asteffes
Member
I live in the Bay Area of California and frequently enter situations where I'm searched for things like firearms, knives, pepper spray and the like. For example, I went to a vintage automobile race event at Sears Point last weekend and (quite unexpectedly, given past experience at this venue) had my small backpack searched for "bottles, knives, guns, pepper spray." Of course, the guy doing the search didn't seem to take it seriously at all and didn't search my person or my jacket for anything. However, had he spied the two ounce Fox 5.3 OC in its nylon holster which was *in my bag* he might have asked me to return it to my car. It seems the number of places into which one can bring self defense tools is dwindling rapidly in the Bay Area.
I would like to know what, if any, troubles folks here have had in similar situations. Have you found any polite ways to object and successfully avoid abandoning your SD tools at the door?
-Adam
I would like to know what, if any, troubles folks here have had in similar situations. Have you found any polite ways to object and successfully avoid abandoning your SD tools at the door?
-Adam