Lthrnck
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Question for everyone.. I was OC in Wal-Mart today. Did not have any problems from the employee's or management. The cops didn't show up, so everything went okay.
One customer did come up to me and in a somewhat hostile voice asked me "Is that thing loaded"? I said " Why do you ask"? His response was "Because it's pointing at me".
I told him that I was legal to OC in Ohio, and that I was carrying in accordance with the Ohio laws for OC. He said I was not, and that I had to have my barrel pointing towards the ground. I use a shoulder holster in a horizontal position under my left arm. I also was not loaded at the time. The loaded magizine was locked in place but no round was chambered.I did this just for that reason, not that the man had any right to ask but I wanted to be able to show the officers (if they were called) that I was thinking of the safety of people around me.
I have searched what I could find, and have not come up with anything that says I have to have the barrel pointing towards the ground. Has anyone found anything on this topic of carry. If so please let me know. I don't want to put a ding in our efforts to get the word out, by violating some regulation and having the anti's jump all over it and blow it up into a major story.
Question for everyone.. I was OC in Wal-Mart today. Did not have any problems from the employee's or management. The cops didn't show up, so everything went okay.
One customer did come up to me and in a somewhat hostile voice asked me "Is that thing loaded"? I said " Why do you ask"? His response was "Because it's pointing at me".
I told him that I was legal to OC in Ohio, and that I was carrying in accordance with the Ohio laws for OC. He said I was not, and that I had to have my barrel pointing towards the ground. I use a shoulder holster in a horizontal position under my left arm. I also was not loaded at the time. The loaded magizine was locked in place but no round was chambered.I did this just for that reason, not that the man had any right to ask but I wanted to be able to show the officers (if they were called) that I was thinking of the safety of people around me.
I have searched what I could find, and have not come up with anything that says I have to have the barrel pointing towards the ground. Has anyone found anything on this topic of carry. If so please let me know. I don't want to put a ding in our efforts to get the word out, by violating some regulation and having the anti's jump all over it and blow it up into a major story.