Not sure where to post this, so it is here. Just curious as to what you all think; did I do the right thing, and what do you make of this "happening."
I was checking out at WM and the fellow immediately in front of me at the cashier caught my attention, by which I mean my brain immediately said, "weird dude looks nuts." He was about my age *mid 60s* and looked like he hadn't laughed in the last 50 years and was on a hair trigger for a tantrum. Though, in reality, he was behaving himself appropriately and was quiet and not giving the cashier a hard time--- except:
As I looked at him I noticed 3 items dangling from his belt. One was obviously a Blackberry or similar. Another, I couldn't make out. On his belt, attached and extending upward a tad, was a small leather holster that looked like it was hardly large enough for an LCP. It had a cover that snapped down on the side of the holster so no gun was visible.
It was not possible to know one way or the other if he had a gun in there. On the holster was a star, which may have been decoration but which left me with the impression that he was trying to convey LE or trying a variation on the CC badge.
Anyway, he was wearing a button down hunter's style shirt, the kind you normally would tuck into your pants. It was not tucked in EXCEPT where the holster was, and there the shirt was tucked in back of the holster. That is, the holster was deliberately made visible over the shirt instead of being hidden by the shirt. In other words, he was clearly making it plain to anyone who looked that the holster was exposed.
My take was this was a "dare me" pose and intended to be intimidating. (Texas is not an open carry state.) Now, since the gun wasn't visible, and for all I know he had nothing but an old cell phone in that leather holster, he certainly was not violating the concealed carry law. He wasn't brandishing. There wasn't intentional display, and yet--- he was making a statement.
I decided to ignore it because I could think of no reason to call the cops, but deep down I'm feeling like this guy is going to get himself into trouble. I sort of think maybe "old timers disease" and an attitude are at play.
Curious what you all think about this and if you think I should have or could have done something differently, like notify the police.
I guess the closest analogy I can think of would be someone carrying a gun in a fanny pack that just screamed "gun" and the guy looked like he was deliberately doing that to intimidate. Not OC, technically concealed, but still out there in your face.
I was checking out at WM and the fellow immediately in front of me at the cashier caught my attention, by which I mean my brain immediately said, "weird dude looks nuts." He was about my age *mid 60s* and looked like he hadn't laughed in the last 50 years and was on a hair trigger for a tantrum. Though, in reality, he was behaving himself appropriately and was quiet and not giving the cashier a hard time--- except:
As I looked at him I noticed 3 items dangling from his belt. One was obviously a Blackberry or similar. Another, I couldn't make out. On his belt, attached and extending upward a tad, was a small leather holster that looked like it was hardly large enough for an LCP. It had a cover that snapped down on the side of the holster so no gun was visible.
It was not possible to know one way or the other if he had a gun in there. On the holster was a star, which may have been decoration but which left me with the impression that he was trying to convey LE or trying a variation on the CC badge.
Anyway, he was wearing a button down hunter's style shirt, the kind you normally would tuck into your pants. It was not tucked in EXCEPT where the holster was, and there the shirt was tucked in back of the holster. That is, the holster was deliberately made visible over the shirt instead of being hidden by the shirt. In other words, he was clearly making it plain to anyone who looked that the holster was exposed.
My take was this was a "dare me" pose and intended to be intimidating. (Texas is not an open carry state.) Now, since the gun wasn't visible, and for all I know he had nothing but an old cell phone in that leather holster, he certainly was not violating the concealed carry law. He wasn't brandishing. There wasn't intentional display, and yet--- he was making a statement.
I decided to ignore it because I could think of no reason to call the cops, but deep down I'm feeling like this guy is going to get himself into trouble. I sort of think maybe "old timers disease" and an attitude are at play.
Curious what you all think about this and if you think I should have or could have done something differently, like notify the police.
I guess the closest analogy I can think of would be someone carrying a gun in a fanny pack that just screamed "gun" and the guy looked like he was deliberately doing that to intimidate. Not OC, technically concealed, but still out there in your face.
