OC'd to taco bell on my lunch break from work the audio is quite rampant with noise from everything except our conversation so theres no audio for this one. While I finished placing my order I had a gentleman who looked to be about my age (25 or so) ask if I was a LEO or if I just had my CPL, I told him I was just a law abiding citizen exercising my rights. We spoke for a few minutes about carrying, open carry, and your rights as a citizen when it comes to LE and carrying. He mentioned seeing youtube videos about people OCing and speaking to the police and asserting their rights and then being let go. He said he was considering getting his CPL and carrying, he seemed quite interested in the information that I gave him and he said he learned alot already from just our short conversation so I handed out him an MOC trifold for him to read over.
This all took place while Taco Bell was pretty busy, there was even a woman and her two daughters standing to my weak side while I waited for my order that had to have clearly heard me talking about it. And I cant imagine they didnt look at me when I turned strong side to them to say goodbye to the gentleman I had been talking to. A couple people in the store seemed to eaves drop and listen to what I was saying, I noticed one of the employees watching me as I spoke. But no one ran away screaming, hiding, or crying, even when it was made obvious I was carrying by the conversation I was having.
I told the gentleman I spoke to that OC brings gun ownership out of the closet because he said hes never seen anyone open carry. I told him that if I had been CC this conversation never would have happened and he agreed and seemed happy that we had the chance to talk about it. Great kid, hope he gets his CPL and starts OCing.