Sir William
New member
I MUST have an out of alignment star or something. I and a lady friend went to the Olive Garden for lunch. We then hit a few gun stores and went to the Kentucky Oaks mall in Paducah, KY. We were just minding our OWN business and shopping for DVDs/CDs. I am looking for The Scarlet Claw with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. I had my hair stand up on my neck. I begin scanning the area. There is a teenager staring at me. Grunge and the torn jeans youth uniform. I decide I will maintain eye contact. We stare at each other for a couple of minutes until I decided it was time to GO! I took my lady friend by the elbow and told her that we were leaving. She went right along. I used a parabolic mirror to check our 6. The grunge teen is right on our heels! I thought that a little icky. I switched my lady friend to my weak side and placed my hand under my fleece vest to be able to reach my Walther PP 32. My lady friend knew something was up at this point. Grunge teen actually began fastwalking and caught up with us at the exit. I was about to ask the door greeter to call security. Three Best Buy staff just popped up like a genie from a bottle, grabbed the space around grunge teen and told him in a commanding voice any PI DI would rspect to come with them. He did. I took my lady friend on and we almost collided with a LEO standing outside. We simply left the area in a hurry. I have no idea if it was a shoplifter, a stupid teen trick or what. The question I do have is simple. Did I overreact by covering my CCW? The eye contact and subsequent following made ME feel uneasy/icky/threatened enough to LEAVE NOW! I did proceed to an exit and planned to report the grunge teen and his unusual actions. I did NOT expose my CCW or make a effort to draw, I simply placed my hand under my fleec sweater to have a ready position. What Would You Do?