Saw a guy packing a pistol getting harassed at Costco

[Curly]

I was at Costco in Tumwater on Saturday returning something when I overheard a customer complaining to an employee about a person carrying a weapon.  Then the pistol packer came over and I overheard him mention that it is within his rights to open carry and besides that he has a conceal carry permit.  Then I heard him say something about the other customer had been harassing him about the weapon.........then he walked out of the store.

When I was done returning my item, the customer was still outside complaining to a manager about the guy carrying a weapon in the store.  He must have been giving the poor manager an earful for quite a while.

Just thought I'd share.  Kind of interesting, I thought.  Not sure why the guy didn't conceal carry (since he has a CPL) and avoid the hassle, but it is his right and I'm glad there are people out there standing up for their rights.....

[Kain]

We went to Costco this weekend and my wife asked me to carry her pistol because it gets heavy in her purse.  I told her to just clip it on her hip.  She didnt want to do that and there was no way for her to conceal it with her shorts and tank top.   

[Curly]

You mean you didn't want to carry her purse?

[Kain]

 

[h20hunter]

My suggestion would have been to simply conceal it. Costco is a private business and can restrict weapons as they see fit. Sounds like yet another person forcing the issue simply because they can. Does the other person have a right to complain? I believe they do. They are using the services of a business and if enough people want restrictions placed on customers then so be it. If, like Starbucks, the business decides it is a non issue and leave it alone, so be it.

I have said it many times and I'll say it again. The exercising of rights in an inflamatory manner do not help protect anything, only encourage those that disagree to try and have those rights further limited.

[firefighter4607]

He was probably part of this movement of Open Carry. A gun got the cops called on him in Prosser for packing his pistol at Mc Donalds. http://opencarry.org/  I don't have enough guts to open carry, but some people want to show what there rights are.

[seth30]

I couldnt open carry either(in a store)  out in the woods is a different matter though

[BuckHunter23]

Most people that open carry want the attention.  A guy I know is one of them.  He purposely wore his gun on the hip and walked into a bank. When they told him he could not carry his weapon in the bank, he demanded that they show him their policy in writing.  I do not understand why you'd want to create an issue just because you have the right to do something.  The bank produced their policy and then asked him to leave.  Which of course caused a scene with others in the bank.  I have a CPL as well and would rather go the route of concealing than draw attention to myself.  As someone else said, these types of folks only draw negative attention to the issue and can't truly be doing any good for our future rights.  Maybe there are some places where this is acceptable, but I am positive I couldn't make it a mile where i live before someone had a cop on my ass.  The woods are a different story for me as well.

[jrebel]

I'm all for open and conceal carry...  With that being said, why open carry places where you know people will be offended.  All it does is upset / offend future voters.  It does nothing to protect our gun rights.  I went to Lowes on my way home from a hike yesterday.  I open carry my 1911 on hikes with a high hip holster.  I purposely took it out of the holster and left it in my rig with my wife while I went inside.  It is not worth offending other to prove we have certain rights. 

I also have the right to walk around without a shirt.....you wont see me doing that at lowes either.   Get my point.

[FC]

I support open carry but the guys being confrontational about it aren't doing anyone any favors.

[runamuk]

I'm all for open and conceal carry...  With that being said, why open carry places where you know people will be offended.  All it does is upset / offend future voters.  It does nothing to protect our gun rights.  I went to Lowes on my way home from a hike yesterday.  I open carry my 1911 on hikes with a high hip holster.  I purposely took it out of the holster and left it in my rig with my wife while I went inside.  It is not worth offending other to prove we have certain rights. 

I also have the right to walk around without a shirt.....you wont see me doing that at lowes either.   Get my point.

actually many businesses have signs
no shirt
no shoes
no service

so no right to go shirtless 
and just listen to the hub bub about the bikini barista's you dont have to patronize them but seems the easily offended are out there everywhere just looking for someone to offend them or violate their safety in the case of open carry and their prudishness in the case of bikini clad hotties serving coffee ....

I open carry a rifle in the woods or a shotgun...my pistol is either in a bag or inside a pocket when I carry

[jrebel]

Couldn't agree more...people are too easily offended these days.  Unfortunately these people make a very loud voice that influences many.

Oh yeah and I would offend if I wore a bikini as well...   However, I love bikini baristas, even if there coffee sucks.   

[Heredoggydoggy]

I carry a Ruger LCP nearly everywhere I go.  When I go into a store or restaraunt I untuck my T-shirt to cover it up.  Funny how something doesn't bother people if they can't see it.  And if somebody does see it, I've got a CWP.  In the 40-odd years I've had a CWP, the only time anyone asked to see it is when I buy a handgun at a gun shop.

[boneaddict]

I have said it many times and I'll say it again. The exercising of rights in an inflamatory manner do not help protect anything, only encourage those that disagree to try and have those rights further limited.

Perfectly said.   

[44 Flattop]

Anytime I am forced to go to the big city I carry concealed.  Two reasons.  I don't want other people to know I have it because they don't need to know.  None of their business.  Two, I don't want bad guys to know either.  If they are going to do something when I am around, I sure as heck don't want them to know who to disarm.