Finally got my SDA license in the mail the other day. I went out to a movie today and was open carrying. I looked for signs at Tinseltown since I remembered that the shooting in Colorado was a cinemark. I didn't see any signs outside as I got my tickets through the right-most booth. The cashier looked at my pistol but said nothing. When I went in to give my ticket to the employee the sign on the podium said "weapons prohibited". There wasn't a graphic, and it was with a bunch of other info. I ended up talking to a manager and showed him how I walked in. There were no signs visible. He pointed out that they were on the side of the ticket booth(out of the view of U.S. customers of course) still they were not the "gun buster" signs I'm used to seeing. It just said weapons prohibited. The manager told me I would have to lock the pistol in my vehicle.
After my movie I went to a couple pawn shops to look for a small TV for the kids to watch movies on during our upcoming road trip. The last one I stopped at was the extra cash pawn and auto pawn near nw 10th and Macarthur. After being in the store for a good 10 minutes a heavy set guy with a beard and ball cap came up to me and said that if I was going to be in the store much longer to go and lock my pistol in my truck. He said that they keep loaded firearms behind the counter. I told him that I didn't see a sign. He pointed to the door and told me that it was on the door. I told him that I didn't see it. After talking to him for a few minutes I asked him to show me his sign and he walked over to the door and showed me a white sign with a lot of information on it. Somewhere in the middle it talked about bringing in firearms unloaded, but from what I could tell that applied to selling firearms or pawning them, not to licensed carry. He refused to move on the issue. I told him I wouldn't be back. He told me that was "just fine".
You would think the state of Oklahoma would make these people have some uniformity on their signs. At least then we could tell who to boycott.
Not a good day for my first open carry day.
On a positive note, glad I finally registered on this site. I usually just read.
After my movie I went to a couple pawn shops to look for a small TV for the kids to watch movies on during our upcoming road trip. The last one I stopped at was the extra cash pawn and auto pawn near nw 10th and Macarthur. After being in the store for a good 10 minutes a heavy set guy with a beard and ball cap came up to me and said that if I was going to be in the store much longer to go and lock my pistol in my truck. He said that they keep loaded firearms behind the counter. I told him that I didn't see a sign. He pointed to the door and told me that it was on the door. I told him that I didn't see it. After talking to him for a few minutes I asked him to show me his sign and he walked over to the door and showed me a white sign with a lot of information on it. Somewhere in the middle it talked about bringing in firearms unloaded, but from what I could tell that applied to selling firearms or pawning them, not to licensed carry. He refused to move on the issue. I told him I wouldn't be back. He told me that was "just fine".
You would think the state of Oklahoma would make these people have some uniformity on their signs. At least then we could tell who to boycott.
Not a good day for my first open carry day.
On a positive note, glad I finally registered on this site. I usually just read.
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