I have open carried in a couple of the Hancock Bank branches around Baton Rouge and nobody "Freaked" out about it. If they do it's there problem as far as I'm concerned. I'm there to conduct my business just like everyone else. As always it depends alot on the way you carry yourself, your mannerisms, how you are dressed adn even your firearm and style of carry. What I mean is, If you walk in with a semiauto in a nice leather or kydex holster at 3 oclock on your belt and you are dressed in nice slacks or clean jeans, a nice pull over or button up shirt and you have shaved and brushed your hair that morning then you are going to get less problems then someone who's dressed like they have been doing yard work all day and you have a wheelgun with a 6 inch barrel stuck in a old scruffed up leather hoster worn in a cross draw. As Mike and John have pointed out time and time again, it's about perception. Because the LEO in this case was WRONG. Having a CHP does not give a CHP holder the right to carry in a place which has been posted as NO GUNS. In fact, he should have learned this in class. The NO GUNS / Gunbuster signs are directed at CHP holders as well as anyone else and if caught in that area he could have his CHP revoked by the State Police.
So much misinformation out there. Even with a 9 hour class the CHPers still make these same mistakes. Imagine how hard it is with OC where there is no class requirement and vague or conflicting laws.