug fitting slide holster like a business man, nothing would have been said
It doesnt change the legality of it but maybe perception, I wear snake skin boots with a cowboy hat and a ivory handled .45 colt in a crossdraw rig just in front of front pants pocket..perhaps if it were neatly seated in a snug fitting slide holster like a business man, nothing would have been said
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