Maine Expat
Regular Member
Hey gang, its official now. I am an OCer.
I arrived in Maine (I Live in Ukraine with my wife as you may recall) and met the seller of my new Bersa 45 TUC. And I loaded a mag and started packing while still enroute to Bangor.
We stopped in Newport and cruised Walmart looking for universal SIMs for our phones (AT&T screwed me over and gave my number away while I was gone). While there I bought some ammo and did some general shopping around looking for stuff my wife needed. Nobody said a word, I didn't even notice any looks.
Later we went into town to pick up a few things and hit Best Buy got a "look", but also got my SIM cards and a plug adaptor so I could charge my laptop.
Then we went to Bangor Walmart where I got some looks and the cashier asked of I was a cop. "No, just a law abiding citizen." She smiled and was just fine. I also got more ammo. I discover that .45 Colt is rifle ammo so now I have 200 rounds I can't use or return. One of the guys at the Service desk was very helpful to set me straight on the ammo issue. I feel like such a noob. lol
Anyway my list of stores include;
2 Walmarts - a pleasant question and a glance or two.
Best Buy - a concerned look, but pleasant, helpful service and everyone else was just fine.
Kohls - some OMG looks from a few customers, but no issues. I just ignored them and helped wifey find some clothes.
Burlington Coat - Just the Mgr letting us know they were about to close.
I'm a friendly outgoing guy so a smile and casual banter seems to have the desired effects and helps folks relax around me. No one ran for the doors screaming "He has a GUN!!!" LOL :banana:
In the end the only problem I had was my belt kept slipping through the buckle's friction bars under the weight of a condition 2 .45 and I had to constantly adjust the thing. That will get fixed this week with some velcro at the Air Base parachute shop. That MAINEiacs Retiree hat really comes in handy. :lol:
EDIT: I forgot that I had also OCed in Sam's Club that night as well. No probs there either.
I arrived in Maine (I Live in Ukraine with my wife as you may recall) and met the seller of my new Bersa 45 TUC. And I loaded a mag and started packing while still enroute to Bangor.
We stopped in Newport and cruised Walmart looking for universal SIMs for our phones (AT&T screwed me over and gave my number away while I was gone). While there I bought some ammo and did some general shopping around looking for stuff my wife needed. Nobody said a word, I didn't even notice any looks.
Later we went into town to pick up a few things and hit Best Buy got a "look", but also got my SIM cards and a plug adaptor so I could charge my laptop.
Then we went to Bangor Walmart where I got some looks and the cashier asked of I was a cop. "No, just a law abiding citizen." She smiled and was just fine. I also got more ammo. I discover that .45 Colt is rifle ammo so now I have 200 rounds I can't use or return. One of the guys at the Service desk was very helpful to set me straight on the ammo issue. I feel like such a noob. lol
Anyway my list of stores include;
2 Walmarts - a pleasant question and a glance or two.
Best Buy - a concerned look, but pleasant, helpful service and everyone else was just fine.
Kohls - some OMG looks from a few customers, but no issues. I just ignored them and helped wifey find some clothes.
Burlington Coat - Just the Mgr letting us know they were about to close.
I'm a friendly outgoing guy so a smile and casual banter seems to have the desired effects and helps folks relax around me. No one ran for the doors screaming "He has a GUN!!!" LOL :banana:
In the end the only problem I had was my belt kept slipping through the buckle's friction bars under the weight of a condition 2 .45 and I had to constantly adjust the thing. That will get fixed this week with some velcro at the Air Base parachute shop. That MAINEiacs Retiree hat really comes in handy. :lol:
EDIT: I forgot that I had also OCed in Sam's Club that night as well. No probs there either.
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