OK, was having dinner tonight at Doogies, like I do a few times a month.
Went to pick up my order all was fine. A minute later, the counter person said the manager asks that I "cover up". I proceed to tell him that I will, but that no law was broken and open carry is indeed legal.
The kid was actually quite interested. Asked a bunch of questions on the topic. I can tell the manager at the grill wasn't too happy to hear of his employee's love for his rights. So, long story short. He was rather surprised that it was indeed legal. Proceeded to tell me about an incident there in the past.
It seems that at one time, they had a situation that mirrored Rich's situation in Wallingford. A Corrections Officer or Parole Officer (forgot which) seemed to see a firearm on a customer and called the cops and it seemed be an issue. That was all he told me. Sad that some citizens think calling 911 was the answer to a simple conversation.
Bottom line:
I didn't feel unwelcome, just wanted to cover up. I did, it is their establishment. I did have a great conversation with the employee and he wanted more information. I had some CCDL brochures so I gave him a few in case it give's them some further discussion material.
All in all, I disagree with their stance. But they weren't unpleasant and there was no LEO interaction.
Jonathan
Went to pick up my order all was fine. A minute later, the counter person said the manager asks that I "cover up". I proceed to tell him that I will, but that no law was broken and open carry is indeed legal.
The kid was actually quite interested. Asked a bunch of questions on the topic. I can tell the manager at the grill wasn't too happy to hear of his employee's love for his rights. So, long story short. He was rather surprised that it was indeed legal. Proceeded to tell me about an incident there in the past.
It seems that at one time, they had a situation that mirrored Rich's situation in Wallingford. A Corrections Officer or Parole Officer (forgot which) seemed to see a firearm on a customer and called the cops and it seemed be an issue. That was all he told me. Sad that some citizens think calling 911 was the answer to a simple conversation.
Bottom line:
I didn't feel unwelcome, just wanted to cover up. I did, it is their establishment. I did have a great conversation with the employee and he wanted more information. I had some CCDL brochures so I gave him a few in case it give's them some further discussion material.
All in all, I disagree with their stance. But they weren't unpleasant and there was no LEO interaction.
Jonathan