rantingredneck
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Tonight was my night to stop and get supper and my wife's night to get the kids. I left work around 5:00 and headed for home. As my usual practice, once I got in my truck I armed myself. The NAA Guardian was in the console but I slipped my P90 in a fobus paddle on my hip and untucked my shirt.
I stopped at the local Walmart to pick up a few staples and to get some food from the deli for supper (didn't feel up to cooking). I was standing in line waiting to be served. There was a woman in her late 30's/early 40's finishing up her order and 5 young guys in line ahead of me. They were dressed in typical urban garb, sagging pants and 4x shirts that hung to their knees. They were bouncing all over the place and two of them were pushing each other in a semi-goodnatured way. I didn't much worry about anything at first but one of the ones doing the pushing reached into his waistband (which was around his thighs) and put his hand on his gun! He didn't pull it, but he exposed it enough that I could tell it was a Keltec P3AT with a pocket clip holding it in place. He was threatening his "friend" with it and saying things like "what you gonna do?" I moved from behind them and put another counter between me and them and kept an eye on them.
Eventually he stopped his antics and it seemed like I was the only one who noticed the gun. Now I don't want to be accused of stereotyping here, but I doubt he actually had a carry permit. I could be wrong and maybe he did, but at a minimum he was being reckless with his weapon. Eventually they moved on and to the checkouts. I didn't mention it to the Walmart employees. I looked around for them in the parking lot when I got outside to see if I could get a license plate # but they were gone.
What would you have done differently here?
I stopped at the local Walmart to pick up a few staples and to get some food from the deli for supper (didn't feel up to cooking). I was standing in line waiting to be served. There was a woman in her late 30's/early 40's finishing up her order and 5 young guys in line ahead of me. They were dressed in typical urban garb, sagging pants and 4x shirts that hung to their knees. They were bouncing all over the place and two of them were pushing each other in a semi-goodnatured way. I didn't much worry about anything at first but one of the ones doing the pushing reached into his waistband (which was around his thighs) and put his hand on his gun! He didn't pull it, but he exposed it enough that I could tell it was a Keltec P3AT with a pocket clip holding it in place. He was threatening his "friend" with it and saying things like "what you gonna do?" I moved from behind them and put another counter between me and them and kept an eye on them.
Eventually he stopped his antics and it seemed like I was the only one who noticed the gun. Now I don't want to be accused of stereotyping here, but I doubt he actually had a carry permit. I could be wrong and maybe he did, but at a minimum he was being reckless with his weapon. Eventually they moved on and to the checkouts. I didn't mention it to the Walmart employees. I looked around for them in the parking lot when I got outside to see if I could get a license plate # but they were gone.
What would you have done differently here?