What would have you done?

[asmo]

So, umm.. are you against open carry, just a normal racist, or are you hebephobic/ephebiphobic?

Seriously, what was it that made you think he had committed a crime or was imminently about to do so?

[Irving]

Police contact can be for more than just committing a crime. If you see an old lady stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire, you can call the police, but it wouldn't be because you suspect her of having committed a crime.

[asmo]

Police contact can be for more than just committing a crime. If you see an old lady stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire, you can call the police, but it wouldn't be because you suspect her of having committed a crime.

Ahh.. So he felt that the young gentleman needed some help that OP could not provide. Makes perfect sense and I am sure that is what the OP was getting at.

[Great-Kazoo]

Police contact can be for more than just committing a crime. If you see an old lady stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire, you can call the police, but it wouldn't be because you suspect her of having committed a crime.

http://www.inflexwetrust.com/2012/04...t-drug-dealer/

[00tec]

Police contact can be for more than just committing a crime. If you see an old lady stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire, you can call the police, but it wouldn't be because you suspect her of having committed a crime.

Pretty sure the OP didn't call the cops to assist in cleaning dude's handgun.

He got nervous and called. Same happens when some Boulderite spots your conceal carry.

[izzy]

Perhaps it was a shoulder holster that the guy was wearing.

[CHA-LEE]

I have the same stance as 00tec. If he wasn't causing trouble to you or others, why make a mountain out of a mole hill. Calling 911 in this situation simply creates more busy work for the LEO's and ultimately more taxes for us to pay so more LEO's can deal with more bullshit calls.

[sniper7]

Most likely wouldn't have done anything as long as he wasn't scoping my property and was moving along his way. I am really only interested in protecting me, my family and my stuff. Anybody else is SOL these days.

[Irving]

I suppose it depends on what kind of neighborhood we all live in as well. I've heard gun shots in my neighborhood before. If I saw someone I didn't know walking down the street with an unholstered pistol, I'd call the police and feel zero shame in doing do so. I regularly run with my gun (not unholstered though, lol), and if someone spotted it and called the police, I'd understand the contact and feel confident that I'd pretty quickly be able to address the situation in a safe manner.

[TheGrey]

If I'm understanding the original situation correctly, it sounds as though the young man in question was essentially carrying his gun under his armpit, with the barrel poking out the back?

Everything is dependent upon the situation, including stuff that wasn't written in the post, but if we're armchair quarterbacking...

I would have probably parked in my driveway, and interrupted him to find out more about the way he was carrying his gun. There are ways to approach the situation that don't entail putting him on the defensive. It may have been some sort of prop, or he may have genuinely been an idiot, but a friendly, "Hey! Excuse me, can I interrupt you a second and ask you something?" with a smile usually gets results.