Not sure if this forum is dead, but I have to post this somewhere.
I OCed for the first time today, and it was in Huntsville. I was carrying a S&W 686 plus in a kydex holster. I carried in the new Walmart on the parkway and all over Parkway Place Mall. I visited several stores including a shoe store, Belk, Spencer's Gifts, the toy store, and even ate a slice of pizza in the food court. After that it was a trip to Gander Mountain. Later tonight I picked up some sushi and made a run through Publix for some groceries. Zero negative encounters. Not even so much as a negative glance in my direction. The cashier at one store asked me if it was a 44. A group of teens in the mall noticed I was carrying and gawked. But other than that no one seemed to notice or care. No confrontations with angry managers. No LEOs getting called. In Publix I turned a corner and there was an LEO doing his shopping. No confrontation there either. I'm thinking all of this is probably the norm, and my expectations of having negative encounters probably comes from watching too many youtube videos of guys with tactical vests and ARs slung over their shoulders trying to scare people.
I OCed for the first time today, and it was in Huntsville. I was carrying a S&W 686 plus in a kydex holster. I carried in the new Walmart on the parkway and all over Parkway Place Mall. I visited several stores including a shoe store, Belk, Spencer's Gifts, the toy store, and even ate a slice of pizza in the food court. After that it was a trip to Gander Mountain. Later tonight I picked up some sushi and made a run through Publix for some groceries. Zero negative encounters. Not even so much as a negative glance in my direction. The cashier at one store asked me if it was a 44. A group of teens in the mall noticed I was carrying and gawked. But other than that no one seemed to notice or care. No confrontations with angry managers. No LEOs getting called. In Publix I turned a corner and there was an LEO doing his shopping. No confrontation there either. I'm thinking all of this is probably the norm, and my expectations of having negative encounters probably comes from watching too many youtube videos of guys with tactical vests and ARs slung over their shoulders trying to scare people.