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All were very uneventful. My first OC experience was last Saturday. I went somewhere where I knew I would be pretty good: Charlie's Sporting Goods. I went in looking for MEC shotshell reloading equipment. Nobody said anything, went without a hitch.
On Thursday I carried to Hudson's Audio. They noticed and we talked about open carry a little. It was a nice conversation. I took the opportunity to educate people about why I carry and the laws about open carry.
Today, I carried into Jiffy Lube when I went to get an oil change. As soon as I got out of the vehicle, the worker noticed the Glock 22 in the Blackhawk Serpa holster on my hip. He asked me what gun it was and if I liked it. We talked a little. Inside, there were a couple of women. The one seemed a bit skittish when she saw that I was carrying, but she didn't say anything. The other lady talked to me for a while and we had a nice conversation, though she didn't mention anything about me carrying. Then, the same worker asked me about carry. He said he was thinking about carrying. I talked to him about why I carry and it was good.
So, overall experience so far has been extremely good. I do have one question though...I thought that there was a law in place where we could not OC in places that sell alcohol for either on or off-site consumption. I haven't been carrying into those places, but I recently saw a person open carrying in a Walmart that sells alcohol. Has this changed or was I totally wrong to begin with?
Cheers,
Nate
All were very uneventful. My first OC experience was last Saturday. I went somewhere where I knew I would be pretty good: Charlie's Sporting Goods. I went in looking for MEC shotshell reloading equipment. Nobody said anything, went without a hitch.
On Thursday I carried to Hudson's Audio. They noticed and we talked about open carry a little. It was a nice conversation. I took the opportunity to educate people about why I carry and the laws about open carry.
Today, I carried into Jiffy Lube when I went to get an oil change. As soon as I got out of the vehicle, the worker noticed the Glock 22 in the Blackhawk Serpa holster on my hip. He asked me what gun it was and if I liked it. We talked a little. Inside, there were a couple of women. The one seemed a bit skittish when she saw that I was carrying, but she didn't say anything. The other lady talked to me for a while and we had a nice conversation, though she didn't mention anything about me carrying. Then, the same worker asked me about carry. He said he was thinking about carrying. I talked to him about why I carry and it was good.
So, overall experience so far has been extremely good. I do have one question though...I thought that there was a law in place where we could not OC in places that sell alcohol for either on or off-site consumption. I haven't been carrying into those places, but I recently saw a person open carrying in a Walmart that sells alcohol. Has this changed or was I totally wrong to begin with?
Cheers,
Nate