Ruby
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First let me say I was not involved and was not there when this happened so take it for what it is worth. I stopped by Ben's Loan to get some ammo on the way to Champion Arms. I was talking with one of the guys behind the counter. I was there a couple of hours after this happened. He said a young man came in to buy some ammo and proceeded to start loading his mags right there at the counter in the store. The guy was open carrying. The counter guy told him to take it outside, not to do that in the store. So the kid takes it to the counter up front and was asked to leave the store, which he did. From what I gather, he then continued to load mags or handle his gun outside in full view of the public. He then went back in the store and asked for a bag to put his things in. Don't know what things. He then went back outside and headed for a local park. The employee I spoke with said he had 2 guns. By this time, 3 concerned citizens called Renton PD, who came and took him away. The store employee said the guy was arrested. I don't know about that, he may have just been detained. Employees of Ben's were still upset about the incident when I was there. I know it's sketchy and second hand, but the employees I have dealt with there are pretty reputable people. Obviously whatever the kid was doing alarmed a number of people. The employee I spoke with did not want to talk much about it. The young man should not have done that for sure, but I wonder if he actually did something wrong or if there was an overreation by many people. That on top of talking with 3 people against OC. What a day. On a positive note, the Ben's employee I spoke with is interested in coming to our meet n' greets. I will be giving him the particulars later today. I also wore my "Starbucks" T shirt to the range and after and got many positive response, no negative ones. Gave several people Flanders007 phone number, with his permission of course and he got some new orders. I think this particular T shirt is a good PR item for this group. Went to eat lunch at a Taco Time and a lady asked me about it and I had the opportunity to enlighten her about OC, even though I was not OCing at the time. Sorry this is so long; wanted to get this out and get some comments back. Thanks!
First let me say I was not involved and was not there when this happened so take it for what it is worth. I stopped by Ben's Loan to get some ammo on the way to Champion Arms. I was talking with one of the guys behind the counter. I was there a couple of hours after this happened. He said a young man came in to buy some ammo and proceeded to start loading his mags right there at the counter in the store. The guy was open carrying. The counter guy told him to take it outside, not to do that in the store. So the kid takes it to the counter up front and was asked to leave the store, which he did. From what I gather, he then continued to load mags or handle his gun outside in full view of the public. He then went back in the store and asked for a bag to put his things in. Don't know what things. He then went back outside and headed for a local park. The employee I spoke with said he had 2 guns. By this time, 3 concerned citizens called Renton PD, who came and took him away. The store employee said the guy was arrested. I don't know about that, he may have just been detained. Employees of Ben's were still upset about the incident when I was there. I know it's sketchy and second hand, but the employees I have dealt with there are pretty reputable people. Obviously whatever the kid was doing alarmed a number of people. The employee I spoke with did not want to talk much about it. The young man should not have done that for sure, but I wonder if he actually did something wrong or if there was an overreation by many people. That on top of talking with 3 people against OC. What a day. On a positive note, the Ben's employee I spoke with is interested in coming to our meet n' greets. I will be giving him the particulars later today. I also wore my "Starbucks" T shirt to the range and after and got many positive response, no negative ones. Gave several people Flanders007 phone number, with his permission of course and he got some new orders. I think this particular T shirt is a good PR item for this group. Went to eat lunch at a Taco Time and a lady asked me about it and I had the opportunity to enlighten her about OC, even though I was not OCing at the time. Sorry this is so long; wanted to get this out and get some comments back. Thanks!