[BerksCountyDave]

So, I OC'ed at Cabela's in Hamburg on Friday evening. I was standing around the gun counter waiting my turn to fondle a few 1911s they had in stock. I wouldn't buy one there because their prices are absurd, but they had a few there that I'm interested in and I wanted to handle them. ANYWAY . . . two interesting things happened.

1. I heard a man behind me say "Since when are you allowed to carry exposed like that?" I just turned and smiled and said "well, since always." This got some laughs from a few other patrons. I walked over to him and we had a conversation about the legalities of OC in Pennsylvania. He said the sheriff's office in Bucks county told him that he must always keep his sidearm concealed. I let him know that this was gross misinformation. I cited the two PA Supreme Court cases related to OC during this conversation. My number was called (Cabela's is like a firearm deli). Before I left the conversation, I handed him one of Pa Patriot's flyers, and invited him to join us here at PAFOA and also to check out PAopencarry.org. He thanked me for my time, and that was that.

2. As I was standing at the gun counter checking out guns, two uniformed police officers approached the counter about 10 feet down from me, on my strong side. One of them appeared to be in his 40's, while the other had to be in his 20's. I heard the younger one say "Hey, is that legal?", I then heard the older officer say "Yes, it is. Nothing to worry about there". I couldn't help but chuckle a bit at that one.

All in all, a good OC experience!