nilla
Regular Member
hi, all. my first post, so take it easy on the OC.org newbie
i'll lead off with this;
i was confronted at the dollar general in Cradock last week with my wife and kids. the cashier lady was upset that i was open-carrying in the store. i was walking up to the checkout stand with my items when she stopped me in the aisle.
she asked me if i was a cop. i said 'no', and then she said that me having that gun in her store bothered her and made her uncomfortable and that she wanted me to leave.
i asked her if she knew what the DG store policy was on firearms or if there was a sign on the store front permitting firearms. she shrugged her shoulders and then went to look on the store front windows for a sign. ... there was no sign.
i tried to convince her to the opposite of her opinion while my wife paid for the items, but it was pointless.
i asked her if she knew of the second amendment and if she knew of VA's gun policy. i even showed her my CWP and photo ID but all my efforts were fruitless. her closed-mindedness and unwillingness to even listen was very frustrating.
my final statement to her was that i questioned her sanity.
my wife was upset with me that i made such a 'big deal' about it. basically it was an uncomfortable situation for her to watch and be involved in. what she was most upset about was that i vented to her about it right after we left.
now, i've been confroted by rent-a-cops, waitresses, and restaraunt manger's before, but they all have been either willing to compromise (let me tuck it in) or had a policy and stuck to it. but none of them were as hard-headed as this lady was. dealing with stupid people can make things so frustrating. i think i'm spolied at my job by not dealing face-to-face with the stupidity of the general public in my everyday work hours. it is only in my free-time that i get to enjoy such a privlige. lol
i callled back the other day, and spoke with a DG shift-manager. she had heard about me and said that thier policy was that there is no policy, but it is just up to the clerk. that sounds like a load of CRAP to me. if they are gonna kick me out of the store, then i'd rather not be let in.
i will either tuck it in and conceal it, leave it in my car or just go elsewhere if that is thier policy.
i'll have to get ahold of a store/general manager and dig deeper. i doubt it is just that they have 'no policy'
i'd think that the shift manager was trying to back up her employee. surprisingly there are no contact #'s on DG's website.
until i do i plan to CC in that store. if i blouse my shrit and CC; i won't make anyone feel uncomfortable about me abiding the law and minding my own business.
what could/should i have done differently?
i'll lead off with this;
i was confronted at the dollar general in Cradock last week with my wife and kids. the cashier lady was upset that i was open-carrying in the store. i was walking up to the checkout stand with my items when she stopped me in the aisle.
she asked me if i was a cop. i said 'no', and then she said that me having that gun in her store bothered her and made her uncomfortable and that she wanted me to leave.
i asked her if she knew what the DG store policy was on firearms or if there was a sign on the store front permitting firearms. she shrugged her shoulders and then went to look on the store front windows for a sign. ... there was no sign.
i tried to convince her to the opposite of her opinion while my wife paid for the items, but it was pointless.
i asked her if she knew of the second amendment and if she knew of VA's gun policy. i even showed her my CWP and photo ID but all my efforts were fruitless. her closed-mindedness and unwillingness to even listen was very frustrating.
my final statement to her was that i questioned her sanity.
my wife was upset with me that i made such a 'big deal' about it. basically it was an uncomfortable situation for her to watch and be involved in. what she was most upset about was that i vented to her about it right after we left.
now, i've been confroted by rent-a-cops, waitresses, and restaraunt manger's before, but they all have been either willing to compromise (let me tuck it in) or had a policy and stuck to it. but none of them were as hard-headed as this lady was. dealing with stupid people can make things so frustrating. i think i'm spolied at my job by not dealing face-to-face with the stupidity of the general public in my everyday work hours. it is only in my free-time that i get to enjoy such a privlige. lol
i callled back the other day, and spoke with a DG shift-manager. she had heard about me and said that thier policy was that there is no policy, but it is just up to the clerk. that sounds like a load of CRAP to me. if they are gonna kick me out of the store, then i'd rather not be let in.
i will either tuck it in and conceal it, leave it in my car or just go elsewhere if that is thier policy.
i'll have to get ahold of a store/general manager and dig deeper. i doubt it is just that they have 'no policy'
i'd think that the shift manager was trying to back up her employee. surprisingly there are no contact #'s on DG's website.
until i do i plan to CC in that store. if i blouse my shrit and CC; i won't make anyone feel uncomfortable about me abiding the law and minding my own business.
what could/should i have done differently?