I'm so proud!
She writes:
On Tuesday evening 12-13-11 a friend and I went to the East Garden Chinese Buffet Restaurant on Kalamazoo Avenue, just south of 60th Street for dinner.
I was open carrying my .380 auto on my right hip and 2 additional magazines on my left hip. Upon entering and being seated, I removed my jacket at which time my pistol was revealed and in plain sight.
A large man and his overweight son were sitting at the table right behind where we were seated and as I left the table to go to the buffet, my friend heard this man say, I’m not going to sit here with these kind of people. As soon as I returned to my table, the man and his son got up and stormed to the other end of the restaurant. My friend didn’t say anything to me about what the man had said and I just assumed he and his son were leaving since they headed in the direction of the door and I didn’t see them again.
Dinner progressed well and we were almost finished with dessert when 2 Kent County Deputy Sheriff’s Officers came in the door. The restaurant owner asked if he could help them and I heard them say they had a report of a woman in there with a gun on her hip.
I turned around and said yes there is, at which point I stood up walked over to the female deputy and handed her my CPL and Driver’s License. She said a patron had called and reported a woman with a gun on her hip and he didn’t think his children should have to be subjected to that when they go out to eat. She wrote down my name, verified my address was correct and asked for my phone number. She apologized for interrupting our dinner and I apologized to her for their being taken off the road patrol for a ridiculous call like this.
I also apologized to the owner of the restaurant for the confusion and any inconvenience it may have caused. He reached over the counter took my hand and said, “It OK, you protect me.” “We welcome you”
The large man and his obese young son were still there when we left so I waved goodbye to him as I went out the door. I then got in my truck and left.
