There was a follow up encounter, 2 weeks after my initial. it went pretty much the same. I was going to post it seperately.
Being told by the guard and the office manager that I wouldn't get served while armed didn't create an event that I could file a grievance against. I hadn't been grieved yet. Now, had I waited until my turn and then was refused service, I would have had grounds to file a formal complaint against the employee.
The office being in a public or private facility has no significance to me.
Just like my rights to lawfully use property I lease isn't affected by the property owner's edicts, the State's right to establish or maintain it's own laws doesn't change when it leases property.
Just like renting an apartment.
I have had a similar encounter at an office of the Secretary of State. A customer with a CPL complained to the manager that I was violating the law. She came to discuss it with me, instead of calling the police, because she felt that I probably knew more than the complainer. Which I did. (Because I am a know it all.
) That was in a leased facility. At another SoS office, the guard saw me armed and didn't so much as give it a second look.
I feel that many times these people are somewhat aware of the law. But they like to make opinionated statements of what the law is to appear "knowledgeable" about it.
In my encounters, I was confident that I knew the law adequately to conduct myself in a lawful manner. i didn't spout the "it's my right" mantra. i simply repeatedly stated that "I was lawfully present." and that "I had a lawful reason" to be there, ant that i was "conducting myself lawfully." This was backed up with "If you think I am doing something wrong, call the police."
