PackingPastor
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I had an interesting experience yesterday in Atlanta. I drove downtown to attend a breakfast sponsored by the Faith & Freedom Coalition, followed by lobbying our state legislators to favor bills in both the House and Senate regarding religious freedom (RFRA). After breakfast, I stopped by my car to deposit my handgun, pocketknives and tactical flashlight, and then I walked across the street to enter the Capitol to begin my lobbying efforts (my first time to do that, btw). The lines were long, so the GSP invited anyone who didn't have a bag to be scanned to walk around to the right of the metal detector to be wanded by hand by an officer. I took out my tactical pen, keys and iPhone and lifted my arms to allow the officer to wave his wand over and around my body, and I was startled when he stopped and began to examine my pocket on the right side. (I was wearing a dress shirt and sport coat for the occasion.) All of a sudden, I remembered that I had put my spare magazines and my pepper spray in my jacket pockets, and he had found them. I thought about panicking, but I calmly explained that I had left my pistol in my car but forgot to also leave behind my spare mags and pepper spray. The officer removed both mags and pepper spray and showed them to another officer who was looking at the monitor for the bag scanner, but he said they weren't illegal to carry, so the officer returned them to me, I put them back in my pockets and went on my way. I was a bit amused, interpreting the looks on their faces to be saying, "Can you believe he's carrying all of this stuff?" All in all, it was a pleasant encounter.
BTW, I always try to carry two extra magazines (with my usual setup, that means I have 22 rounds on me at any given time), as well as a couple of less lethal CQC options, such as pepper spray, pocket knives (usually two), monkey fists (usually two) a tactical flashlight and a tactical pen.
BTW, I always try to carry two extra magazines (with my usual setup, that means I have 22 rounds on me at any given time), as well as a couple of less lethal CQC options, such as pepper spray, pocket knives (usually two), monkey fists (usually two) a tactical flashlight and a tactical pen.