BOICE, it just happens i was there to day (in hickory) at the gun show working with the GRNC. BTW, if you are not a member you need to JOIN. i carry op 99.9% of the time i have never had a problem with anybody in the area. one of the officer from the Hickory LE. was very nice and we talked for a good while. he assured me if he ever got a man with a gun call he would just check and make sure everything was OK. he said he thought people should carry, and as long as people wasn't causing a problem he had no problem. most of the LEOs there seemed to be friendly and courteous
i believe we have people on the city commissioners that are very firearm friendly. there is one in paticuler that is pro gun and a life member of the NRA
if i am not mistaking, the city of Hickory follows the state laws on the carry in the parks
now any idiot can call in MWG, and you might get harassed (maybe not intentionally), but don't sweat it as long as you are in the right and you keep your head everything will be fine