[TriLUG] security goons at TigerDirect in Raleigh: "No, thanks!"

[Magnus]

Carl Crider wrote:
>  Thanks for the tip. Is there a link with more details on the legal
> aspects of this?

I got the advice off of an older episode of the American Radio podcast 
at http://americanradioshow.us which is more of a 
patriot/libertarian/constitutionalist kind of talk show.

A listener of that show took on Best Buy and ended up getting the bag 
checking goon security policy removed by their corporate management as a 
result of a confrontation like mine where the police ended up getting 
involved (eventually siding with the SHOPPER and not the STORE MANAGER).

>  This policy used to enrage me. However, I must admit that after years
> of dealing with this policy, I am more like the sheep they want me to be
> at the door. I need to add that I get stopped everywhere, no matter which
> dress shirt I'm in. Why? I think it just might have something to do with my
> arms being sleeved in tattoos [go_figure]. Oh well, it's my choice.  :)

I'm personally tired of my civil liberties being whittled away.  I'm 
going to start taking them back.

After doing some research I found it is perfectly legal to carry a 
pistol in plain sight on your hip in NC.  You don't need a permit.  In 
fact, any law requiring a permit would be against the state constitution 
(per a state supreme court decision that I don't have handy to cite at 
the moment).  I'm tired of hiding my gun under my clothes like I'm 
ashamed of it or something, and asking for permission (permit) to 
exercise a right granted in the state & federal constitutions.

> Am I supposed to be this apathetic towards
> being profiled?

Please don't be.  Take your civil liberties back!  The "ACLU" certainly 
isn't going to do it for you (they pick & chose what civil liberties 
they defend and which ones they are willing to give away).  You're going 
to have to do it for yourself.