asforme
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I was doing some Christmas shopping today about an hour ago with my wife and 8 month old son. I was wearing a jacket when I came in but took it off about half way through our shopping. We shopped for about another 45 minutes or so and went to check out. While in line to check out a manager approached me with two associates on either side flanking me. Because I've OCd in walmart so many times without issue I've gotten out of the habit of carrying my recorder so I immediately started mentally kicking myself.
But here's my best memory of the conversation:
Man: I see you have a gun strapped on
Me: Yes I do
Man: It's been making some customers nervous, do you have a concealed carry permit
Me: It's not concealed, there's no permit required.
Man: Well it's been making some customers nervous
Me: Does walmart have any policy against carrying firearms?
Man: This is private property
Me: I'm aware of that, I'm just wondering if there is a corporate policy or if this is your own policy.
Man: This is private property
Me: (taking the hint) Okay, we'll be going
Man: I don't want to discourage you from shopping here, but you would have to leave the gun
Me: Well do you have a business card or could I have your last name?
Man: My name's Chris, I'm the store manager, our customers aren't comfortable with you carrying that
Me: Well I wouldn't be comfortable without it, so we'll be going
And we left with our full cart sitting there in front of the checkout.
So immediately I get home and call up 1800-Walmart the first time
Me: I'm calling to find out what walmart's policy is regarding legally carried firearms in the store
Her: Did you have a specific issue in the store
Me: Yes, I was asked to leave the store in Madison Heights, Virginia by store manager Chris because of my legally carried firearm
--She put me on hold for a couple of minutes
Her: Here is the number for the manager of that sore, William Bridger [um, not Chris, was he lying about being manager?]
I take down the number hoping that Chris wasn't actually a manager and this will be cleared up quickly
So I call the number (434-846-9650) and ask to speak with William Bridger and when I am taken off of hold I get "Hello this is Chris"
Me: Actually, I need to talk to William Bridger
Him: That's me, I go by my middle name Chris
I hang up, nothing will be accomplished there
So I call up 1800-walmart again
Me: I'm calling to find out what walmart's policy is regarding legally carried firearms in the store
Him: You would need to talk to the store manager about that
Me: Well I just had an issue in a store involving the store manager so I am trying to find out if walmart has a policy in place as I previously understood to be true
Him: Well I don't know about that policy, I can give you the number to the district manager.
Gives me the number for George Joiner at the Charlotsville Walmart (434-973-1412)
And now that's where I'm stuck, because George won't be in till Monday.
So untill William/Chris whatever get's his slap on the wrist, stay out of the Madison Heights walmart.
I was doing some Christmas shopping today about an hour ago with my wife and 8 month old son. I was wearing a jacket when I came in but took it off about half way through our shopping. We shopped for about another 45 minutes or so and went to check out. While in line to check out a manager approached me with two associates on either side flanking me. Because I've OCd in walmart so many times without issue I've gotten out of the habit of carrying my recorder so I immediately started mentally kicking myself.
But here's my best memory of the conversation:
Man: I see you have a gun strapped on
Me: Yes I do
Man: It's been making some customers nervous, do you have a concealed carry permit
Me: It's not concealed, there's no permit required.
Man: Well it's been making some customers nervous
Me: Does walmart have any policy against carrying firearms?
Man: This is private property
Me: I'm aware of that, I'm just wondering if there is a corporate policy or if this is your own policy.
Man: This is private property
Me: (taking the hint) Okay, we'll be going
Man: I don't want to discourage you from shopping here, but you would have to leave the gun
Me: Well do you have a business card or could I have your last name?
Man: My name's Chris, I'm the store manager, our customers aren't comfortable with you carrying that
Me: Well I wouldn't be comfortable without it, so we'll be going
And we left with our full cart sitting there in front of the checkout.
So immediately I get home and call up 1800-Walmart the first time
Me: I'm calling to find out what walmart's policy is regarding legally carried firearms in the store
Her: Did you have a specific issue in the store
Me: Yes, I was asked to leave the store in Madison Heights, Virginia by store manager Chris because of my legally carried firearm
--She put me on hold for a couple of minutes
Her: Here is the number for the manager of that sore, William Bridger [um, not Chris, was he lying about being manager?]
I take down the number hoping that Chris wasn't actually a manager and this will be cleared up quickly
So I call the number (434-846-9650) and ask to speak with William Bridger and when I am taken off of hold I get "Hello this is Chris"
Me: Actually, I need to talk to William Bridger
Him: That's me, I go by my middle name Chris
I hang up, nothing will be accomplished there
So I call up 1800-walmart again
Me: I'm calling to find out what walmart's policy is regarding legally carried firearms in the store
Him: You would need to talk to the store manager about that
Me: Well I just had an issue in a store involving the store manager so I am trying to find out if walmart has a policy in place as I previously understood to be true
Him: Well I don't know about that policy, I can give you the number to the district manager.
Gives me the number for George Joiner at the Charlotsville Walmart (434-973-1412)
And now that's where I'm stuck, because George won't be in till Monday.
So untill William/Chris whatever get's his slap on the wrist, stay out of the Madison Heights walmart.