tombrewster421
Regular Member
So today I decided to have lunch with my family at a restaurant near where I was working. I wasn't sure what was nearby so I used the "around me" iPhone app. I found a place called "the Antique Sandwich Co." I thought it sounded good and wanted to try it out. I went inside and asked if I was to seat myself or not and the girl behind the counter said that I could pick a seat anywhere but to order at the counter. So I took a seat and waited a few minutes for my wife to arrive. When she got there I went out to help her with the kids and then we ordered and sat down. While eating for our food we see two cops enter and seem as though they were walking over to me! I was right. The cop asked if I was armed and I replied with a yes. He asked if i had a CPL, and i said yes. He then asked if it may have come out of concealment, to which I replied that I was OC. So he has me walk with him outside and while we were walking he made a point to tell me that he completely supports what I was doing by OC. We got outside and went through what seems to be the usual questions and I did inform him that having a CPL does NOT require you to conceal but that it merely gives you that option. I did allow him to disarm me (I figure the best time to be without a gun is when three cops are standing next to you). He was vaguely familiar with OCDO and said he's been meaning to get on here to learn more (apparently Tacoma Police hasn't trained that well on this topic). He said that he knew when he got the call that it would be nothing really because dispatch told him that I was there with my wife and kids. One of the officers went in to talk to the owner and see if they wanted me to leave or if it was ok to just cover up. I was able to cover up and go eat my lunch. The cop told me that it's just a liberal business. Afterward I went back to the job and told my brother about it and he said that that's just about the most liberal place in Tacoma. I guess they have open mic poetry night and everything. I guess I'll have to drop a pamphlet by there next time I'm by the zoo. Not too bad an outcome for the most liberal place to eat in Tacoma.