albritton77
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I was in the Cañon City Wal-Mart a couple of weeks ago with my wife and 3 children.... open carrying, of course. The manager(?) of the place approached me and asked me if I had “credentials” for my firearm.
I looked at the gentleman for a few seconds, and within those few seconds I contemplated the approach of “It's legal to open-carry without a license in Colorado” vs. showing him my CCW license.
I decided to show him my license.... just to see what his reaction would be. He looked at my “credentials,” looked at me, gave me my license back, and said “have a nice day.”
Now.... before all of you die-hard “you have no right to ask me for identification” individuals get mad at me and ostracize me from this discussion board, let me speak in my own defense.
I was not threatened, intimidated, or otherwise ordered to show my identification in any way. A private business owner/manager(ish) merely asked a question, and I could have answered that question in more than one way. I chose to handle that situation in that manner for the following reason:
All in all, even though it was a mildly annoying situation to start with, it didn't turn badly. A local Wal-Mart also learned ON CAMERA that not all people with guns are bad. (It's been quite some time since I've seen a Wal-Mart without surveillance cameras on their ceilings.)
Ok. I'm done. You can crucify me for showing an ID now. <grin>
I was in the Cañon City Wal-Mart a couple of weeks ago with my wife and 3 children.... open carrying, of course. The manager(?) of the place approached me and asked me if I had “credentials” for my firearm.
I looked at the gentleman for a few seconds, and within those few seconds I contemplated the approach of “It's legal to open-carry without a license in Colorado” vs. showing him my CCW license.
I decided to show him my license.... just to see what his reaction would be. He looked at my “credentials,” looked at me, gave me my license back, and said “have a nice day.”
Now.... before all of you die-hard “you have no right to ask me for identification” individuals get mad at me and ostracize me from this discussion board, let me speak in my own defense.
I was not threatened, intimidated, or otherwise ordered to show my identification in any way. A private business owner/manager(ish) merely asked a question, and I could have answered that question in more than one way. I chose to handle that situation in that manner for the following reason:
- I wanted to see his reaction. Would he throw a fit? Would he start quoting Wal-Mart policy that nobody has ever seen or been able to verify? Or would he recognize that I wasn't the bad guy and merely needed to do some shopping? (While carrying a gun, of course.)
All in all, even though it was a mildly annoying situation to start with, it didn't turn badly. A local Wal-Mart also learned ON CAMERA that not all people with guns are bad. (It's been quite some time since I've seen a Wal-Mart without surveillance cameras on their ceilings.)
Ok. I'm done. You can crucify me for showing an ID now. <grin>