SovereignAxe
Regular Member
Twice in the last two days I've come close to breaking the law unintentionally. So I'm saying this to myself and to my fellow Tennesseans: pay attention to signs at entrances, they do carry the weight of law.
That being said, I'll share my two incidents. First was yesterday at the local Toys-R-Us. I went in with the fiancee to look for a Christmas present. As I was with the fiancee, I was concealing (she's not too cozy with the idea). Well, after about 5 or 10 minutes in the store I realized I was carrying around a bunch of kids in a toy store, and could imagine how this would look bad to some people. And then it hit me: I didn't look for a sign when I walked in! I walk straight to the entrance and sure enough, they're posted. At that point I was thankful that I was CCing and that nobody saw me. So I go back to my car, lock up the Walther and go back to the store. Only this time I walk in through the Babys-R-Us entrace because it's closer to me, and this is where it gets ironic. The Babys-R-Us entrance isn't posted! So technically I wasn't breaking the law after all (TN requires that all public entrances be posted). But it still reminded me that I need to pay attention. That is until today...
I work at a hospital, most of which are posted in TN, including ours. We have a parking garage at our hospital with a bridge at the top that connects to the building. Well, the Serpa paddle holster is just SO comfortable. That, coupled with rushing from the holiday traffic that almost caused me to be late, nearly caused me to forget that I was carrying! I made it all the way up the elevator and onto the bridge before I realized my folly. I rode the elevator back down to the floor I was parked on, locked up the gun, entered the building and clocked in with just a couple minutes to spare.
So I thankfully didn't break any gun laws this week, but came close. I just thought I'd share these stories so that others could learn from my mistakes.
That being said, I'll share my two incidents. First was yesterday at the local Toys-R-Us. I went in with the fiancee to look for a Christmas present. As I was with the fiancee, I was concealing (she's not too cozy with the idea). Well, after about 5 or 10 minutes in the store I realized I was carrying around a bunch of kids in a toy store, and could imagine how this would look bad to some people. And then it hit me: I didn't look for a sign when I walked in! I walk straight to the entrance and sure enough, they're posted. At that point I was thankful that I was CCing and that nobody saw me. So I go back to my car, lock up the Walther and go back to the store. Only this time I walk in through the Babys-R-Us entrace because it's closer to me, and this is where it gets ironic. The Babys-R-Us entrance isn't posted! So technically I wasn't breaking the law after all (TN requires that all public entrances be posted). But it still reminded me that I need to pay attention. That is until today...
I work at a hospital, most of which are posted in TN, including ours. We have a parking garage at our hospital with a bridge at the top that connects to the building. Well, the Serpa paddle holster is just SO comfortable. That, coupled with rushing from the holiday traffic that almost caused me to be late, nearly caused me to forget that I was carrying! I made it all the way up the elevator and onto the bridge before I realized my folly. I rode the elevator back down to the floor I was parked on, locked up the gun, entered the building and clocked in with just a couple minutes to spare.
So I thankfully didn't break any gun laws this week, but came close. I just thought I'd share these stories so that others could learn from my mistakes.