Hey everyone, first time poster here, been lurking for a few days. My name's Taylor, I'm active duty AF and from Northern California. I decided to wait to post until I OC'd for the first time. I live in Hampton and I've had a CCW for a few weeks now, but decided to explore the option to open carry. Today was my first day open carrying in public. I spent several hours out in town, carrying my Glock 19 in a Blackhawk Serpa retention holster on my strong side. I went to A&P Arms, Walmart and Farm Fresh. I did not get stopped by any LEOs, but I did have three comments on my firearm. The first two were at Farm Fresh, first a man who put his hands up and said "don't shoot me" and then asked me for bus money to Norfolk. The second was a young cashier who sidled up to me and asked me, "Do you have a license for that?". I replied that a license is not required to open carry a firearm in Virginia provided you're legally allowed to posses one. The third guy was at Wal Mart, he asked me "What is that young man?", and I replied "This is a Glock 19." He was curious to how I was "allowed to do that" (open carry), and I told him the same thing I told the Farm Fresh clerk. He seemed surprised and carried on. All in all a very positive experience for my first time OCing, to be honest I was VERY nervous for a while but quickly calmed down after nothing bad happened. Looking forward to doing it again with my "weapon of choice", so to speak, which is a Glock 20.