While I understand your opinion and feel you have a right to it, I don't think that attitude does anything to help the uninformed public understand our side of the coin. The OP made a mistake and handled it ok, based on the restaraunt manager's openess about his lack of experience and willingness to give him the benefit of the doubt.
While there's no requirement to show your SDA permit to non-LE, I see no harm in doing so under the circumstances. The same civil discussion could have ensued, but with the manager being much more reassured about the situation.
Just because you have the right to be obstinate about your rights, doesn't mean it's in the best interest of the CCW community to do so.
+1000000000
My thoughts exactly. I would have been a little morre "easy-going" with the manager and shown him my CCW permit if he asked, you were in a business and their policy is what you need to go by. he could of just walked away happy knowing he met a nice fella with a gun today. lol
Just because its you can doesnt ALWAYS mean you should.
but atleast you didnt make him too nervous to call the cops on you, because i guarantee you, it wouldnt have turned out in your favor. concealed does mean concealed, accident or not.