Spent the morning running errands, and visiting a few stores in the area, which I rated on "Friend or Foe". I was OCing my Para Ordnance in a Serpa. Being this close to Para's HQ was a neat feeling, but being a weekend, they are not open, and from what I hear they don't really do tours of the factory anyway. Oh well...
Had lunch at McAlisters Deli in the Ballantyne area--no issues.
Had to stop by AutoZone and pick up a fuse for the Rental Car. My sweetie was trying to run a curling iron off the cigarette lighter socket through an AC transformer last night while I was driving...) I couldn't even find the fuse box for the "auxiliary" fuses, but the guy at AutoZone hooked me up, and even installed the fuse for me. After we got it all working again, he looked at my hip, and said "I didn't even notice you were carrying until just now", and then we had a nice discussion about NC carry law. Turns out he's a recent transplant from California, and I told him that things are VERY different here. Unfortunately, I didn't have any of my newly-printed NC Gun Rights brochures in the car, or I would have given him one...
Stopped in to the Pinevile Gun Shop. Interesting place--small, FULL of stuff, and a prety broad selection of handguns and accessories. The staff (two women!) was friendly and helpful, even though they didn't have what I was looking for (a Pearce +1 butt plate for my G-36). Prices seemed a little high, but they had a little bit of everything, and had some VERY nice pieces, including a Stainless Sig 220, and a Glock 21 that looked like it might fit my needs better than my current G-36. OC-friendly, 100%...
If only we could get HB-111 passed, so I could carry when we go out for dinner this evening...