darthmord
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To all the guys here who have opened my eyes toward our rights.
I was out shopping with a friend late yesterday afternoon. I was CCing as our friend is not quite ready to take the plunge of open carry quite yet. Working her up to it in baby steps. She does know that I carry pretty much all the time when I am out of the house.
We stopped at the Walmart on Tidewater Drive. We got our shopping done. Made it through checkout. We head to the doors. The Store staffer asked for the receipt. I politely declined. The guy then demanded in a stronger/firmer voice "Sir, you have to let me see your receipt". I responded to the store stafferwith a more firm "No thank you." My friend looks at me and says I need to give him the receipt. I replied to her indicating I did not have to. The entire time I kept walkingthrough the door.
We got outside and she was "Why didn't you give him the receipt? You have to." She did also have a baffled look on her face when she realized that they simply let us pass. That led to a discussion about rights, laws, and responsibilities. I also pointed out that if they could truly demand the receipt (with force of law behind them), they would have detained us for not providing it on demand. I pointed out that we were not detained in any way. I also pointed out that the items in the cart were our property, properly paid for. They have no legal reason / basis to demand they paw through our belongings at their convenience.
At any rate, it made for an interesting conversation and she was certainly receptive to the idea of being a free person (long story behind this part).
So I just wanted to thank you guys & gals for opening this one's eyes and giving me the necessary bits to do the same for another. Later this week, my wife & I are going to take our friend to the range for her first range visit.
To all the guys here who have opened my eyes toward our rights.
I was out shopping with a friend late yesterday afternoon. I was CCing as our friend is not quite ready to take the plunge of open carry quite yet. Working her up to it in baby steps. She does know that I carry pretty much all the time when I am out of the house.
We stopped at the Walmart on Tidewater Drive. We got our shopping done. Made it through checkout. We head to the doors. The Store staffer asked for the receipt. I politely declined. The guy then demanded in a stronger/firmer voice "Sir, you have to let me see your receipt". I responded to the store stafferwith a more firm "No thank you." My friend looks at me and says I need to give him the receipt. I replied to her indicating I did not have to. The entire time I kept walkingthrough the door.
We got outside and she was "Why didn't you give him the receipt? You have to." She did also have a baffled look on her face when she realized that they simply let us pass. That led to a discussion about rights, laws, and responsibilities. I also pointed out that if they could truly demand the receipt (with force of law behind them), they would have detained us for not providing it on demand. I pointed out that we were not detained in any way. I also pointed out that the items in the cart were our property, properly paid for. They have no legal reason / basis to demand they paw through our belongings at their convenience.
At any rate, it made for an interesting conversation and she was certainly receptive to the idea of being a free person (long story behind this part).
So I just wanted to thank you guys & gals for opening this one's eyes and giving me the necessary bits to do the same for another. Later this week, my wife & I are going to take our friend to the range for her first range visit.