What would have you done?

[hurley842002]

There are no level headed police officers. You are obviously confusing the shape of their head with that very nifty high and tight hair cut

Or maybe flat top? Lol

[DavieD55]

I would not have called and I dont care how stupid he might have looked, if we was moving about minding his own business. That is a good way to get someone hurt/killed/screwed over by heroic police officers.

[Great-Kazoo]

There are no level headed police officers. You are obviously confusing the shape of their head with that very nifty high and tight hair cut

Looks like you and Irving are watching those comedian vids more than normal.

[Sawin]

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If it was holstered, or he wasn't being a jackass about it, I would NOT have called the cops. He had it tucked under his arm, as well as holding it down, passing it from hand in hand. There was not a thought of being safe with it, other than it was pointed at the ground.... or directly behind him when it was in his arm pit. There are definitely 3 sides to a story.... Mine, yours, and the truth. I don't know what he was doing, but could tell he didn't have much education with guns and thus is why I called the police. Thank you all for your thoughts.

Ok, that's fair enough. I hope the LEO contact went smoothly.

[68Charger]

44 posts and not one reference to a mag dump, or blading at 45? you guys are slipping.

I think this is one of those things you can't really determine over the internet- you were there... I would get a read from his posture, body language, tone of voice, etc that would determine what I did. You can try to describe such things, but it's so subjective.

Hopefully he got a lesson and will learn from it, instead of taking it the wrong way.

[davsel]

Sure sounds like suspicious behavior to me.
I'd have called the non-emergency police line to report it.

[asmo]

Handy chart for this, any many other, situations:

[Monky]

You did what you felt needed to be done... The arm chair qb's can all go back to their benches now.


Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

[OtterbatHellcat]

In my opinion you did fine. Who knows what some kid was up to carrying a handgun under an arm walking down the street for blocks on end. That's a bonehead move and suspicious in my book. Not like he's walking across the street to show the neighbor the new purchase or whatever.
The Zimmerman wannabe in the neighborhood may have pulled on him.
You did him a favor.

I am down with this take on the whole deal.

[Guylee]

You do you, boo boo.