arms_libertas
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Over the weekend I was helping a friend move into Seattle, a few blocks south of 23[suP]rd[/suP] Ave E & Madison. Around 9:15pm Saturday night we finished organizing his furniture, dishes, etc. and he needed to make a run to the grocery store. We went to the Safeway on the corner of 23[suP]rd[/suP] & Madison and began a stock-up run.
We were there for about 45 minutes in total and both of us were OC’ing. About halfway through the shopping list I hear a store employee make a call over the PA, “SPD to check stand 3, SPD to check stand 3”. I think to myself, “here we go”, and started doing mental prep. by going over responses in my head while Icontinue shopping.
No officer ever approached us while we were shopping. When we were checking out, I realized that there was a SPD officer stationed at the grocery store. He is sitting about 15ft beyond the check stands on a stool, and happens to be directly in front of the checkout line we picked. As I begin to load the conveyor, out of the corner of my eye I see himnotice my holster and my friends. At this point I’m too far away to talk to him, so I just let things go, but am fully expecting a social contact. We end up needing a second cart to carry the bags and I walk over to the door to grab one. As I pass the officer, he is concentratingnoticeably hard on my holster, I’m guessing he was trying to check the chamber loaded indicator on my XD because he had ample time to identify the make/model in my CQC holster. I nodded and greeted him with a “Good evening”, he nods back and I get the cart. As I came back with the cart he did stand up and move 2 lanes over… I’m not sure if he was tired of the stool or was positioning himself.
We loaded up the rest of the groceries and headed out the door, again I gave a nod as I passed by. The officer had a little bit of a smile/smirk on his face, and I don’t meananything negative. I was pleased when I saw that because I knew he wasn’t going to talk to us at all…
As we left, some of the employees said to one another “It’s okay, they were cops”. So from this rather uneventful encounter I have a question. Whenever someone asks me of course I say I’m not a LEO, but if someone supposes that you are a LEO without engaging you, what obligation do you have to correct them? Most of the time I’ll let ignorant people remain ignorant, not because I want to appear as a LEO, but rather because sometimes I don’t want to get into a 2A debate with a Safeway clerk on a Saturday night after moving furniture all day.
Over the weekend I was helping a friend move into Seattle, a few blocks south of 23[suP]rd[/suP] Ave E & Madison. Around 9:15pm Saturday night we finished organizing his furniture, dishes, etc. and he needed to make a run to the grocery store. We went to the Safeway on the corner of 23[suP]rd[/suP] & Madison and began a stock-up run.
We were there for about 45 minutes in total and both of us were OC’ing. About halfway through the shopping list I hear a store employee make a call over the PA, “SPD to check stand 3, SPD to check stand 3”. I think to myself, “here we go”, and started doing mental prep. by going over responses in my head while Icontinue shopping.
No officer ever approached us while we were shopping. When we were checking out, I realized that there was a SPD officer stationed at the grocery store. He is sitting about 15ft beyond the check stands on a stool, and happens to be directly in front of the checkout line we picked. As I begin to load the conveyor, out of the corner of my eye I see himnotice my holster and my friends. At this point I’m too far away to talk to him, so I just let things go, but am fully expecting a social contact. We end up needing a second cart to carry the bags and I walk over to the door to grab one. As I pass the officer, he is concentratingnoticeably hard on my holster, I’m guessing he was trying to check the chamber loaded indicator on my XD because he had ample time to identify the make/model in my CQC holster. I nodded and greeted him with a “Good evening”, he nods back and I get the cart. As I came back with the cart he did stand up and move 2 lanes over… I’m not sure if he was tired of the stool or was positioning himself.
We loaded up the rest of the groceries and headed out the door, again I gave a nod as I passed by. The officer had a little bit of a smile/smirk on his face, and I don’t meananything negative. I was pleased when I saw that because I knew he wasn’t going to talk to us at all…
As we left, some of the employees said to one another “It’s okay, they were cops”. So from this rather uneventful encounter I have a question. Whenever someone asks me of course I say I’m not a LEO, but if someone supposes that you are a LEO without engaging you, what obligation do you have to correct them? Most of the time I’ll let ignorant people remain ignorant, not because I want to appear as a LEO, but rather because sometimes I don’t want to get into a 2A debate with a Safeway clerk on a Saturday night after moving furniture all day.
