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PLASTIC: 8/2/10 (29 days). Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I conducted my Wally Walk Today…

I carried a 9MM Beretta Px4 Storm SubCompact, in a yesssss…a Fanny Pack. It
really does scream GUN, but oh well. It was huge.

I was the only one available to take pics, and they aren’t very good. It looked like I was
taking pics of my crotch…and it looked even more weird when I was standing next to
the bananas.

I went to the rest room…no problems; bought some ammo; ate at McD’s –no nachos, so had a burger. Everything was relatively uneventful.

Then, I went to the credit union…I just had to…cuz that’s what we do. I walked through the front doors, then began to write a check at a table that is located at the very front of the bank.

As I’m writing…the bank doors BUST OPEN…this serious looking lady steps inside and “yells” at the security guards (both of which are 8 ft from me)…
She yells…”HEY!!!!!SOMEONE’S GOT A”…

<it was at this point that I mentally filled in the blank in my mind with the word GUNNNNNNNN…MY HEART SKIPPED A COUPLE OF BEATS>

She finishes her statement…..”DOG IN A CAR, WITH THE WINDOWS UP”
<whew…she did not say gun and it wasn’t my dog, and the security guards just joked about the her matter>

I cashed my check…and the rest of that visit was happily uneventful. I was going to smile at the security guards, but they were walking around.

Then, I went to a drug store, a mall, Academy Sports, and a university—I figured I had completed my mission.

What did I learn? I’m glad that the fanny pack is not my only carrying source. It’s important adjust the carry with the clothes.

I got my plastic…I got my plastic… ”Stay Thirsty My Friends”

..."missing teeth"....hahaha

7/30/10--DPS site reads that my Plastic has been MAILED.....YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quidni...funny stuff you wrote about smiling at the security guard.

Now, I just gotta go to this credit union, after I get my plastic, and have conducted my "official" Wally Walk.

With my luck...my gun will fall out of the holster...just as I am handing the teller my note requesting my specific money denominations (which I normally do). The gun will plop on the ground...screams will be heard throughout the bank...and I will be on the 6 o'clock news with a mug shot that makes me look like a cross between a werewolf and Eddie Van Halen or Whitney Houston (after drugs).

Yeeee hawwww...I can't help but feel a little naughty carrying a concealed weapon into a credit union. And your wisdom clearly shows when you write "resist the temptation to inform and educate them"...because it is true...in my (crazy state of mind) I actually did contemplate letting them know. But I mentally shot that foolish idea down...I got my sanity back. Probably a "newbie" contemplation.

Well...TxKimberman...can you imagine...I conduct my WallyWalk and I end up on "COPS"....what a story that would make.
I'm still waiting for my plastic it seems like it takes fooooorrrrreeeeevvvvrrrreeee.

The Annoyed Man...I have spent some time looking at hundred of posts on this site...I only wish my credit union had that gun busters sign...then I know I could carry for sure.

Thank you RPBrown...your advice is appreciated, because it never occurred to me to look on walls or elsewhere. I'd sure hate to make my appearance on a "COPS" epsisode...

Hello folks, I am new to this site. Much of the info is either helpful, or funny (sometimes both) and I like that. I am waiting for my plastic…seems like it takes forever :{
Can hardly wait to do my Wally Walk. When I first read about it…I thought it was a joke. It’s an important rite of passage…kinda like your first kiss…

I do have a question…my credit union in El Paso, Texas has a notice on the door that reads…”Carrying of firearm on these premises is prohibited. Except for peace officers who are required by law.”

There is no mention of 30.06, or anything else for that matter. My question is (which I’m sure you’ve already anticipated) can I legally carry a firearm into this credit union (once my CHL comes in of course)?

On-line CHL submitted initial info and fee: 7/5/10
CHL Class: 7/6-7/8/10
Rec’vd pin: 7/7/10
Fingerprints L-1: 7/9/10
Mailed CHL application: 7/9/10
Background review began: 7/15/10
Background review completed: 7/27/10
Plastic: ????????????????