Walked into a car dealership early this morning to grab some electrical modules and parts. The best way to the parts counter is through the air conditioned sales floor. A man in dress slacks and a dress shirt stopped me. He looked at my belt and said, "It might be better if you leave that (gun) in your car!"
I guess I was more or less prepared for this eventually. I spoke up and said, "I am going to the Parts Department to pick up over $800 in parts. If you're asking me to go out, remove my belt and leave this (gun) in my car, I might not come back in".
Before he or I could say anything else a man dressed in dress slacks, shirt and tie came over and said, "(Sheriff), go on, I'll take care of this!"
He called me by my first name, so one of two things happened....
1- He knew the open carry law and dealership policy (whatever it may be), or
2- He assumed that I am still a full time law enforcement officer.
It's terrible getting old, your memory is the first thing to go. I have no idea who this guy was that knew me by my first name. I wanted to back out on the sales floor and chat with him for a while, but the parts department took forever to get my order together. I only had a few minutes left to get to my next stop.
