MrGlock
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This happened 2 years ago this past November.
I was at the Walmart on Carlisle just north of Menaul. I had stopped in to buy some oil change supplies for my car. I was carrying my .45 in the open, as the recent HB0588 now allows me to in places like Walmart, assuming they don't have signs up prohibiting firearms.
Well, I made it to the automotive aisle when I noticed a red-headed woman about my age approachingme slowly from the north end of the aisle on my right. Then, on my left side, a burly hispanic man was approaching me from the opposite end of the aisle. The woman then approached me, identifying herself as Walmart staff, asking why I was carrying a firearm in Walmart.
"There are no signs up front, and House Bill 588 says I can carry here," I replied.
She then asked me to follow her to the front of the store, as the hispanic man followed me. She walked me to the front of the store and showed me a nearly unreadable, printed out piece of paper stating that only Walmart security could carry firearms onto the premises.
I nearly blew up on her!
"You know, that sign has to be legible and fully readable to the public," I told her, taking out my camera phone and taking a picture of it. "I'm taking this to the Department of Public Safety," I added, taking a picture, took her name down, and left super mad.
A week or so later, carrying concealed this time, I noticed the sign had been taken down. The sign is still down to this day, as I frequent this Walmart on a weekly basis now.
Note to readers: WATCH FOR SIGNS!
You never know when the place you've been going to for years might suddenly decide not to honor your state right to carry open. Or, they might try to pull a fast one on you with a BS sign printed on some crappy inkjet printer.
Please see the picture below: you can see the woman to my right at the time I am taking the picture. This sign is now gone.
This happened 2 years ago this past November.
I was at the Walmart on Carlisle just north of Menaul. I had stopped in to buy some oil change supplies for my car. I was carrying my .45 in the open, as the recent HB0588 now allows me to in places like Walmart, assuming they don't have signs up prohibiting firearms.
Well, I made it to the automotive aisle when I noticed a red-headed woman about my age approachingme slowly from the north end of the aisle on my right. Then, on my left side, a burly hispanic man was approaching me from the opposite end of the aisle. The woman then approached me, identifying herself as Walmart staff, asking why I was carrying a firearm in Walmart.
"There are no signs up front, and House Bill 588 says I can carry here," I replied.
She then asked me to follow her to the front of the store, as the hispanic man followed me. She walked me to the front of the store and showed me a nearly unreadable, printed out piece of paper stating that only Walmart security could carry firearms onto the premises.
I nearly blew up on her!
"You know, that sign has to be legible and fully readable to the public," I told her, taking out my camera phone and taking a picture of it. "I'm taking this to the Department of Public Safety," I added, taking a picture, took her name down, and left super mad.
A week or so later, carrying concealed this time, I noticed the sign had been taken down. The sign is still down to this day, as I frequent this Walmart on a weekly basis now.
Note to readers: WATCH FOR SIGNS!
You never know when the place you've been going to for years might suddenly decide not to honor your state right to carry open. Or, they might try to pull a fast one on you with a BS sign printed on some crappy inkjet printer.
Please see the picture below: you can see the woman to my right at the time I am taking the picture. This sign is now gone.