I vape my mods openly and proudly. I am careful to respect the owner of any private property's wishes before doing so, but once I have the green light, out comes the ProVari (or whatever mod I have). Now if I am outside or whatever, I just vape away.
Had an interesting conversation with rent-a-cop yesterday at Short Pump Mall (outdoor mall) and said "you can't smoke that in here." I replied that I am not smoking at all. And he tells me something like, "I know you people say that is safe, but we don't allow smoking of any kind here". He then tells me he confiscated one the other day. Well now he has my full attention with the "you people" crack, and veiled threats of confiscation. I said, "well I am sure the person who let you take it had their reasons. You are not touching my property under any circumstances." Now after you deliver a line like that, you have to stare right into their eyes for a few seconds, so I did just that. I then told him that the State's Attorney General has already ruled that vaping is NOT smoking and smoking bans do not apply to it, since the definition of smoking in Virginia refers to combustion.
He says he is not sure if that is true, but that I better put that away. I tell him he better go talk to his supervisor and get his facts together. I put it away temporarily until the security stooge was gone. It was easier to move on than fix that guy. I hope he will remember that experience before taking someone's PV next time.
