JJ
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So I OC'd to Bass Pro Shops in Manteca tonight. I had my two sons with me. (8 &14) When we tried to enter an employee stopped me at the door. He told me I was at the exit and needed to enter through the entrance doors. I said no problem and walked to the entrance.
As I entered the store through the proper entrance I noticed the same employee now standing there apparently waiting for me. I believe he mentioned my sidearm and asked me if I had ID. (I was sterile, left wallet in vehicle) I told him no I didn't have ID and asked if ID was required to shop there. He said no and then asked if I was an officer or if I had a permit, again mentioning my sidearm.
I said no, I was just a regular citizen exercising my rights and what I was doing was perfectly legal. I offered him a couple different pamphlets that I carry (he declined them at first) and he said as long as I was legal there was no problem. I mentioned that OC was becoming more common place and the pamphlets had some good info in them and he ended up taking them.
We walked around the store a while and browsed with no other contact from store employees or customers. (nobody panicked, no stampede for the doors etc.)
We also made two other stops. One for gas at a 76 station where the clerk also inquired if I was an officer. I told him no and also gave him a flyer. The other stop was at TJ Maxx (also in Manteca) where I had to drop off some files for my district manager. He was not in the store and the files were confidential so I had to wait at the front of the store while the store manager was called.
It was pretty crowded, but again no panicked women or children. When the store manager arrived I explained who I was and why I was there and asked her to secure the files in a locked office. No one seemed to take notice of my sidearm and I left without incident.
So I OC'd to Bass Pro Shops in Manteca tonight. I had my two sons with me. (8 &14) When we tried to enter an employee stopped me at the door. He told me I was at the exit and needed to enter through the entrance doors. I said no problem and walked to the entrance.
As I entered the store through the proper entrance I noticed the same employee now standing there apparently waiting for me. I believe he mentioned my sidearm and asked me if I had ID. (I was sterile, left wallet in vehicle) I told him no I didn't have ID and asked if ID was required to shop there. He said no and then asked if I was an officer or if I had a permit, again mentioning my sidearm.
I said no, I was just a regular citizen exercising my rights and what I was doing was perfectly legal. I offered him a couple different pamphlets that I carry (he declined them at first) and he said as long as I was legal there was no problem. I mentioned that OC was becoming more common place and the pamphlets had some good info in them and he ended up taking them.
We walked around the store a while and browsed with no other contact from store employees or customers. (nobody panicked, no stampede for the doors etc.)
We also made two other stops. One for gas at a 76 station where the clerk also inquired if I was an officer. I told him no and also gave him a flyer. The other stop was at TJ Maxx (also in Manteca) where I had to drop off some files for my district manager. He was not in the store and the files were confidential so I had to wait at the front of the store while the store manager was called.
It was pretty crowded, but again no panicked women or children. When the store manager arrived I explained who I was and why I was there and asked her to secure the files in a locked office. No one seemed to take notice of my sidearm and I left without incident.