vt357
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I had a great day around the Capital and the city of Richmond on Friday. I could put this in the Richmond OC thread, but I feel this relates more to the state as a whole. My wife and I went to the State Capital and took the tour while I was OCing. When I went through security I handed the officer my license and CHP. He took it, read it out loud, then looked at me somewhat inquisitively. First he asked if I was an officer. After I told him no he wasn't exactly sure of the proper procedure so he told me to wait just one moment while he called someone. He was on the phone for probably a grand total of 15 seconds then handed me back my ID and told me to have a great day. He was very friendly and professional.
We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. It was great to learn more about the history of our great commonwealth. I passed Senator McEachin in the hallway and said hello. I'm sure he didn't see my firearm because he smiled when he said hello back. One curious thing I saw was a lighted sign pointing towards an "Area of Refuge" in the new underground section of the capital (I wonder what that's for?)
We walked around Capital Square for a while afterwards and saw the governor's mansion (with Tim Kaine's SUV parked out front). We then went to Richmond city hall's observation deck to see some nice views of the city. It was good to see that the metal detectors that were once in the lobby were gone.
After city hall we went to the Virginia Historical Society. Unlike the VMFA this museum is privately owned. I was not sure how my OCing would go over as they would have been perfectly within their rights to ask me to leave. We were there for almost 2 hours without any problem. They have an exhibition through late September on moonshine in the Blue Ridge. There is a permanent exhibit on firearms produced in Virginia for use by the Virginia Militia. There is also a permanent exhibit on firearms used by the Confederacy.
We finished the day off with dinner at Bottom's Up Pizza. All in all it was a great day of learning about and exercising our rights as Virginians. I highly recommend the Capital tour to anyone. If you have a CHP I would also encourage you to OC while doing so (based on the reaction at security they don't get many people carrying a gun except for at the GA on lobby day). My favorite pic from the day was me standing next to the great Virginian Patrick Henry.
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If you want to see some of the other pictures from the day including more of the capital and of the guns at the VHS check them out at this link:
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I had a great day around the Capital and the city of Richmond on Friday. I could put this in the Richmond OC thread, but I feel this relates more to the state as a whole. My wife and I went to the State Capital and took the tour while I was OCing. When I went through security I handed the officer my license and CHP. He took it, read it out loud, then looked at me somewhat inquisitively. First he asked if I was an officer. After I told him no he wasn't exactly sure of the proper procedure so he told me to wait just one moment while he called someone. He was on the phone for probably a grand total of 15 seconds then handed me back my ID and told me to have a great day. He was very friendly and professional.
We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. It was great to learn more about the history of our great commonwealth. I passed Senator McEachin in the hallway and said hello. I'm sure he didn't see my firearm because he smiled when he said hello back. One curious thing I saw was a lighted sign pointing towards an "Area of Refuge" in the new underground section of the capital (I wonder what that's for?)
We walked around Capital Square for a while afterwards and saw the governor's mansion (with Tim Kaine's SUV parked out front). We then went to Richmond city hall's observation deck to see some nice views of the city. It was good to see that the metal detectors that were once in the lobby were gone.
After city hall we went to the Virginia Historical Society. Unlike the VMFA this museum is privately owned. I was not sure how my OCing would go over as they would have been perfectly within their rights to ask me to leave. We were there for almost 2 hours without any problem. They have an exhibition through late September on moonshine in the Blue Ridge. There is a permanent exhibit on firearms produced in Virginia for use by the Virginia Militia. There is also a permanent exhibit on firearms used by the Confederacy.
We finished the day off with dinner at Bottom's Up Pizza. All in all it was a great day of learning about and exercising our rights as Virginians. I highly recommend the Capital tour to anyone. If you have a CHP I would also encourage you to OC while doing so (based on the reaction at security they don't get many people carrying a gun except for at the GA on lobby day). My favorite pic from the day was me standing next to the great Virginian Patrick Henry.
image
If you want to see some of the other pictures from the day including more of the capital and of the guns at the VHS check them out at this link:
url
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